Trinseo and JSW Europe Announce Collaboration on PMMA Chemic
Joint collaboration ・ 23. apr 2023 ・ loe edasiTrinseo (NYSE: TSE), a specialty material solutions provider and Japan Steel Works Europe GmbH (JSW EU), a group company of The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (JSW), a manufacturer of industrial and plastics machinery, today announce a collaborative effort on chemical recycling of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). In this collaboration, JSW and JSW EU will supply a depolymerization extruder and technologies to Trinseo as well as provide technical support. Trinseo will source and pretreat PIR/PCR PMMA waste as feedstock to produce recycled MMA (rMMA). rMMA produced by Trinseo will then be used in the development of circular PMMA solutions. PMMA is used in an array of markets, such as automotive and transportation, building and construction, sanitary ware, lighting and home appliances.