Sustainable monomers and agriculture go increasingly hand-in-hand. As a consequence, more and more chemical companies are developing new sustainable monomers based on biobased sources, such as biobased BDO and MEG. As a result, they need to test their new sustainable monomers thoroughly to create new high-quality recycled- or bio-based polymers. As you can imagine, this is a time consuming process. Therefore, to launch sustainable monomers quicker to the market, chemical companies increasingly want to shorten their product development cycles.
SPIC polycondensation expertise and facilities accelerate R&D
SPIC offers R&D services & polycondensation expertise to accelerate the product development of your monomers to polymers. In our laboratory we can polymerize your monomer at 1KG lab scale. Early 2020 we expect to complete the construction of a new polycondensation pilot plant to upscale the polycondensation up to 75 KG polymer per batch.
Near-by Emmen, in the Delfzijl region, numerous sustainable monomer derivates are manufactured or planned to be manufactured, such as biobased MEG, TPA, BDO and many more. The SPIC pilot plant can process a myriad of monomers to polymerize the desired polycondensation polymers, such as:
| Monomer examples | Polymer examples |
| 1,4 Butanediol (BDO) | PolyButyleneSuccinate (PBS) |
| Succinic Acid | |
| Terephthalic Acid (TPA) | PolyEthyleneTerephthalate (PET) |
| Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) | |
| Lactic Acid (LA) | PolyLacticAcid (PLA) |
| Terephthalic Acid (TPA) | PolyButyleneTerephthalate (PBT) |
| 1,4 Butanediol (BDO) | |
| HexaMethyleneDiAmine (HMDA) | PolyAmide 66 (PA 66) |
| Hexanedioic Acid (Adipic Acid) | |
| Terephthalic Acid (TPA) | PolyTrimethyleneTerephthalate (PTT) |
| 1,3 Propanediol (PDO) |
Interested how we can help you with your product development?
Do you need proof-of-concept testing of a new (co-)polymer? Or do you want to upscale the polymer polycondensation based on your monomers? SPIC can help you. Click on Polymerzation or Post Condensation Technologies to learn more. Contact us to assess your business opportunities!