A press release on the latest Rapra International conference on high performance fillers for plastics.
Rapra has been working with polymers for over 85 years. Current projects include: SUREFIRE on polyester/nanoclay compounds; POLYCOND looking at surface modification of carbon nanotubes and polyaniline fillers; Flaretpol on magnesium hydroxide and nanoclays as flame retardants in polypropylene; NANORUB on nanoclays in rubbers; and BIOCOMP on fillers and polymers/resins derived from natural materials.
The filler market in Europe and NAFTA is estimated at about 7.5 million tons, with a value of about 3 to 4 billion Euro. The size of the high-performance filler market is estimated at between 0.5 and 1 M tons with a value between 400 and 600 M Euro. Filler surface modifiers are important in many applications and are dominated by fatty acids and organosilanes. Significant market growth is taking place in several areas, particularly in composites using nanofillers, natural fibres or fire-retardant fillers.
10-Oct-05 
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