{"id":9633,"date":"2018-10-25T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T09:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/php8.plastv.de\/?p=9633"},"modified":"2018-10-25T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T09:10:08","slug":"solvay-to-increase-tecnoflon-fluoroelastomer-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/?p=9633","title":{"rendered":"Solvay to increase Tecnoflon fluoroelastomer production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Solvay is set to increase the company\u2019s fluoroelastomer (FKM) production to support global customers\u2019 continuing strong demand for high performance sealing applications. End-use applications in hybrid and low emission internal combustion engines (ICE) and in the semiconductor industry are the key drivers of solid growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The recent addition of a brand new state-of-the-art FKM plant in Changshu, China considerably strengthened Solvay\u2019s manufacturing footprint which now stretches worldwide to include the USA, Europe and Asia. Production of specific FKM peroxide curable and bisphenolic terpolymer grades will be increased at Solvay\u2019s sites in Changshu and Spinetta Marengo, Italy. The combined production capacity \u2013 at current product mix \u2013 will be expanded by 30 percent by Q4 2019 to sustain the increasing needs of the company\u2019s Tecnoflon\u00ae FKM customers and end users.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em>This unique footprint allows us to strategically manage and interchange manufacturing to be able to concentrate on increasing production where it is most needed. In turn, we will be able to maintain our renowned uninterrupted supply to fully anticipate the needs of our customers<em>\u201d <\/em>said Mike Finelli, President of Solvay\u2019s Specialty Polymers global business unit.<\/p>\n<p>Solvay\u2019s <span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Tecnoflon\u00ae family of fluoroelastomers and perfluoroelastomers is recognised for its unmatched operational temperature range, chemical resistance and reliable performance in the most demanding of environments where high purity and long service life are essential. <\/span>They <span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">are compatible with a wide variety of fluids, lubricants, fuels, chemicals and additives and are designed for challenging sealing applications in aggressive chemical and high heat environments such as those found in the automotive, aerospace, chemical processing industries, oil &amp; gas, semiconductor and energy markets. Typical end use applications include O-rings, seals, gaskets, and complex molded parts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Quelle: Solvay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solvay is set to increase the company\u2019s fluoroelastomer production to support global customers\u2019 continuing strong demand for high performance&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-9633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plas-tv-meldungen-auf-der-startseite-unterhalb-slider","category-plast-tv-textmeldungen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9635,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9633\/revisions\/9635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9633"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=9633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}