Benvic Expands Offerings of Thermoplastic Compounds

With a much broader offering of compounds following a period of expansion and acquisition within the last four years, France’s Benvic (U.S. office in Princeton, N.J, and mfg. plants in Chesapeake, Va., and West Unity, Oh.), is set to make an impact with a ‘new look’ at K 2022. Known as Europe’s leader in PVC compounds, the company has become a multi-materials supplier with offerings that now include polyolefin and TPE-based compounds and a range of recycled and bioplastic compounds.

Said Benvic marketing manager Eric Grange, “Benvic has had a quantum shift in its DNA in the past few years – especially since our K 2019.” The Benvic business has regrouped its 2500+ polymer compounds into four main material streams.

 ▪  PVC compounds remain the historical basis of the company and the recently reborn ProVinyl range of PVC compounds is finding new uses in sectors as diverse as packaging, building, electrical and medical. ProVinyl reportedly occupies a similar space to engineering polymers in terms of the material’s performance, structure and specification. ProVinyl includes rigid, plasticized and recycled grades and there is a strong commitment to custom-made ProVinyl formulations for sustainable use.

 ▪ A reworked and rebranded second strand of materials is Xtended,  a largely polyolefin-based polymer technology supplied from Benvic’s recent purchase of parts of the Celanese site in Ferrara Italy. These polyolefin-based compounds are designed for the challenges of complex, mission-critical or heavy-duty applications in industrial sectors such as food packaging or electrical cables. Benvic’s product lines here are primarily grouped around PP compounds that contain various specialty additives and fillers. The Ferrara site is also home to Benvic’s portfolio of TPEs.

 ▪  The third leg of the Benvic portfolio involves both polymer recyclates and biopolymeric materials in order to service the growing ecoconscious and circular economy. Benvic’s French subsidiary Ereplast is helping drive a growing number of solutions in recycled PVC grades.

 ▪ The fourth is Benvic’s Plantura product lines--a range of biobased and/or compostable polymers for the developpment of successful eco-designed products and solutions.

Benvic is also a supplier of niche materials for specialized product sectors, including medical, biopolymers, conductive and self-sanitizing polymers, as well creating materials for stringent uses in the construction and electrical industries.