New High Performance Additives for Polyolefin Recyling 

BRUG­GOLEN® R8897 and BRUG­GOLEN® R8899 help to tackle the chal­lenge of PP/EPDM post-consumer recyc­ling        

Beyond the elec­tri­fic­a­tion, the coming European legis­la­tion to improve the circular design and end-of-life vehicles (ELV), is dramat­ic­ally chan­ging the whole auto­motive industry and supply chain. An increasing number of recycled mater­ials needs to be present in new cars. There­fore, innov­ative stabil­iz­a­tion solu­tions are requested to bring post-consumer waste (PCR) streams towards better stabil­iz­a­tion so that they can be used in new car applic­a­tions.

Front and rear bumpers represent by far the heav­iest plastic parts in the car. Those bumpers are typic­ally made from PP/EPDM compounds. Being the easiest part to dismantle from end of life vehicles (ELV), they are getting now more and more atten­tion.

Within this context, Brügge­mann has been part­nering with key recyc­ling and re-compounding part­ners to develop state of the art addit­ives to allow the PP/EPDM from ELV’s to enter high added valued auto­motive applic­a­tions.

BRUG­GOLEN® R8897  and BRUG­GOLEN® R8899 are new ther­mo­sta­bil­izer developed by Brügge­mann specific­ally to improve the prop­er­ties of PP-EPDM recyc­lates from front-end applic­a­tions. As the bench­mark in its class, it is based on an innov­ative chem­ical concept that ensures excel­lent reten­tion of mech­an­ical prop­er­ties during long-term heat ageing. Labor­atory tests show an improved level of residual Charpy impact after long term heat aging.