Westlake showcases sustainable PVC innovations at NPE 2024

“We are excited to participate in NPE 2024 to present our products and sustainable solutions,” said Amy Moore, vice president, Westlake Polyethylene. “Westlake strives to deliver high-value, essential products for our customers across several sectors — including healthcare, automotive, agriculture and water systems, food packaging, and housing materials. We endeavor to produce and deliver these goods in increasingly sustainable ways.”

Under the theme of “Enhancing Your Life Every Day,” three of Westlake’s businesses will showcase their products: Westlake Global Compounds, Westlake Polyethylene and Westlake North American Vinyls.

“As a global leader that produces and manufactures essential materials, we understand the critical role of plastics in our every day life,” said Erik Keracik, vice president, Westlake North American Vinyls. “Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is the world’s third most widely used plastic and serves as an attractive alternative to traditional materials such as glass, metal, wood and other plastic materials because of its versatility, durability and cost competitiveness.”

“Westlake has a passion for working to meet customer needs through superior and new technology, product quality and operating excellence. We seek solutions that change lives and minimize environmental impact,” said Renee Havrilla, vice president, Westlake Global Compounds. “We are excited to officially launch at NPE the Pivotal portfolio to now include PVC compounds.”

Westlake will highlight some of its diverse range of sustainable products at NPE including:

High-Performance Molecular-Oriented PVC (PVCO) Pipe

In 2022, Westlake expanded production of PVCO, a molecular-oriented PVC pipe material with enhanced water flow and a lower carbon footprint compared to traditional Westlake PVC pipe. During the manufacturing process, the PVC molecules are stretched and reorganized to increase material strength, making the pipe more flexible and lighter weight. Less material per unit length provides secondary benefits for shipping the product. By reducing the weight of the haulage, vehicles can use less fuel, thereby reducing carbon emissions. PVCO is available in North America.

Pivotal Product Line

Pivotal Polyethylene is specifically formulated to preserve film performance while incorporating Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) content. Our product portfolio is designed to balance process stability and film performance while incorporating PCR into a variety of flexible film applications.

Pivotal PVC Compounds is specifically formulated with Post-Industrial Recyclate (PIR) content. It is a rigid, non-phthalate compound formulated for a variety of custom injection molding applications. It is developed to consistently perform like virgin resin with minimal lot-to-lot variability; designed to achieve high flammability resistance and RTI properties; and, specially formulated to process well during injection molding, including multi-cavity tools.

GreenVin Bio-attributed PVC

GreenVin bio-attributed PVC is produced with renewable energy (under European Guarantees of Origin) and renewable ethylene. The renewable ethylene is derived from bio-naphtha. GreenVin bio-attributed PVC is both ISCC PLUS and REDcert2 certified, using the mass balance approach. Bio-attributed GreenVin PVC is approximately 90% less carbon intensive compared to conventionally produced Westlake PVC. Westlake also produces lower carbon GreenVin PVC and GreenVin caustic soda produced with certified 100% renewable energy under European Guarantees of Origin. GreenVin PVC is already being used in various PVC application areas, such as the automotive, window manufacturing, and pharmaceutical packaging sectors. GreenVin caustic soda is approximately 30% less carbon intensive compared to conventionally produced Westlake caustic soda. Caustic soda is used to produce detergents, cardboard, pharmaceuticals, water treatment, and many other key products.

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