Axion Polymers forecasts positive outlook for 2016
18 February 2016
With order books filling up fast for its Axpoly polypropylene (PP) grades throughout the coming months, Axion Polymers is forecasting a positive outlook this year.
Having developed a broad range of high-grade recycled engineering
polymers, the Manchester-based recycler attributes its growing success to getting its product performance, commercial terms and customer service right for the highly competitive
plastics marketplace.
Axion’s customer base spans a wide range of sectors, from construction, horticulture and retail goods to manufacturing and automotive. Axpoly, derived from automotive and electrical end-of-life feedstocks, appeals to the increasing number of customers who have requirements to meet corporate sustainability goals.
Director Keith Freegard comments: “We have had a great start to the year and are selling to a broad range of reliable customers who value the environmental benefits and consistent quality of our recycled
plastics. They also really like our ability to offer stable prices that are not linked to volatile oil pricing; that makes a lot of sense to a lot of customers.”
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Polymers’ technical capability in supplying tailored
polymers to suit specific end-user requirements, such as modified melt flow, impact resistance and tensile strength, is an additional factor that is driving growth.
Keith states they are now looking to repeat this success with their new high-impact polystyrene grade, Axpoly r-HIPS 1000. Suitable for a range of applications, including horticultural products, DIY goods, retail products and automotive components, all grades are tested to ISO standards, are RoHS-compliant and REACH-ready.
He explains: “Our focus is on further growing our customer base by developing a wider range of technical polymer resins and adding value by making novel plastic compounds that have physical properties that are usually difficult to achieve through standard methods – this ability to ‘be different’ is one of our core skills.”
Inviting enquiries regarding any potential application for the new HIPS or existing grades, Keith adds: “Many organisations today are under pressure to meet certain sustainability targets; particularly in the construction and civil engineering sectors where tender-winning contract offers must have a credible story in terms of the environmental benefits of the selected
materials.
“Invariably, they are obliged to deliver products that have provable, traceable and solidly measured performance in terms of carbon impact and are also sustainably-sourced. Having the in-house expertise to demonstrate this is welcomed by our customers. Overall we are optimistic and confident about growth in 2016.”
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Polymers is part of the Axion Group that develops and operates innovative resource recovery and processing solutions for recycling waste
materials. The Group works with a wide range of clients within the recycling and process industries on the practical development of new processing and collection methods.
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