Solvay's vinyls joint venture in Europe, SolVin, is launching NanoVin®, an innovative nanocomposite combining polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and nanoparticles of clay. This specialty product displays exceptional properties in terms of plasticity, viscosity and flow, making NanoVin® a so-called 'smart material', capable of sensing and reacting to changes in its environment. NanoVin® is a ready-to-use product suitable for PVC paste applications, which require non-dripping and shear-thinning properties as the viscosity of the material decreases when a shear stress is applied to it and recovers a high value when the stress is released.
NanoVin® is now entering into a pre-commercial phase, with a pilot production unit located in Jemeppe (Belgium). SolVin is a joint venture that combines the competences of Solvay and BASF in the European vinyls sector, with operations in France, Germany, Spain and the Benelux countries and a total annual production capacity of 1.3 million tons of PVC.
29-Nov-06 
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