3 December 2014
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is increasing resin production capacity
at its plant in Panoli, Gujarat state in India,
by 25 percent to support strong demand for
its innovative ultra-high performance polymers
KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and
AvaSpire® polyaryletherketone (PAEK).
Solvay’s Global Business Unit Specialty Polymers
has the industry’s widest range of
high and ultra-high performance polymers.
Thanks to their outstanding qualities of strength,
toughness, excellent friction and wear properties,
heat and chemical resistance,
Solvay’s KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and
AvaSpire® polyaryletherketone (PAEK)
are used in markets growing at least 8-10% annually.
In transportation, these ultra-polymers replace metals and
help make cars and airplanes lighter thereby
reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Other key markets include
healthcare, electronics and energy.
Capacity expansion of the polyaryletherketone resin,
used as a base to make
KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and
AvaSpire® polyaryletherketone (PAEK),
is already underway to
reach more than 1,000 tons per year
in the third quarter of 2015.
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