TAGS: High Heat Materials
Victrex has won a Ringier Technology Innovation Award 2020 for its portfolio of VICTREX FG™ food-grade polymers. The award was made in the ‘Plastics Industry, Raw Materials & Additives’ category, within the context of the development of the plastics industry in China.
The VICTREX FG™ (Food Grade) portfolio is a selection of engineered high-performance polymers certified to major regional food contact and drinking water regulatory standards. It was created to specifically meet the most common performance criteria for food contact materials – strength, toughness and wear resistance as well as its reliable and inert characteristics. Complying with stringent regulatory requirements, the VICTREX FG materials offer design freedom to product managers, designers, engineers and plant managers.
Overcoming Multiple Food Contact Challenges
To provide modern material solutions that could address some of the multiple challenges, the portfolio of VICTREX FG polymers was developed. Members of the
high-performance PEEK (polyetheretherketone) family, they assist manufacturers to comply with the regulatory frameworks governing such critical considerations as food contact, cleaning processes and equipment performance.
VICTREX FG polymers showcase extreme-temperature performance, allowing continuous operation in temperatures of 260°C and up to 300°C for short-term usage. "
Our VICTREX FG portfolio builds on the outstanding properties of PEEK polymer to offer additional benefits in terms of cost-effectiveness, productivity and performance for OEMs in the processing and storage of food and drink, compared to the use of metals", said Stephen Dougherty, who as business director, covers the manufacturing & engineering end-market at Victrex. "
We're very pleased to accept this prestigious Ringier Award as recognition of this work, particularly in the context of the China market where we see rapid market development and where our long-established presence is a great foundation for our work in this increasingly active area."
Technology Innovation Awards, Boosting Plastic Innovations
The Technology Innovation Awards, hosted annually by Ringier Industrial Media, require that each product entered must be in the forefront of the international plastics industry, be relevant to China and play a key role in assisting in taking China's plastics industry to new levels. Launched in 2006, the Awards were developed to encourage and acknowledge those individuals and companies who have introduced and developed a new idea, a new methodology, a new product or a new technology for manufacturing production efficiency, cost effectiveness, or user convenience, which might result in energy saving and more responsible clean manufacturing in China’s key pillar industries.
The prestigious Ringier Technology Innovation Awards are widely promoted among industry leaders and professionals through Ringier’s multimedia platform of magazines, such as China Food Manufacturing Journal (CFMJ), International Composites News for China (RPC), International Plastics News for China, online, and mobile marketing, as well as other major industrial and general media.
Source: Victrex