Japan Steel Works : Providing twin-screw extruder “TEX” technology for chemical recycling of acrylic resins
August 30, 2021
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Providing twin-screw extruder 'TEX' technology for chemical recycling of acrylic resins
2021/08/31
The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.(JSW) the world's leading supplier of compounding twin screw extruders, today announced Sumitomo Chemical (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will use JSW continuous plastics decomposition technology for chemical recycling.
This technology features continuous recovery of MMA (methyl methacrylate) monomer from used acrylic resin by using JSW twin-screw extruder, 'TEX series'.
'TEX series' used in this technology is expected to expand its application field not only in chemical recycling but also in conventional material recycling and thermal recovering.
JSW plans to launch Chemical Recycling Center in Hiroshima Plant in 2022 to provide enhanced technical support that meets various kinds of customer's needs for plastics recycling.
JSW and its affiliates will continue to develop technologies that reduce the environmental burden and aim to be a company that contributes to the realization and development of sustainable society.
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The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of steel products and industrial equipments. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- manufacturing of production equipments (78.9%): hydraulic machines, injection and blow molding machines, equipment of electronic components production, wind turbines, die casting machines, equipment for environmental protection, etc.;
- manufacturing of steel products (15.4%): forged and cast parts, flat products, tubular products, thermal and nuclear products, etc.;
- other (5.7%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (46.6%), China (22.7%) and other (30.7%).
THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD. 
