Belgian-headed Syensqo, a global leader in advanced performance materials including high-performance specialty polymers, has announced the global availability of several circular content certified high-performance elastomers and lubricant fluids manufactured at its Spinetta Marengo plant in Piedmont, Italy.
According to the company, these certified products have allocated up to 29 percent of post-industrial recycled (PIR) hydrofluoric acid (HF) through a mass balance system.
These high-performance specialty materials, derived from fluorspar, are renowned for their unique properties, such as resistance to heat and chemicals, or long-lasting lubrication, and are used in highly specialized applications.
Fluorspar is listed as a critical mineral in both the US Energy Act and the EU Critical Raw Materials Act, which sets a target of sourcing at least 25 percent of annual consumption from domestic recycling by 2030.
By replacing a long and globally spread supply chain from mining, refining, to HF production with a single step, recovering fluor from waste inside the Spinetta Marengo plant, makes the supply chain more resilient to geopolitical, trade, and ESG risks.
Customers in elastomers and lubricant fluids are increasingly asking for circular solutions to meet their own ambitious circular sales targets. With this certification and our investment to ramp up recycled Fluor production, we are proud to help them achieve these targets. This makes Syensqo the first manufacturer to offer a certified circular portfolio of these products and advance the transition to a circular economy in our market’s value chains, said Tom Wood, SVP and Head of Product & Asset Management for Syensqo’s Specialty Polymers.
Demand for “Tecnoflon” FKM, FFKM elastomers, and “Fomblin” M lubricant fluids produced at Spinetta is growing, particularly in the semiconductor, o-rings and seals for dry etch and deposition processes, manufacturing, and automotive engine, battery, transmission seals, gaskets, and lubricants.
Syensqo’s circular portfolio will enable our customers in these segments to accelerate their transition to a more circular economy without any compromise on performance.
