Extrusion International USA 5-2021

18 Extrusion International 5/2021 INDUSTRY NEWS G.Nishinihon Shoko Co., Ltd www.e-nishinihon.com/e/ Teknor Apex Company www.teknorapex.com „ Teknor Apex Company has established a warehouse and distribution facility in Kyoto for its PVC automotive com- pounds and has appointed a sales agent responsible for serv- ing auto-industry companies in Japan. The new sales agent is Nishinihon Shoko Co., Ltd., an Osaka- based company specializing in supplying the automotive in- dustry. Kozo Okamoto is president and CEO. The manager of automotive accounts will be Hirofumi Okamoto, and Kazuo Yamada will provide technical support. “We already supply PVC compounds to Japanese OEMs in other regions of the world, and now we have strengthened our capability to serve OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers in Japan directly,” said Steve McCormack, automotive industry man- ager for the Vinyl Division. “This is critical for meeting the just-in-time requirements of our customers in Japan.” Teknor Apex manufactures Apex ® fl exible PVC and Flexal- loy ® PVC elastomers for exterior and interior components, sealing systems, mechanical cables, and under-hood applica- tions. These compounds have been speci fi ed by automotive OEMs worldwide. Capability to Provide PVC Compounds to Automotive OEMs and Tier 1 Suppliers in Japan Strengthened Dinnissen Process Technology www.dinnissen.eu/news/ /dinnissen-presents-a-new-pegasus-r-d-mixer „ Dinnissen Process Technology introduces the new Pegasus ® R&DMixer. This innovation inmixing technologywas born out of a very speci fi c request from a customer of Dinnissen. This producer asked for a compact mixer for testing a very speci fi c chemical process. For this purpose, Dinnissen designed and built a special Pegasus ® R&D Mixer: a very small mixer that al- lows producers to quickly and ef fi ciently experiment and test different product compositions using complex processing techniques. What producers can use R&D mixers for: New Mixing Innovation • Testing many ways to improve products and processes. • Adding different ingredients and mixing small batches within a relatively short time. • Testing recipes and experimenting to fi nd the best possible product composition. • Creating new products and innovations in a cost-effective way. To discover new ways to create renewable energy sources, a company in the chemical sector approached Dinnissen to come up with a solution to test their ideas on renewable en- ergy. Their very speci fi c chemical process requires that a batch is mixed continuously for 24 hours with exactly 1 gram of ad- ditives, while temperature and humidity are controlled. For this project, Dinnissen’s engineers developed a compact Pegasus ® R&D mixer in which all raw materials can be kept in motion for long periods of time and can be tested in small batches. Using the proven Pegasus ® mixing technology as a basis, Dinnissen designed just the right system for this test- ing procedure. The fi rst results of these tests show enormous potential. This R&D mixing installation has the potential to grow into large-scale chemical processing lines that will have a positive impact on the global production of renewable en- ergy. ExteriorAutomotivePro fi leswithClassAFinish, Produced fromApex ® FlexiblePVC