{"id":128926,"date":"2023-07-05T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=128926"},"modified":"2023-07-03T10:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T08:29:50","slug":"lower-carbon-footprint-with-proven-high-performance-rohm-launches-plexiglas-proterra-molding-compounds-on-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/lower-carbon-footprint-with-proven-high-performance-rohm-launches-plexiglas-proterra-molding-compounds-on-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Carbon Footprint With Proven High Performance: R\u00f6hm Launches Plexiglas\u00ae Proterra Molding Compounds On The Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>PLEXIGLAS\u00ae\u00a0<em>pro<\/em>Terra M5 contains mechanically recycled <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>PMMAPLEXIGLAS\u00ae\u00a0<em>pro<\/em>Terra 8N made from ISCC PLUS-certified raw materials<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With lowering greenhouse gas emissions the order of the day, R\u00f6hm has now expanded its proTerra product range to include PLEXIGLAS\u00ae\u00a0<em>pro<\/em>Terra molding compounds. They combine the proven performance of the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) PLEXIGLAS\u00ae brand with a lower carbon footprint. \u201cAll material manufacturers face the same requirements on the market: achieving a lower carbon footprint and higher recyclable content, all with no loss in performance. In response to this, we have developed our PLEXIGLAS\u00ae\u00a0<em>pro<\/em>Terra molding compounds,\u201d says Sven Schr\u00f6bel, Head of Sustainability Management at R\u00f6hm GmbH\u2019s Molding Compounds business unit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R\u00f6hm offers customers two different ways to lower their product carbon footprint: PLEXIGLAS\u00ae\u00a0<em>pro<\/em>Terra M5 contains mechanically recycled PMMA, while in PLEXIGLAS\u00ae\u00a0<em>pro<\/em>Terra 8N, fossil resources have been replaced with raw materials certified under ISCC PLUS (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWith these two options, we now offer PLEXIGLAS\u00ae molding compounds that help our customers to achieve their sustainability goals,\u201d says Siamak Djafarian, Senior Vice President Molding Compounds at R\u00f6hm. \u201cSustainability is an integral component of our business strategy at R\u00f6hm.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Promoting the circular economy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>R\u00f6hm wants to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; in other words, the company wants its production to be climate-neutral. One way of achieving this goal is to use recycled resources. PLEXIGLAS\u00ae&nbsp;<em>pro<\/em>Terra M5 is the latest example of how the company is advancing the use of mechanical recycling. In this new product type, up to 30% recycled PMMA from post-industrial sources is mixed with new PMMA in a controlled manner, lowering the material\u2019s carbon footprint by 30% compared to a product made from completely new material. Although not completely identical to PLEXIGLAS\u00ae 8N due to the recycled material added, the product\u2019s properties are largely comparable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using sustainably sourced raw materials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PLEXIGLAS\u00ae&nbsp;<em>pro<\/em>Terra 8N, on the other hand, guarantees identical product properties to PLEXIGLAS\u00ae 8N and can therefore replace it entirely \u2013 with a 25% lower carbon footprint. To achieve this, fossil resources in PLEXIGLAS\u00ae&nbsp;<em>pro<\/em>Terra 8N are proportionally replaced by ISCC PLUS-certified, sustainable raw materials and allocated via mass balancing. That means that the products are chemically identical and have congruent product properties, allowing PLEXIGLAS\u00ae 8N to be replaced by its green counterpart PLEXIGLAS\u00ae&nbsp;<em>pro<\/em>Terra 8N in countless customer use cases without needing to undergo renewed release testing. PLEXIGLAS\u00ae proTerra 8N is already listed by the Automotive Manufacturers Equipment Compliance Agency (AMECA) as a material that complies with applicable standards and can therefore be used for optical lenses and reflex reflectors on vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 2023, R\u00f6hm received ISCC PLUS certification for all methyl methacrylate (MMA) and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) products at its largest production site in Worms, Germany. With this certification, companies can demonstrate that the materials processed have been sourced sustainably. Further R\u00f6hm sites also plan to apply for certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PLEXIGLAS\u00ae is sustainable by design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PLEXIGLAS\u00ae&nbsp;<em>pro<\/em>Terra molding compounds are suitable for countless applications, including in the automotive and lighting industry and household goods sector, where the material \u2013 like all PLEXIGLAS\u00ae molding compounds \u2013 enables sustainable design: The special plastic has the highest surface hardness of all thermoplastics and can therefore be used without a coating. Most importantly, however, end products made from PLEXIGLAS\u00ae guarantee unsurpassed UV and weather resistance. The high longevity of PLEXIGLAS\u00ae products contributes to the sparing use of resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>pro<\/em>Terra brand for resource-friendly products<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All R\u00f6hm products with a significantly reduced CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0footprint, that were made from sustainable raw materials, that make a significant contribution to promoting the circular economy and that save resources, such as raw materials, energy or water, qualify for the brand\u00a0<em>pro<\/em>Terra brand family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About R\u00f6hm<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With 3,500 employees and 13 production sites worldwide, R\u00f6hm is one of the leading manufacturers in the methacrylate business. The medium-sized company with branches in Germany, China, the USA, Mexico, and South Africa has 90 years of experience in methacrylate chemistry and a strong technology platform. Our best-known brands include PLEXIGLAS<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, ACRYLITE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, MERACRYL<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, DEGALAN<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, DEGAROUTE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0and CYROLITE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) products from R\u00f6hm are sold on the European, Asian, African and Australian continent under the registered trademark PLEXIGLAS<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, in the Americas under the registered trademark ACRYLITE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLEXIGLAS\u00ae\u00a0proTerra M5 contains mechanically recycled PMMAPLEXIGLAS\u00ae\u00a0proTerra 8N made from ISCC PLUS-certified raw materials With lowering greenhouse gas emissions the order of the day, R\u00f6hm has now expanded its proTerra product range to include PLEXIGLAS\u00ae\u00a0proTerra molding compounds. They combine the proven performance of the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) PLEXIGLAS\u00ae brand with a lower carbon footprint. \u201cAll material [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"R\u00f6hm offers customers two new ways to lower their product carbon footprint","footnotes":""},"categories":[5571],"tags":[18372,10416,15950,11857],"supplier":[3532,22361],"class_list":["post-128926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-co2-based","tag-carbonfootprint","tag-circulareconomy","tag-climateneutral","tag-sustainable","supplier-international-sustainability-carbon-certification-iscc","supplier-rohm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128926"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=128926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}