Nabaltec AG has successfully launched its production plant for the new mineral co-stabiliser ACTILOX CAHC. The plant, located in Schwandorf, Germany, has a yearly capacity of 10,000 metric tons and is fully process controlled and waste water free. With an investment of 18 million Euros, it is one of the largest single investments in the history of Nabaltec. ACTILOX CAHC is a key component in heat stabilizers for polymers, specifically in heavy metal free stabilizers used in PVC. Its availability in large scale enables the PVC industry to phase out environmentally critical additives.
Schwandorf - Nabaltec AG is a leading supplier of mineral-based flame retardants and raw materials for technical ceramics. The Additives business unit, a part of the Functional Fillers division, also including the Flame Retardants business unit of Nabaltec AG, has successfully launched its production plant for the new mineral co-stabiliser ACTILOX CAHC. The plant with a yearly capacity of 10,000 metric tons is located at the company’s German manufacturing site in Schwandorf. Nabaltec also runs a joint venture plant for the production of fine precipitated aluminum hydroxides APYRAL® 40 CD and APYRAL® 50 CD in Corpus Christi (Texas, USA) and a pilot plant for functional fillers in Kelheim, Germany.
The new state of the art chemical plant for CAHC, which was commissioned in last quarter of 2009, is fully process controlled and waste water free. With an investment sum of 18 million Euros, the CAHC plant has been one of the largest single investments in the history of Nabaltec.
ACTILOX CAHC is a calcium aluminum hydrate carbonate. Product, process and application have been filed for patents. As a mineral acid scavenger it is a key component in heat stabilizers for polymers, specially in heavy metal free stabilizers used in PVC. The availability of ACTILOX CAHC in large scale enables the PVC industry to speed up the phase out of environmentally critical additives as it was initiated by “Vinyl 2010”, the voluntary commitment of the European PVC industry for sustainability.
ACTILOX CAHC is the first commercialized product within the new mineral co-stabiliser series of business unit Additives. It can be delivered in polyethylene packaging, super sacks and bulk.