{"id":14917,"date":"2010-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20101025-01n"},"modified":"2010-10-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T22:00:00","slug":"solvay-partners-with-mitsubishi-for-bio-based-polymers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/solvay-partners-with-mitsubishi-for-bio-based-polymers\/","title":{"rendered":"Solvay partners with Mitsubishi for bio-based polymers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Solvay is collaborating with Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) on the development of renewably-sourced speciality polymers. The work is initially focused on high-temperature bio-based polyamides based on castor oil-derived Sebacic acid.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This collaboration brings together two world-class companies who seek to extend the performance profile of bio-based polyamides,\u201d said George Corbin, president of Solvay Advanced Polymers. &#8220;This is driven by environmentally-conscious manufacturers who are continually striving for new sustainable alternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Corbin added that Solvay\u2019s expertise in polymerising and compounding high-heat polyamides and its extensive knowledge and global reach in high-performance plastics bring significant value to the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re very positive about the valuable synergies resulting from this joint development work,\u201d said Chikara Morishima, general manager, Aromatic Chemicals Division, for MGC. &#8220;The expertise of MGC and its affiliates in aminated monomers and polymers and Solvay\u2019s leading global marketing activity in high-temperature polymers make this a strong team capable of opening up new doors in bio-based polyamides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new material boasts low moisture retention, a high crystallisation rate, excellent wear resistance and good toughness. Key potential uses include reflow soldering applications, high-temperature automotive parts and sliding applications (gears).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Solvay is collaborating with Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) on the development of renewably-sourced speciality polymers. The work is initially focused on high-temperature bio-based polyamides based<\/b><\/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":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[2137,11748],"class_list":["post-14917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-mitsubishi-gas-chemical-mgc","supplier-solvay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14917","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=14917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14917"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=14917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}