I hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1987, ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Niche Polymer i ka ulu ʻana ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe a ma o nā loaʻa ʻana, e kālele ana i kāna mau hana hoʻomohala huahana ma nā pono mākeke e loli nei. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka waiwai i nā ʻōpala ʻoihana a me nā ʻōpala ma hope o ka mea kūʻai aku he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ia o kēia mau hana. #hoʻomohala hoʻomau
Me he mea lā ua ʻoi aku ka holomua o Kauka Saurabh Naik ma mua o kona manawa i ka hāpai ʻana i kahi hoʻokele waiwai holoʻokoʻa. I nā makahiki 80, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻimi i kahi mākeke no nā ʻōpala post-industrial hiki ke hana hou ʻia. Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna PhD ma ke kemika polymer mai U-Mass Lowell i ka makahiki 1978 a laila hana pōkole no Martin Marietta lāua ʻo International Paper e hoʻomohala ana i ka mica ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻopiha i nā ʻano thermoplastic.
I kēia lā, ʻo Nike ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me ka Luna Nui o Niche Polymer LLC, kekahi o kāna mau laina huahana i kapa ʻia ʻo PoliPCR, i hana ʻia mai nā mea hana hou no nā loko o ke kaʻa, nā ʻāpana ʻenekini, nā kukui, nā ʻaoʻao puka makani, nā papahele, ka uhi ʻana i ka paia a me nā mea paʻa. e like me nā lako hale a me nā mīkini. Hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo PoliPCR ma ka polypropylene, nylon 6, nylon 66, polycarbonate, ABS a me PBT.
ʻO Kauka Saurab Naik, Luna Hoʻokele o Niche Polymer, ua ʻoi aku ma mua o kona manawa i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mākeke a me nā noi no ka ʻōpala plastik. Kiʻi: Niche Polymers
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sunny Nike, ke keiki a ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Niche Polymer a me ka hope pelekikena o nā hana, "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou i ke kākoʻo ikaika ʻana i ka hoʻomau ʻana ma ka hana pū ʻana me nā mea hoʻolako resin, nā mea hoʻoheheʻe a me nā OEM e hoʻohuli i nā ʻōpala plastik mai ke kaiapuni a hoʻonui i ka hana hou ʻana. nā huahana waiwai i hoʻohui ʻia. ʻO ke kumu kūpono o kā mākou kahe mea ʻo ia ko mākou kuleana kaiāulu. ʻO ka hoʻomau ʻana ko mākou hiki ke hana hou i kēia kaʻina hana i ka wikiwiki mau."
Aia nā hale hana a Niche Polymer ma Ravenswood, West Virginia a me Wakinekona, ʻo Neskehonin, Pennsylvania, a me Killen, Alabama, a me nā kikowaena hāʻawi ma Wakinekona, DC, a me Toronto. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia kahi hale hana he 80,000 kapuaʻi kuea ma Musle Shoals, Alabama, e wehe i kēia makahiki e hana i nā polymers palupalu (TPE a me TPV). Hoʻolālā ka hui e hoʻolako i ka hale hana me ʻekolu mau laina hui ʻelua-wili hou. E kālele ana ia i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā OEM kaʻa ma ka hikina hema. Eia kekahi, i kēia makahiki ua wehe ʻo Niche i kahi kikowaena PCR ma Florence, South Carolina, a i ka makahiki aʻe e wehe ʻo Niche i kahi hale hana hui ma Queretaro, Mexico, a me kahi lawelawe loea a me ke kikowaena hāʻawi ma Texas. ʻO ka hale hana ʻo Nesquehoning ka hopena o ka loaʻa ʻana o Niche iā Ametek/Westchester Plastics i ka makahiki 2021, kahi i hoʻohui i nā lawelawe grafting, reactive compounding a me ka hana ʻana i nā hiki o ka hui.
Kākoʻo ʻia nā hana hoʻohuihui o Niche Polymer e ka ʻenehana extrusion wili māhoe o kēia au. Hoʻokele ka ʻoihana i 18 mau laina hana ma nā hale hana like ʻole.
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Kauka Naik i ka hapa nui o kāna ʻoihana mua ma nā polymers, e kālele ana i ka hana hou ʻana. I ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ʻo Niche i ka makahiki 1987, ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i nā ʻōpala mai ke kaʻina hana ʻo Black & Decker i Kina a me India. I ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu lako hou aku, ua wehe ʻo ia i kahi hale hana hana hou ma Baltimore e hoʻemi i ka nui a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. I ka makahiki 1990, ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i 20 miliona paona o ka ʻōpala i kēlā me kēia makahiki i Kina, kahi e ʻimi nei i nā mea ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi e kākoʻo i ka mākeke hoʻoheheʻe injection e ulu nui ana.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia, ua lilo ka mākeke hana hou i mea paʻakikī. "Ua kiʻekiʻe ke kumukūʻai kemika, no laila ua pipiʻi ke kumukūʻai o ka resin mua," wahi a Kauka Naik. "Hōʻiliʻili mākou i ka nui o nā ʻōpala, akā ʻo ka pilikia a mākou e kū nei pehea e hoʻohui ai i ka waiwai iā ia." I ka makahiki 2001, ua wehe ʻo Niche i kāna hale hana hae ma Wakinekona, DC, ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hale hana DuPont, kahi e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ai nā ʻāpana kīnā a hoʻihoʻi ʻia nā ʻāpana polymer hou. He mea hana e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe hou aku i nā pilikua resin o ia manawa. I ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Niche Polymer e hana i ka hui ʻana ma kahi hale hana fiber mua i kūʻai ʻia mai DuPont ma Ravenswood.
Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o Ravenswood i ʻekolu manawa i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Niche e hoʻomohala i kāna huahana ponoʻī. I ka makahiki 2014, ua hoʻohui ʻo Niche i ʻelua mau laina hui a ua loaʻa i kāna keʻena R&D ka hōʻoia ISO 17025. ʻEkolu mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻohui ʻo Niche i kahi laina hui polyolefin a me polystyrene. Loaʻa iā Ravenswood i kēia manawa he 150 miliona paona i ka makahiki. ʻO nā huahana i hana ʻia ma laila, ma muli o ka nylon, e komo pū ana me nā papa i hoʻopiha ʻia i ke aniani, i hoʻopiha ʻia i ka mineral, kūpaʻa i ka hopena a me nā papa kūpaʻa i ka wela.
Hana pū ʻo Niche i nā mea hoʻohuihui PC/ABS a me ka polypropylene i hoʻopiha ʻia me ke aniani PIR. Hana ka hale kokoke i Wakinekona ma ke ʻano he Polymer Alliance Services. Hana ka hale 400,000 kapuaʻi kuea ma ke ʻano he kikowaena mālama a me ka hāʻawi ʻana o Niche no nā mea hana, akā lawelawe pū ia i nā hana ʻē aʻe he nui: ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka optical, ka wili ʻana, ka wili cryogenic, ka hoʻopili ʻana, ka hoʻomaloʻo ʻana, a me nā mea hou aku.
A laila, i ka makahiki 2020, ua hoʻohui ʻo Niche i nā hiki ke hana ʻia ʻo TPE a me TPO me ke kūʻai ʻana o Polymer Technical Services (PTS) ma Heath, Ohio. Nā hui PRT PP, PE, TPO, ABS, PC, Nylon 6, Nylon 66, PBT a me kā lākou mau mea hoʻohuihui. Mai kahi hale hana he 60,000 kapuaʻi kuea me ʻelua mau limahana, ua ulu ʻo PTS a ʻoi aku ma mua o 40 mau limahana. Ua lako ka hale hana me kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua piha i nā lako mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana. I Ianuali 2011, ua wehe ʻo PTS i kahi hale hana hana hou he 80,000 kapuaʻi kuea ma Hebron, Ohio, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka pāpālua ʻana o kona wahi hana hou a me ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o Ametek/Westchester Plastics i ka makahiki 2021 e hoʻohui i kahi 220 miliona paona o ka hiki ke hana. ʻO Westchester Plastics ka mea hana kūʻokoʻa alakaʻi o ʻAmelika o nā resins ʻenekinia, nā alloys, nā blends, nā reactive modifiers a me nā mea thermoplastic ʻē aʻe.
Ua hoʻonui ʻo Niche Polymer i kāna ʻoihana uku ma 2021 me ke kūʻai ʻana iā Ametek, ʻo Westchester Plastics, ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea hana uku nui loa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
Hoʻokele ʻo Niche Polymers i 18 mau laina hui 24/5 ma kāna mau hale hana āpau. Wahi a kāna mau kuhi, ʻo ka nui o ka ulu ʻana ma ka makahiki 2022 ma kahi o 30%. ʻO kona hiki ke hana ma kahi o 100 miliona paona i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma o kāna mau huahana ponoʻī:
• Hoʻopōʻaiapuni ʻia nā huahana i hōʻoia ʻia e PoliPIR (PIR) a ua hoʻolālā ʻia no nā noi e pono ai nā huahana i hōʻoia ʻia e PIR maʻamau no ka mālama kālā. • Hoʻokumu ʻia nā polymers palupalu PoliSP ma SEBS a ua like lākou me ka rubber vulcanized, akā hiki ke hana ʻia e like me nā thermoplastics. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā noi i nā gaskets, nā ʻupena kaula a me ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka injection palupalu.
• ʻO nā huahana PoliPCR he mau hui i hana kūikawā ʻia o ka nylon 6 a me 66 a me PPC (polypropylene carbonate, he copolymer o ke kalapona ʻokikene a me ka propylene oxide). Hiki ke hoʻopilikino ʻia ka ʻike PCR. Hoʻokumu ʻia ke kahe o nā mea maka PCR ma luna o kahi mea mau a ua hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia ke kaʻina hana e hana i kahi mea maka hui maʻemaʻe a hilinaʻi hoʻi no ka hoʻohana kūloko. ʻO nā kumu nui o nā mea maka o Niche Polymer ma ʻaneʻi he mau ʻupena lawaiʻa nylon (ma kahi o 640,000 tons e hoʻolei ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki), kāpeti, nā mea kau, nā pallets, nā ʻōpala hōʻailona, ​​a me nā lepili PP no nā ʻōmole soda PET. ʻO ka hale ʻo Florence kahi hale hōʻiliʻili Niche Polymer PCR a hana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, ka wili ʻana, ka ʻike ʻana i ka metala, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, ka hui ʻana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana.
Kākoʻo ʻia nā hale hana Niche Polymer āpau e nā lako hana hoʻokolohua a me nā lako hoʻāʻo hou loa.
Me ka hohonu a me ka laulā o kāna laina huahana, hoʻokūkū ʻo Niche Polymer ma nā ʻano mākeke like ʻole. Hoʻokomo pū kēia me nā mea kūʻai aku e like me nā kaʻa, ke kūkulu ʻana, nā lako hale a me nā mīkini, nā mea uila, nā plumbing, nā mea hana mana, nā mea haʻuki, a me nā mea pāʻani.
"ʻO ka ʻoihana kaʻa ka mea nui e nānā ai no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā huahana Niche Polymer e hiki mai ana," wahi a Thomas Moccia, hope pelekikena o ke kūʻai aku a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana. Hāʻawi mua ʻo Niche i nā hoʻonā mea no nā kaʻa māmā; nā polymers antimicrobial no nā ʻāpana i hoʻopā pinepine ʻia e like me nā huila hoʻokele, nā hōʻikeʻike a me nā lima puka; nā polymers i hoʻoikaika ʻia me ke kalapona no nā panela kino ikaika a māmā, nā panela hale a me nā huila; hāʻawi nā ʻōnaehana pila a me ka bumper i nā mea no ka ikaika a me ka palekana.
Akā ke koi nei nā mea hana kaʻa i kā lākou mea hoʻolako mea e hāʻawi i nā māka e loaʻa ana a hiki i ka 30 pakeneka PCR no nā dashboards a me nā ʻāpana kūloko ʻē aʻe. "Makemake nā OEM e kūʻai aku i ka PCR ma ke ʻano he mea i hoʻohui ʻia i ka waiwai a hana mau mākou me kā lākou mau hui hoʻomohala e hoʻomohala i nā hui kūpono no kēia kumu."
ʻO ke koho ʻana i ka hui hoʻomaʻemaʻe kūpono e hiki ke hoʻolalelale i nā loli o nā mea a me nā kala a hōʻemi i ka ʻōpala. Hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i nā mea hana.
Hāʻawi ke ʻano dissociation hou e pili ana i ka fluorescence i kahi ala wikiwiki a hilinaʻi hoʻi no ke ana ʻana a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka ʻike hana hou ʻia o nā plastics like ʻole.
Ke nānā nui nei nā mea nona nā hōʻailona waiwai kūʻai aku i ka hana hou ʻana o nā kemika holomua ma ke ʻano he mea pono e hoʻokō i ka hana hou ʻana o nā mīkini inā makemake lākou e hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu hoʻokele waiwai pōʻai nui i nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana. Ke hoʻomohala nei nā ʻumi o nā mea hoʻolako ʻenehana i nā ʻenehana hou e lanakila ai i nā palena o nā ʻano pyrolysis e kū nei a kūʻai aku i nā ʻano koho like ʻole i ka hana kemika plastik.