Tau tsim muaj xyoo 1987, Niche Polymer tseem niaj hnub loj hlob tuaj thiab los ntawm kev yuav khoom, tsom nws cov kev siv zog tsim khoom rau kev hloov pauv ntawm kev xav tau ntawm kev ua lag luam. Ntxiv tus nqi rau cov khib nyiab hauv kev lag luam thiab cov khib nyiab tom qab siv yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm cov kev siv zog no. #kev txhim kho kom ruaj khov
Zoo li Dr. Saurabh Naik tau ua ntej nws lub sijhawm hauv kev tawm tswv yim txog kev lag luam ncig thoob plaws. Rov qab rau xyoo 1980, nws pib nrhiav kev lag luam rau cov khib nyiab rov ua dua tshiab tom qab kev lag luam. Nws tau txais nws daim PhD hauv polymer chemistry los ntawm U-Mass Lowell hauv xyoo 1978 thiab tom qab ntawd ua haujlwm luv luv rau Martin Marietta thiab International Paper tsim mica ua cov khoom siv hauv cov thermoplastic formulations.
Niaj hnub no, Nike yog tus tsim thiab CEO ntawm Niche Polymer LLC, ib qho ntawm nws cov kab khoom hu ua PoliPCR, uas yog ua los ntawm cov khoom siv rov ua dua tshiab rau sab hauv tsheb, cov khoom siv hauv lub cav, teeb pom kev zoo, qhov rai profile, pem teb, phab ntsa cladding thiab cov khoom siv ruaj khov. xws li rooj tog thiab khoom siv hluav taws xob. PoliPCR yog ua los ntawm polypropylene, nylon 6, nylon 66, polycarbonate, ABS thiab PBT.
Dr. Saurab Naik, CEO ntawm Niche Polymer, tau ua ntej nws lub sijhawm hauv kev nrhiav kev lag luam thiab daim ntawv thov rau cov khib nyiab yas. Duab: Niche Polymers
Sunny Nike, tus tub ntawm Niche Polymer tus tsim thiab tus lwm thawj coj ntawm kev ua haujlwm, tau hais tias: "Peb ntseeg hais tias yuav txhawb nqa kev ruaj khov los ntawm kev ua haujlwm nrog cov neeg muab khoom siv resin, cov pwm thiab OEMs kom hloov cov yas pov tseg ntawm ib puag ncig thiab nce kev rov ua dua tshiab. cov khoom muaj nqis ntxiv. Lub hauv paus ntawm peb cov khoom siv yog peb lub luag haujlwm rau zej zog. Kev ruaj khov yog peb lub peev xwm los rov ua qhov txheej txheem no ntawm qhov nrawm tas li."
Niche Polymer muaj cov nroj tsuag hauv Ravenswood, West Virginia thiab Washington, Neskehonin, Pennsylvania, thiab Killen, Alabama, nrog rau cov chaw faib khoom hauv Washington, DC, thiab Toronto. Lub chaw ua haujlwm 80,000-square-foot hauv Musle Shoals, Alabama, tau teem sijhawm qhib rau xyoo no los tsim cov polymers mos (TPEs thiab TPVs). Lub tuam txhab npaj yuav nruab lub Hoobkas nrog peb txoj kab sib xyaw tshiab. Nws yuav tsom mus rau kev muab cov khoom lag luam tsheb OEMs hauv sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj. Tsis tas li ntawd, xyoo no Niche tau qhib lub chaw PCR hauv Florence, South Carolina, thiab xyoo tom ntej Niche yuav qhib lub Hoobkas sib xyaw hauv Queretaro, Mexico, nrog rau kev pabcuam kev tshaj lij thiab chaw faib khoom hauv Texas. Lub Hoobkas Nesquehoning yog qhov tshwm sim ntawm Niche xyoo 2021 tau txais Ametek/Westchester Plastics, uas ntxiv cov kev pabcuam grafting, reactive compounding thiab kev ua tiav rau lub tuam txhab lub peev xwm.
Cov kev ua haujlwm sib xyaw ntawm Niche Polymer tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm cov thev naus laus zis tshiab tshaj plaws ntawm kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm cov ntsia hlau sib xyaw. Lub tuam txhab ua haujlwm 18 kab ntau lawm hauv ntau lub Hoobkas.
Dr. Naik siv nws txoj haujlwm thaum ntxov hauv polymers, tsom mus rau kev rov ua dua tshiab. Thaum Niche tau tsim tsa xyoo 1987, nws tau muag cov khoom seem los ntawm Black & Decker cov txheej txheem tsim khoom mus rau Tuam Tshoj thiab Is Nrias teb. Thaum nws tau txais ntau qhov chaw muab khoom, nws tau qhib lub Hoobkas rov ua dua tshiab hauv Baltimore los txo qis thiab ntim khoom. Los ntawm xyoo 1990, nws tau xa 20 lab phaus ntawm cov khoom seem ib xyoos mus rau Tuam Tshoj, uas tab tom nrhiav cov khoom pheej yig dua los txhawb kev lag luam txhaj tshuaj molding uas tab tom loj hlob.
Thaum pib ntawm lub xyoo pua, kev ua lag luam rov ua dua tshiab tau dhau los ua qhov nyuaj dua. "Tus nqi tshuaj lom neeg siab, yog li cov roj hmab tseem ceeb kim heev," Dr. Naik rov qab hais. "Peb sau ntau cov khoom seem, tab sis qhov teeb meem uas peb ntsib yog yuav ua li cas ntxiv tus nqi rau nws." Xyoo 2001, Niche tau qhib nws lub chaw tseem ceeb hauv Washington, DC, nyob ib sab ntawm lub Hoobkas DuPont, qhov chaw uas cov khoom tsis zoo raug xaiv thiab cov khoom polymer tshiab raug xa rov qab. Ib lub chaw tsim khoom muab cov kev pabcuam ntxiv rau cov roj hmab loj ntawm lub sijhawm. Xyoo 2008, Niche Polymer tau pib sib xyaw ntawm lub Hoobkas fiber yav dhau los uas tau yuav los ntawm DuPont hauv Ravenswood.
Ravenswood loj hlob peb npaug thaum Niche pib tsim nws cov khoom. Xyoo 2014, Niche tau ntxiv ob txoj kab sib xyaw thiab nws lub chaw kuaj mob R&D tau txais daim ntawv pov thawj ISO 17025. Peb xyoos tom qab, Niche tau ntxiv ib txoj kab sib xyaw polyolefin thiab polystyrene. Ravenswood tam sim no muaj peev xwm ua tau 150 lab phaus ib xyoos. Cov khoom ua nyob ntawd, feem ntau yog ua los ntawm nylon, suav nrog cov iav puv, cov ntxhia puv, cov khoom tiv taus kev cuam tshuam thiab cov qib tiv taus kub.
Niche kuj tsim cov khoom siv PC/ABS thiab PIR iav-filled polypropylene. Lub chaw nyob ze Washington ua haujlwm ua Polymer Alliance Services. Lub chaw 400,000-square-foot ua haujlwm ua Niche lub hauv paus khaws cia thiab faib khoom rau cov ntaub ntawv, tab sis nws kuj tswj hwm ntau lwm yam haujlwm: kev cais tawm, kev txiav, kev sib tsoo cryogenic, kev ntim khoom, kev sib xyaw, kev ziab, thiab ntau ntxiv.
Tom qab ntawd, xyoo 2020, Niche tau ntxiv TPE thiab TPO cov peev xwm tsim khoom nrog kev yuav Polymer Technical Services (PTS) hauv Heath, Ohio. PRT sib xyaw PP, PE, TPO, ABS, PC, Nylon 6, Nylon 66, PBT thiab lawv cov alloys. Los ntawm 60,000 square foot chaw nrog ob tus neeg ua haujlwm, PTS tau loj hlob mus rau ntau dua 40 tus neeg ua haujlwm. Lub Hoobkas tau nruab nrog lub chaw kuaj mob uas muaj txhua yam khoom siv txij thaum pib. Thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2011, PTS tau qhib lub Hoobkas rov ua dua tshiab ntxiv 80,000 square foot hauv Hebron, Ohio, ntau dua ob npaug ntawm nws qhov chaw rov ua dua tshiab thiab chaw cia khoom.
Kev yuav Ametek/Westchester Plastics hauv xyoo 2021 yuav ntxiv txog li 220 lab phaus ntawm lub peev xwm tsim khoom. Westchester Plastics yog Asmeskas lub tuam txhab tsim khoom ywj pheej ntawm cov khoom siv engineering resins, alloys, blends, reactive modifiers thiab lwm yam khoom siv thermoplastic.
Niche Polymer tau nthuav dav nws txoj kev lag luam them nqi hauv xyoo 2021 nrog kev yuav khoom ntawm Ametek, Westchester Plastics, uas tau hais tias yog lub tuam txhab tsim kev them nqi loj tshaj plaws hauv North America.
Niche Polymers ua haujlwm 18 txoj kab sib xyaw ua ke 24/5 hauv tag nrho nws cov Hoobkas. Raws li nws qhov kev kwv yees, tus nqi loj hlob los ntawm xyoo 2022 yuav yog li 30%. Nws lub peev xwm tsim khoom yog li 100 lab phaus ib xyoos los ntawm nws cov khoom lag luam:
• Cov khoom lag luam uas tau ntawv pov thawj los ntawm PoliPIR yog 100% rov ua dua tshiab (PIR) thiab tsim los rau cov ntawv thov uas xav tau cov khoom lag luam uas tau ntawv pov thawj los ntawm PIR kom txuag tau nqi. • PoliSP cov polymers mos mos yog ua los ntawm SEBS thiab zoo ib yam li cov roj hmab vulcanized, tab sis tuaj yeem ua tiav zoo li cov thermoplastics. Cov ntawv thov suav nrog gaskets, cable sheaths thiab cov tshuaj txhaj tshuaj mos mos.
• Cov khoom PoliPCR yog cov khoom sib xyaw ua los ntawm nylon 6 thiab 66 thiab PPC (polypropylene carbonate, ib qho copolymer ntawm carbon dioxide thiab propylene oxide). Cov ntsiab lus PCR kuj tseem tuaj yeem hloov kho tau. Cov khoom siv raw PCR yog raws li cov khoom siv tas li thiab cov txheej txheem tau ua kom zoo tshaj plaws los tsim cov khoom siv raw sib xyaw huv si thiab txhim khu kev qha rau kev siv sab hauv. Cov khoom siv raw tseem ceeb ntawm Niche Polymer ntawm no yog cov ntaub thaiv ntses nylon (kwv yees li 640,000 tons raug pov tseg txhua xyoo), ntaub pua plag, cov ntaub dai, pallets, cov paib pov tseg, thiab cov ntawv lo PP rau cov fwj dej qab zib PET. Lub chaw Florence yog Niche Polymer PCR chaw sau thiab ua kev cais, ntxuav, sib tsoo, nrhiav hlau, compaction, sib tov thiab ntim khoom.
Txhua qhov chaw Niche Polymer tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm cov khoom siv kuaj thiab kuaj tshiab.
Nrog rau qhov tob thiab dav ntawm nws cov kab khoom, Niche Polymer sib tw hauv ntau yam kev lag luam kawg. Qhov no suav nrog cov khoom siv niaj hnub xws li tsheb, kev tsim kho, rooj tog thiab khoom siv hauv tsev, khoom siv hluav taws xob, kav dej, cov cuab yeej hluav taws xob, cov khoom siv kis las, thiab cov khoom ua si.
"Kev lag luam tsheb yuav yog qhov tseem ceeb rau kev tsim cov khoom Niche Polymer yav tom ntej," Thomas Moccia, tus lwm thawj coj ntawm kev muag khoom thiab kev lag luam tau hais. Niche twb muaj cov khoom siv rau cov tsheb me me; cov tshuaj tua kab mob polymers rau cov khoom siv uas kov ntau zaus xws li lub kauj tsheb, cov zaub thiab cov tes tuav qhov rooj; cov roj carbon fiber reinforced polymers rau cov vaj huam sib luag lub cev muaj zog thiab sib dua, cov vaj huam sib luag ru tsev thiab cov log; cov roj teeb thiab lub bumper systems muab cov ntaub ntawv. rau lub zog thiab kev nyab xeeb.
Tab sis cov tuam txhab tsim tsheb kuj tseem tab tom thawb kom lawv cov neeg muab khoom siv los muab cov qib uas muaj txog li 30 feem pua PCR rau cov dashboards thiab lwm yam khoom sab hauv. "OEMs xav ua lag luam PCR ua cov khoom siv muaj nqis ntxiv thiab peb ua haujlwm nrog lawv cov pab pawg tsim kho kom tsim cov tshuaj sib xyaw uas haum rau lub hom phiaj no."
Kev xaiv cov tshuaj ntxuav kom raug yuav ua rau cov khoom siv thiab cov xim hloov pauv sai dua thiab txo cov khib nyiab. Koj tuaj yeem txuag tau cov khoom siv.
Txoj kev tshiab uas siv fluorescence dissociation muab ib txoj kev ceev thiab txhim khu kev qha rau kev ntsuas thiab lees paub cov khoom siv rov ua dua tshiab ntawm ntau yam yas.
Cov tswv lag luam khoom siv niaj hnub no tab tom nrhiav kev siv cov tshuaj siv rov qab ua dua tshiab los ua ib qho kev pabcuam tseem ceeb rau kev siv cov khoom siv kho tshuab yog tias lawv xav ua tiav cov hom phiaj kev lag luam ncig hauv kaum xyoo tom ntej. Muaj ntau tus neeg muab kev pabcuam thev naus laus zis tab tom tsim cov thev naus laus zis tshiab los kov yeej cov kev txwv ntawm cov txheej txheem pyrolysis uas twb muaj lawm thiab ua lag luam ntau yam kev xaiv rau kev ua cov tshuaj yas.
Lub sijhawm tshaj tawm: Lub Ob Hlis-01-2023