Jun 4 2013
Axiall Corporation today announced the introduction of Aspire™ flexible vinyl compounds, the market’s first phthalate-free, bio-based compounds offering improved performance at a price that is equal to its traditional non-sustainable counterparts.
The Aspire family of compounds offers a more sustainable alternative for a variety of consumer and industrial end-use products that can benefit from a non-phthalate solution. Key sustainability credentials include:
- Bio-Based Plasticizers – Derived from renewable resources (non-petroleum-based feedstock)
- Organic-Based Stabilizers – Free of heavy metals
- Low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) – Passes GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification and GREENGUARD Gold Children & Schools Certification
- High Renewable Carbon Content – Meets USDA BioPreferred Program requirements with greater than 25 percent renewable content
- Carbon Footprint Reduction – Cradle-to-gate life-cycle analysis shows lower CO2 emissions and improved environmental impact when using bio-based versus phthalate-based plasticizers (cradle-to-gate analysis measures the impact from the point of resource extraction until the finished product is ready to be shipped from the manufacturing location)
In addition to offering improvements in overall sustainability, physical property comparisons of Aspire bio-based compounds and phthalate-based compounds reveal improved performance in:
- Low temperature properties
- Dynamic thermal stability and color hold
- Outdoor weatherability
"Axiall is one of the leading technology companies in the vinyl industry, and we have used our decades of experience producing engineered vinyls to develop a line of bio-based compounds that are free of phthalates and heavy metals," said William H. Doherty, vice president-PVC Compounds. "The Aspire compounds are specifically designed to enable our customers to meet their sustainability, product performance and economic goals without compromising product quality or increasing cost."
Source: http://www.axiall.com