Cabot Corporation has launched its new Replasblak product family of circular black masterbatches with certified materials. With this launch, Cabot has introduced three products that will be sold as the company’s first-ever International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS) certified black masterbatch products, powered by Evolve Sustainable Solutions.
Jeff Zhu, Executive Vice President and President of the Performance Chemicals segment and Asia Pacific Region at Cabot Corporation, expressed pride in the launch of their Replasblak portfolio, emphasising their commitment to sustainability and the development of environmentally beneficial products and processes. Their new black masterbatch products, powered by Evolve Sustainable Solutions, will be produced at their plants in Pepinster and Loncin, Belgium, which have recently obtained ISCC PLUS certification. This certification provides third-party validation that their products utilise circular value chains and certified feedstocks during production. Cabot is enthusiastic about the ongoing development of several projects and is eager to collaborate with customers and industry partners to expand their product range and contribute to a more sustainable world.
Cabot’s recently launched Evolve Sustainable Solutions technology platform is designed to deliver products that offer sustainable content with reliable performance on an industrial scale. According to the company, its Replasblak circular black masterbatches will deliver the reliable performance, quality, and consistency that the plastics industry requires at scale for certified solutions.
Increased environmental pressures are driving greater demand for black masterbatch solutions that support a circular, sustainable economy as well as reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across several applications in the automotive, agriculture, packaging, and construction segments. Cabot’s Evolve Sustainable Solutions technology platform is designed to deliver sustainable reinforcing carbons and other performance materials across three sustainability categories: recovered, renewable, and reduced.
Cabot’s Replasblak products powered by Evolve Sustainable Solutions include Replasblak rePE5475, a 100% circular black masterbatch made from reclaimed carbons from end-of-life tyre pyrolysis and mechanically recycled polyethylene; Replasblak rePE5265, a 70% circular black masterbatch made from mechanically recycled polyethylene; and Replasblak rePE5250, a 60% circular black masterbatch also made from mechanically recycled polyethylene. All three products leverage an ISCC PLUS certified mass balance approach.
The products offer features suited for various applications. Replasblak rePE5475 is suitable for applications that require higher circular content, including compounding, recycling, injection moulding, and sheet extrusion applications relevant to the automotive, agriculture, packaging, and construction segments. Replasblak rePE5265 delivers high gloss and jet pigmentation in thermoplastics, making it suitable for compounding, recycling, injection moulding, and sheet extrusion applications relevant to the automotive segment. Replasblak rePE5250 delivers high tint strength, making it suitable for compounding, recycling, injection moulding, and sheet extrusion applications relevant to the automotive segment.