June 2024 Newsletter
MLT Analytics
An expert team focusing on ML and AI-based forecasts with solid domain knowledge in commodities and specialty products
We had a very productive two days at APIC 2024 in Seoul, Republic of Korea, at the end of May. We've also been busy with the update of our groundbreaking, industry de facto standard POE report, but we still had time to uncover several interesting developments related to plastics and chemicals. Read on!
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MLTA's APIC 2024 Seminars Prove a Petchem Hit
MLT Analytics attended its first major conference as a seminar organizer and delivered a series of insightful presentations to APIC 2024 attendees in Seoul, Korea, which were attended both onsite and virtually by a large number of petrochemical and plastics industry insiders. If you missed our seminar program, not to worry. We will run the seminar series again later in June.
MLT Analytics Updates POE Report
MLT Analytics attended the recent Chinaplas show in Shanghai, where we met a number of suppliers of polyolefin elastomers and plastomers (POEs/POPs), including several emerging Chinese players. We also recently attended a webinar focussed partly on encapsulant materials. End result? We think we have more than enough fresh market intelligence to warrant a major update of our industry de facto standard report, which first debuted in February 2022 as a multiclient study.
The June 2024 edition of the report addresses emerging trends issues of immediate and critical importance such as:
·??????? An updated and enhanced profiles of new Chinese suppliers in the POE/POP market including Wanhua, Chambroad, Sinopec and Levima Wison.
·??????? An updated review of solar cell structures and fabrication methods (TOPCon, HJT, LECO, etc.) and their influence of encapsulant material selection (POE vs. EVA).
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Dow SCGC Sign MOU for Circular Plastics
Dow?and SCG Chemicals (SCGC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding a circularity partnership in the Asia Pacific region to transform 200,000 tonnes/year of plastic waste into circular products by 2030.
The partners intend to accelerate technology development in the value chain to enable recycling through both mechanical recycling (MR) and advanced recycling (AR) and convert a broader range of plastic waste into high-value applications.
Composites make world's largest airship possible
Exel Composites is collaborating with French airship manufacturer and operator FLYING WHALES to develop thin wall carbon fiber tubes for a state-of-the-art airship. The airship will deliver up to sixty tons of cargo to remote and difficult-to-reach locations globally. This will also cut emissions compared to land- and air transportation.? Exel will provide R&D support during the airship’s rigid structure prototyping phase, developing and manufacturing the estimated 80km of carbon fiber tubing needed to make this concept a reality.?
Project Using AI to Develop Sustainable Materials
Officially launched on May 2nd, the four-year FAVIA (Adaptative Formulation Through Artificial Intelligence) project aims to predict and adapt in real time the formulations and manufacturing parameters of materials based on recycled plastics. The project, will be carried out by a consortium of four players from the France, is led by Materi'act, a subsidiary of the Forvia Group (formerly Faurecia). It also includes two SMEs Aryballe, specialized in Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) sensors, and Pollen Metrology, specialized in artificial intelligence software for optimizing the production of innovative materials. The fourth partner is the Centre Technique Industriel de la Plasturgie et des Composites (IPC). The FAVIA project is supported by the Auvergne-Rh?ne-Alpes Region, which has mobilized 3.6 million euros in European structural funds from the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund).