{"id":165271,"date":"2025-07-08T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=165271"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:32:53","slug":"sk-chemicals-signs-exclusive-partnership-agreement-with-austrias-durmont-to-supply-sustainable-materials-to-global-automotive-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/sk-chemicals-signs-exclusive-partnership-agreement-with-austrias-durmont-to-supply-sustainable-materials-to-global-automotive-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"SK chemicals Signs Exclusive Partnership Agreement with Austria’s Durmont to Supply Sustainable Materials to Global Automotive Brands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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On the 23rd KST, SK chemicals signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Durmont and Paarang at the SK chemicals headquarters, ECOLAB, in South Korea. (From left) SK chemicals President Ahn Jae-hyun, Durmont CEO Josef Zettl, and Paarang CEO Lee Dong-seop pose for a commemorative photo after the signing ceremony. \u00a9 SK Chemicals<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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  • Supplying Recycled Material SKYPET CR for Automotive Carpets Manufactured by Durmont<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Discussions Underway for Application with\u00a0major\u00a0European\u00a0Automotive Brands<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    SK chemicals is advancing sustainability in the European automotive market by supplying recycled materials to global automotive brands.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    SK chemicals (President & CEO\u00a0Ahn Jae-hyun) announced on the 25th KST that it has entered into an Exclusive Partnership Agreement with Durmont and Paarang at its ECOLAB headquarters, located in\u00a0South Korea.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Durmont, an Austrian automotive carpet manufacturer, produces carpet roll goods\u00a0for approximately 7\u00a0million vehicles annually. In 2023, Durmont was acquired by Visscher-Caravelle Group\u00a0(VC) \u2014 a Dutch Tier1 supplier of Car Floor Mats and other automotive accessories with a market\u00a0share of over 40% in the European market. VC supplies to several major European\u00a0automotive brands.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Paarang will support SK chemicals and Durmont in facilitating smooth communication and operations. Leveraging its expertise in logistics and supply chain management, Paarang aims to enhance reliability and efficiency throughout the transaction process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The three companies have already successfully developed yarns and finished products such as carpets and mats using SK chemicals’ differentiated CR (Chemical Recycled) PET material solution. These products meet automotive testing requirements and quality standards. The exclusive partnership agreement was signed to accelerate supply and market expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Under the agreement, SK chemicals will supply Durmont with its recycled PET, SKYPET CR, which provides a material with 100% recycled content, certified by ISCC PLUS (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification PLUS), and a fully recyclable product. The joint aim is a wide market adoption of such sustainable material solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    SKYPET CR, making use of\u00a0SK chemicals’ chemical recycling technology, enables waste plastics to be recycled at the molecular level and maintains high quality even after repeated recycling. In particular, by utilizing chemical recycling technology, SKYPET CR maintains a quality level close to that of virgin petroleum-based products even after repeated recycling – unlike conventional recycling methods – making it an ideal material for establishing a closed-loop system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    By applying SKYPET CR to automotive\u00a0carpets and\u00a0mats, these products can be depolymerized and recycled after reaching the end of their lifespan, enabling the establishment of a closed-loop system within the automotive industry. This advancement is anticipated to enable compliance with vehicle circularity regulations – such as the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    SK chemicals will deepen its collaboration with Durmont and Visscher-Caravelle, while also expanding partnerships with other global automotive brands for other products and applications<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    CEO\u00a0Ahn Jae-hyun<\/strong> commented, “In Europe, the introduction of carbon neutrality regulations, such as the ELV directive, is driving a growing interest in vehicle circularity and recycling.” He added, “SK chemicals<\/strong> will continue to promote sustainability in the industry by leveraging our depolymerization technology and meet the material and performance requirements of automotive components, while fostering collaboration with industry partners.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    In 2023, SK chemicals established SK Shantou with an investment of KRW 130 billion (approximately USD 94 million), securing the world’s first commercialized chemical recycling production facilities for raw materials and products. In Korea, SK chemicals is also expanding its recycling-related production and research infrastructure by establishing the Recycling Innovation Center within its Ulsan plant site, which includes a pilot facility for chemically decomposing waste plastics to produce recycled raw materials (r-BHET).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    SK chemicals is advancing sustainability in the European automotive market by supplying recycled materials to global automotive brands. SK chemicals (President & CEO\u00a0Ahn Jae-hyun) announced on the 25th KST that it has entered into an Exclusive Partnership Agreement with Durmont and Paarang at its ECOLAB headquarters, located in\u00a0South Korea. Durmont, an Austrian automotive carpet manufacturer, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":165296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The three companies have already successfully developed yarns and finished products such as carpets and mats using SK chemicals' differentiated CR (Chemical Recycled) PET material solution","footnotes":""},"categories":[17143],"tags":[7059,17202,10416,25757,22835,5528,12468],"supplier":[26640,3532,3421,26639],"class_list":["post-165271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recycling","tag-automotive","tag-chemicalrecycling","tag-circulareconomy","tag-petrecycling","tag-recyclates","tag-sustainability","tag-textiles","supplier-durmont-gmbh","supplier-international-sustainability-carbon-certification-iscc","supplier-sk-chemicals","supplier-visschercaravelle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165271","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165271"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=165271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}