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Zwolle, Netherlands, 2016/11/16 - DSM-Niaga, a joint venture of DSM and start-up company Niaga, announces that its Niaga® technology is ready for commercial-scale production of recyclable carpets - DSM-Niaga.com. Euronext: DSM KON
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All carpets made with this technology can be 100% recycled and made into new carpets of the same volume and quality, again and again. To boost innovation and collaboration with the carpet industry, DSM-Niaga will extend its Niaga Innovation Center activities and install its own Niaga Technology carpet line in DSM’s Materials Center in Geleen, the Netherlands, as of January 2017.
Annually around 4.5 billion m2 of carpet, tiles and rugs has been fitted worldwide in buildings, cars, planes and many other interiors. Each year billions of kilograms of carpet are discarded as landfill or incinerated. For 40 years, the combination of many materials, including latex adhesive, has made it both technically difficult and economically uninteresting to attempt to recover materials for re-use.
DSM-Niaga is convinced that this innovation has the potential to radically improve the use of materials in the carpet industry and to be instrumental to the sustainable production and re-use of carpet material on a global scale.
The innovation center will serve the carpet industry to test and further develop the Niaga Technology and expand their portfolios with more sustainable, reusable products. DSM-Niaga has the ambition to make the technology available for all carpet producers globally. Together with its strategic partner Lacom GmbH, a global leader in laminating and coating machines, DSM-Niaga has made machine sets fit for Niaga technology.
95% less energy and no water use
DSM-Niaga has invested several million euros to develop a completely new technology to make circular products, starting with carpet. DSM-Niaga partnered with Lacom GmbH, to develop a commercial-scale laminating process based on the Niaga Technology, with DSM’s engineered adhesive. This new laminating process enables the production of a polyester mono-material carpet, and a duo-material carpet with a polyester backing and nylon or woolen face fibers. All materials in these carpets can be recovered after use, and made into carpet again and again. The machine uses up to 95% less energy than mainstream lamination processes and reduces water use to zero. Unlike a regular carpet, a carpet made with Niaga Technology does not contain any latex, PVC or bitumen.
Up to now, DSM-Niaga has tested its adhesive R&D and application solely in its Zwolle Tech Center. With the expansion of Niaga’s Innovation Center activities, the company will add development capacity by tapping into the innovative knowledge and expertise of DSM’s Materials Center in Geleen - a materials powerhouse. Combining the R&D capabilities of two of DSM’s materials knowledge centers in Zwolle and Geleen, the Netherlands, makes a powerful platform to deliver on the successful growth strategy of Niaga.
DSM-Niaga also expects to benefit from its proximity to the Center Court at Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen in the Netherlands. The Center Court is the newest addition to the Chemelot campus where top knowledge institutions and companies, amongst others DSM’s Innovation Center, are gathered under one roof in the heart of Europe’s Materials knowledge area.
About DSM-Niaga
DSM-Niaga (dsm-niaga.com) is a joint venture, established in 2014, between Royal DSM and Niaga. The company is focusing on innovative sustainable solutions for soft flooring replacement without compromising on carpet quality and appearance, addressing health (indoor air-quality) concerns, and allowing simplification of and easy integration into existing carpet manufacture systems.
Contact: André van der Elsen - DSM External Communications Europe
P: +31 45 578 2421 - E: media.relaties[.]dsm.com.
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