- – Roquette, leader in plant-based derivatives, has restarted its production unit for DISORBENE® sorbitol-based clarifiers in Lestrem, France.
- Roquette is launching DISORBENE® 3, a third generation sorbitol-based clarifier.
- With DISORBENE® clarifiers, Roquette is expanding its offering for the polymer industry.
Roquette has a wide experience in producing sorbitol-based clarifiers using an efficient and environmentally sustainable production process. By offering DISORBENE® 3, Roquette opens a new reputable source for bis-DMBS, a state-of-the-art clarifier developed and sold by Milliken under the registered trade name Millad® 3988, and provides additional capacity for this widely used clarifier to meet the growing needs of the polymer industry.
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| Roquette is launching DISORBENE® 3, a third generation sorbitol-based clarifier |
“Roquette has proven to be a very good partner to the polymer industry for the first and second generation sorbitol-based clarifiers in the past” points out Industry expert Dr. Felix Meyer, “and DISORBENE® 3 has the same quality standards and the advantageous granulometry of the Industry reference”.
“Polypropylene producers in Europe are welcoming Roquette decision to re-enter the clarifier business as they were depending on one non-European supplier in the past” commented Mr. Thierry Laurent, head of Roquette Plant-based solutions department. “Roquette has recently created a new unit “Performance Plastics” to strengthen its link to the polymer industry”.
Next to DISORBENE®, Roquette is offering the following plant-based solutions for the polymer industry:
- GAIALENE® – plant-based resins
- POLYSORB® (isosorbide)
- Reverdia Biosuccinium
- POLYSORB® ID – phthalate-free plasticizer.
Contact
Marie Goret
Phone: + 33 3 21 63 97 71
E-Mail: marie.goret@roquette.com
Source
Roquette, press release, 2013-05-14.
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