2023 Chinaplas will be held in Shenzhen from April 17th to 20th this year. As the world's leading manufacturer of polyolefin additives, Milliken will use the theme of "Innovative Chemistry Innovation" during the exhibition, through three application scenarios display areas, including additive and colorant solutions, circular economy solutions and sustainable Solutions, fully displaying Milliken's innovative technologies, low-carbon energy-saving solutions and application solutions in the field of polyolefins.
On the first day of the exhibition, Milliken will hold a lighting ceremony for the brand that has won the UL environmental statement verification certificate, showing the application cases of many excellent brands. As of April this year, more than 70 upstream and downstream enterprises and brand owners in the polyolefin industry have been awarded UL certification, enabling more and more enterprises to achieve green and low-carbon sustainable growth.
"Miliken has always been committed to market and customer demand-oriented, actively expanding the application scope and scenarios of polyolefin materials, and meeting the needs of customers in different industries for differentiated and innovative products." Dr. Zhou Zhaolin, Vice President of Milliken Chemical Asia Pacific, said "In the future, we will continue to carry out in-depth cooperation with upstream and downstream enterprises to explore a sustainable industry development path and promote the transformation, upgrading and high-quality development of China's polyolefin industry."
Innovative solutions shape high-quality food packaging
Milliken highlighted innovative energy-saving solutions for food packaging at the show, including Milliken Millad® NX® 8000 clarifier, Milliken Hyperform® HPN® high performance additives, and Milliken ClearShieldTM additives.
"Fruit snacks" is gradually becoming the development trend of the food consumption market. The unique design of small packages forms differentiated product features, which is convenient for consumers to carry and use. Food packagers can take advantage of high-quality materials to create strong, small-cup packages and, with the addition of Milliken's Millad® After using NX® 8000 clearing agent, the protection performance, appearance and texture of the packaging are significantly improved, and the quality of food packaging is comprehensively improved.
Milliken Hyperform® HPN performance additives enhance the performance of polypropylene (PP) resins. The additive not only avoids shrinkage and warping of food packaging, but also ensures a balance between stiffness and impact resistance. This product helps to shorten the cooling and cycle time in the thin-wall injection molding process, which not only saves energy but also improves production efficiency. It has good application value in beverage packaging such as frosted milk tea cups.
In addition, Milliken's ClearShield™ additives can protect packaged products from exposure to harmful UV rays by incorporating UV absorbers into the PET packaging itself. PET modified with ClearShieldTM is a food-contact grade simple, cost-effective alternative for storing and displaying food in clear packaging. ClearShieldTM also supports the circular economy through the widespread use of easily recyclable clear PET.
"Four highs and one low"Transparent materials improve home quality
With the improvement of people's living standards and the strengthening of low-carbon and energy-saving awareness, transparent polypropylene has been more widely used, especially in the home furnishing industry. The market has put forward higher performance requirements for transparent polypropylene materials, which also promotes transparent polypropylene. Materials are developing in the direction of "four highs and one low" (high transparency, high impact resistance, high flow, high production efficiency and low processing temperature). Based on this trend, Milliken continues to develop innovative applications, provide technical support for household and food industries, and help customers develop high-quality and environmentally friendly home storage products.
3RSustainable concept helps green development
The concept of sustainable development is one of Milliken & Company's core values. By adhering to the "3R" principle, namely Reduce (reduce raw materials), Recycle (recycle), and Reuse (reuse), social responsibility and green regeneration are integrated into the business In the process of development, realize the transition to a circular plastic economy, and achieve sustainable business growth together with brand owners. Not long ago, Milliken cooperated with a well-known dairy company on beverage bottle packaging. With the help of Milliken's high-efficiency additives, the milk-flavored beverage bottle packaging has been changed from the original form of using PS and PET labels to only using PP materials, effectively reducing the use of plastics, and realizing the advantages of consumables, processes and transportation methods. triple breakthrough. The weight and plastic reduction properties of this type of label-free packaging make it a new trend in the packaging industry.
Cutting-edge technology sharing and display
During the exhibition, Milliken will invite experts from a number of well-known petrochemical companies to share polyolefin technological innovation, application scenarios in different industries and market development trends. The time and venues for expert technical exchanges are as follows:
• From 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm on April 17, Conference Room CC105C, Hall 18;
• April 18, 2:00pm to 4:00pm, Hall 17, P51, Milliken booth;
In addition, during the exhibition, Milliken will cooperate with upstream and downstream enterprises to conduct on-site demonstrations of different products, present innovative application solutions to professional audiences, and demonstrate the processing process of new grades of resin.