US performance materials and specialty chemicals company Solutia (NYSE: SOA) plans to optimize and expand its Saflex polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer manufacturing capacity in South America, the company said in a statement.
"This region, specifically Brazil and Argentina, is a rapidly expanding market for the key automotive and construction industries," said Timothy J Wessel, president and general manager of Solutia's Advanced Interlayers division.
"We are optimizing our current operations and will be implementing future expansions to better position our customers to seize opportunities in the market."
Solutia currently has six manufacturing sites worldwide that produce Saflex PVB interlayers and encapsulants, including a facility in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
Chilean flexible packaging company Edelpa has inaugurated a new solvents recovery plant, according to a report on Chilean association of plastics companies Asipla's website.
The plant uses the latest technology to capture and reuse up to 90% of solvents, which evaporate into the atmosphere as a result of the production process and natural causes.
The US$7mn initiative is part of the company's US$25mn master plan to modernize production processes through the incorporation of new technology.
"We have the technology and now we must foster the cultural changes necessary to become more efficient. Only by doing this will we pass from regional leaders to international leaders in packaging," Edelpa general manager, Oscar Jaime Lopez, was quoted as saying.
Source - Business News Americas
US performance materials and specialty chemicals company Solutia (NYSE: SOA) plans to optimize and expand its Saflex polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer manufacturing capacity in South America, the company said in a statement.
