Rubber and Plastics Industry Webinar: 21-Sep-2011

Rubber and Plastics Webinar

21-09-2011

The British Plastics Federation
• Longest established plastics Trade Federation in the
world
• Unique in Europe due to diverse membership
– Including materials, machinery and processors

• Represent 75% of industry by turnover
• 400 direct members, 1600 including affiliates
– Covering 140,000+ staff

Memorandum of Understanding
Signed MoU’s with….
– Organisation of Plastics
Processors of India (OPPIA)
– China Plastic Processing Industry
Association
– Plastindia Foundation
– All India Plastic Manufacturers
Association (AIPMA)
– Vietnam Plastics Association

The Plastics Industry in Great Britain
• Plastics industry turnover £19 bn
• Value of exports - £4.6 billion
• Material Processed - 4.8 million tonnes
• Plastics materials produced - 2.5 million
tonnes
• 25% of plastics products manufactured are
exported
• People employed - 186,000
• Over 3,000 primary processors
• 7,430 companies in the plastics industry

UK Plastics Consumption (ktonnes) 1973-2010

6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

0
73

76

79

82

85

88

91

94

97

00

03

06

09
19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

20

20

20

20
Source: The British Plastics Federation

Location of Plastics Companies
Polymer Av. Employees Per
Companies Employees Company
North West 925 26500 29
North East 335 10500 31
Yorkshire and
Humberside 735 18800 26
East Midlands 750 22400 30
West Midland 875 21000 24
East 775 19100 25
South East 915 19100 21
South West 675 13700 20
London 390 6100 16
Wales 445 11900 27
Scotland 345 9900 29
Northern Ireland 265 7000 26
Total 7430 186000 Av = 25

UK Application Split For All Plastics

Others
18%
Medical
2% Packaging
38%
Transport
7%

Furn/House
7%

Electrical
6%
Construction
22%

Breakdown of Primary Processors in UK

UK Injection Moulding Industry
£10 m +
• 1,100 Injection
Moulders in the UK
5%

12%
• Machinery– 20,000
£5-10m
approx.
• No. Companies down
£1 – 5 m < £ 1m around 13% in last 5
57% years
• Total Turnover £2.8
26% billion approx.

UK Plastics Machinery

Production (million euro)

Buyers Guides – www.buyersguides.co.uk
• Around 1000 of each
guide distributed p.a.
• Currently
– Additives
– Masterbatch
– Recyclers
– Moulders
– Packaging Companies
– Consultants
– Equipment

• A History of Plastics
• A-Z of Additives
• A-Z of Polymers
• A-Z of Plastics Processors
• Plastics Translations
• Key Plastics Applications

The Importance of a Common Life Cycle Assessment
Methodology for Plastics
Webinar BusinessVibes of 21st September 2011
Patricia Vangheluwe, Guy Castelan

Outline

• Who we are

• Early starters

• Eco-Profiles & Environmental Product Declaration

• Environmental Footprint of Product

Webinar BusinessVibes of 21st 20

Who we are

• PlasticsEurope is one of the leading European trade associations with
centres in Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan and Paris.
• We are networking with European and national plastics associations and have
more than 100 member companies, producing over 90% of all polymers
across the EU27 member states plus Norway, Switzerland, Croatia and
Turkey.
• The European plastics industry makes a significant contribution to the welfare
in Europe by enabling innovation, creating quality of life to citizens and
facilitating resource efficiency and climate protection.
• More than 1.6 million people are working in about 50.000 companies
(mainly small and medium sized companies in the converting sector) to create
a turnover in excess of 300 billion € per year.
• The plastics industry includes polymer producers - represented by
PlasticsEurope, converters - represented by EuPC and machine
manufacturers - represented by EUROMAP.
• For further info see the web links: www.plasticseurope.org
www.plasticsconverters.eu, www.euromap.org


A complex Industry Requires Common Methodology


Outline

• Who we are

• Early starters




PlasticsEurope Early Starters to Provide
Environmental Information About Plastics
1990 : Decided to develop Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data-sets for
plastics materials  Eco-profiles

1992 : Initial LCI methodology was developed

1993 : First Eco-profiles published

1995 : Workshop with various stakeholders  methodology update

1999 : Eco-profiles available via the internet

2004 : Eco-profiles updated into current format including flow sheet
showing the integration of processes
2006 : Development of Product Category Rule for Environmental Product
Declarations


Outline

• Who we are

• Early starters




Eco-profiles

The Basis (‘foundation’)
• Inventory building blocks for LCA - cradle-to-gate
• European industry average data sets
• Covering the major proportion of European production
• Compiled by independent consultant
• Reliable and accurate data
• Updated ( depending on need and/or age)
• Freely available on our website

Eco-profiles — Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Data
Tier • Fuel consumptions
• Raw material consumptions LCA
1 •
•
•
Air emissions
Aqueous emissions
Solid wastes
Experts


EPD’s

Product Category Rule for uncompounded
polymer resins to include the Impact
Assessment: the type III environm. label

Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) Metrics
Tier • Climate Change, GWP
Possible Additional Metrics
• Ozone Depletion, ODP
• Land Use
B2B
2 •
•
•
•
Acidification, AP
Nutrification, NP
Summer Smog, POCP
Resource Depletion
• Water
• Toxicity (Human, Eco)

1 •
•
•
Air emissions
Aqueous emissions
Solid wastes
Experts


Robust Eco-profile & EPD Procedure In Place

Programme Mgr
PlasticsEurope Qualified LCA
& Reviewer
& Member Co.s Consultant
(DEKRA)

Goal & Scope
Definition

Data Collection

Life Cycle
Modelling Facilitation
Inventory & Project Mgmt
Calculation
Process
Ownership Impact Calculation
& Working Group
Reporting

Review

Publication &
Database Mgmt


Eco-profile&EPD Development Strategy

System for program management
established  DEKRA
• Major revision methodology document,
after external consultation.
• Working with several LCA consultants

Continous Update of Eco-profile in
place

Cooperation with EU JRC
• LCI data supplier (25 datasets) to the
European Platform on LCA (ELCD)
• Plan to integrate our data in the ILCD data
network  External review

Cooperation with UNEP/SETAC LCA
initiative

Outline

• Who we are

• Early starters




Towards…

Tier …Environmental
Footprint of B2C*
3 Products

Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) Metrics
Tier • Climate Change, GWP
• Ozone Depletion, ODP Possible Additional Metrics
B2B
2 •
•
•
•
Acidification, AP
Nutrification, NP
Summer Smog, POCP
Resource Depletion
• Land Use
• Water
• Toxicity (Human, Eco)

1 •
•
•
Air emissions
Aqueous emissions
Solid wastes
Experts

* B2C: meant are the specifiers of consumer products, such as retailers


EU Pilot Project: Product and Corporate
Environmental Footprint
• DG Env & JRC issued a call for volunteers,
will commission a pilot study on the future
product and corporate environmental
footprint methodology

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/corpor
ate_footprint.htm

• PlasticsEurope set up a consortium of pilot
partners: BASF, Südpack, RDC Environment,
DEKRA Industrial, and ADEME (tbc) that was
selected

• Pilot tests runs July 2011 – Feb 2012.

• Consortium partners will learn about EU
footprint methodology, collect unique
experiences with a food packaging case
study, and assess the applicability of the
method.


( )
WEB SEMINAR(September 21, 2011)
SPEAKER: Mario Maggiani

THE ITALIAN
PLASTICS AND RUBBER
MACHINERY INDUSTRY

Mario Maggiani

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Assocomaplast - Centro Direzionale Milanofiori - Palazzo F/3 - 20090 Assago - Milan - Italy - tel +39 02 8228371 - fax +39 02 57512490 - e-mail: info@assocomaplast.org – www.assocomaplast.org

(SINCE 1960 )

ASSOCOMAPLAST
• is a private organisation
that since 50 years
has been promoting
the made-in-Italy
plastics & rubber technologies
• has about 170 Members
• joins the Federation of Italian
industries (CONFINDUSTRIA)
and EUROMAP (Europe’s
Association for Plastics and
Rubber Machinery Manufacturers).

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(OUT ACTIVITY )

PROMAPLAST
• organizes the second largest
trade show in Europe.
In 2009, PLAST hosted
1.478 exhibitors
and 55.175 visitors.
Next event is scheduled
from May 8 to 12, 2012

• manages a training
technical assistance center
for Italian and foreign
plastics converters.

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www.assocomaplast.org

(OUR TECHNICAL MAGAZINE )

PROMAPLAST publishes:

technical magazine mailed
to 8,000 Italian
plastics and rubber converters
(it has the widest national circulation)

NEWS FOR THE PLASTICS AND RUBBER INDUSTRY

WEEKLY E-NEWS FOR THE PLASTICS AND RUBBER INDUSTRY

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(ACTIVITY PROGRAM )

• promotion of the Made in Italy
• exhibitions, in Italy and abroad
• market researches
• technical and commercial support
to plastics and rubber
machinery manufacturers.

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(NOT ONLY FASHION AND DESIGN )

Italy not only is the best
in fashion and design…
From the end of the Fifties,
Italian plastics and rubber machinery
manufacturers
have been steadily at the top
of the world ranking in this field
with a share of about 13%
out of the production value.

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(MACHINERY MADE IN ITALY )

Italian machinery manufacturers -
which actually hold about 600
patents concerning plastics &
rubber machinery and auxiliaries -
offer a fully integrated approach to
the customers for meeting
individual requirement
with reference to energy efficiency,
to lower life time costs
and environmental impact
drastically.
COMERIO ERCOLE

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(MACHINERY MADE IN ITALY )

Experience, innovation, efficiency,
quality and safety
are offered by Italian machinery
and original spare parts.

SIPA

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(WORLDWIDE MACHINERY EXPORT )

EXPORT TOTAL SHARES IN TOTAL (%)
YEAR (million euro
core machinery) D J I USA CHINA

2005 13,725 27.2 15.1 10.8 6.1 3.2

2006 14,341 25.0 12.9 10.7 7.0 5.8

2007 15,260 25.0 10.9 12.3 6.5 6.9

2008 15,037 26.5 11.2 11.7 5.9 8.6

2009 10,811 24.4 10.7 11.2 7.5 9.0

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(ITALIAN SECTOR STATISTICS )

(million euro) 2008 2009 2010 2011
(estimates)

production 4,200 3,300 3,600 4,000
∆% -1.2 -21.4 +9.1 +11.1

import 607 480 565 600
∆% -4.4 -20.9 +17.7 +5.9

export 2,523 1,830 2,010 2,300
∆% -8.4 -27.5 +9.8 +14.3

domestic market 2,284 1,950 2,155 2,300
7.1 -14.6 +10.5 +6.7
∆%

trade balance +1,916 +1,350 +1,445 +1,700
-9.5 -29.5 +7.0 +17.6
∆%
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(ITALIAN MACHINERY EXPORT )

(%) 2008 2009 2010
Europe 61.3 62.7 57.2
- EU 45.7 47.7 45.5
North America/Nafta 9.6 8.0 9.4

Central/South America 6.8 7.7 10.2

Africa 4.6 5.6 5.2

Asia/Oceania 17.7 16.0 18.0

TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0

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(TOP TEN MARKETS )

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 %
(January/June)

Germany 12.6 Germany 15.4 Germany 15.4 Germany 14.9
Russia 8.9 France 6.7 China 6.5 France 6.7
France 6.7 Russia 6.2 France 5.9 China 6.2
USA 5.4 China 4.6 USA 5.6 USA 5.5
Poland 4.8 Spain 4.6 Brasil 4.9 Poland 5.0
China 4.5 USA 4.4 Russia 4.7 Brazil 4.4
Spain 4.5 Poland 3.9 Spain 4.3 Russia 3.8
Mexico 3.0 Turkey 3.7 Poland 3.8 Spain 3.7
Brasil 3.0 Benelux 3.2 Turkey 3.6 Turkey 3.7
Turkey 2.9 Brasil 3.0 Benelux 3.4 UK 3.0
others 43.7 others 44.3 others 41.9 others 43.1
TOTAL 100.0 TOTAL 100.0 TOTAL 100.0 100.0
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(SENTIMENT SURVEY )

Forecast of turnover trend in July-December 2011
(compared to January-June 2011)

100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
32% 50%
20%
10%
0% 18%

Increasing steady decreasing

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(SENTIMENT SURVEY )

Order collection in August 2011
(compared to July 2011)

21% 9%

34%

36%

Increasing Steady Decreasing Sharp decrease

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(SENTIMENT SURVEY )

Top five destination countries
of the Italian sector export
(in August 2011)

13.8%

6.5%

6.5%

59.4% 6.5%

5.8%

Germany United States Russia China Turkey other countries

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(ITALIAN ORIGINALITY )

Thank you!

For more information:
e-mail: info@assocomaplast.org
telefax: +39 02 57512490
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SECOND FRONTIER OF SUSTAINABILITY
IN RUBBER INDUSTRY: MALAYSIA

ONLINE NETWORKING EVENT BY
BUSINESSVIBES
DATUK DR SALMIAH AHMAD
Director General
Malaysian Rubber Board

Malaysian Malaysian
Rubber Rubber Rubber
Research Research Exchange  Rubber Research
Institute of and and Institute of
Malaysia Developme Licensing Malaysia is one of
(RRIM) nt Board Board the 3 organizations
(MRRDB) (MRELB) merged to form
MRB. RRIM was
founded in 1925.
MRB therefore has
been involved in
R&D activities for
Put Logo LGM more than 85
years.

 The findings of
R&D activities are
adopted by the
Put Picture industry and this
ensures the
of Rubber
continued
Product Put Logo
relevance or
SMR sustainability of the
industry to the
economic growth
of the country.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Sustainability is not only about environmental
sustainability But to achieve a
balance, interdependent and mutually reinforcing
economic, social and environmental aspects

Sustainable Development – Social
Definition (People)
• “Development seeking to meet
the need of the present
generation without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
Environment Economy
their own needs” (Brundtland (Planet) (Profit)
Commission,1987)
PERFORMANCE

SMALLHOLDERS
ENJOYING
BETTER INCOME
Income of FELDA settlers planting
rubber
Felda Settlers holding size 4ha,
Independent Smallholders holding Size 2.3 ha,
Productivity 1,500 kg/ha

Income SMR 20
2010
(RM) (sen/kg)
Jan 2,504.90 994.38
Feb 2,538.43 1,010.13
Mac 2,608.41 1,038.00
Apr 2,646.32 1,045.55
May 2,263.49 919.60
Jun 2,330.17 932.45
Jul 2,316.69 915.00
Ogos 2,373.11 955.40
Sep 2,542.38 1,033.84
Oct 2,892.70 1,155.45
Nov 3,194.11 1,283.55
56
Dec 3,725.00 1,415.69
PERFORMANCE

DIVERSIFIED DOWNSTREAM ACTIVITIES

China
Area Export
1.02 mil
ha Cuplump SMR ROW*

Compounded Export China
Production Rubber

Dry Rubber ROW*
Goods
Latex
Gloves
Latex Latex B.G
80%
Latex Others
Export 20%
Imports
Dry
Rubber

Total Capacity ENHANCED
1,500,000 tonne TRADE
Note : * Rest of the World

NO DETRIMENTAL EFFECT TO
ENVIRONMENT EVEN AFTER >100 YEARS
Environmental Management in Rubber Industry
 Appropriated regulatory measures in plac
(Environmental Quality Act (1979) in Malaysia)
 Established technologies for
• effluent treatment,
• air pollution and sludge treatment and
• disposal
sufficient to minimize environmental impact of rubber industry

Other good features of natural rubber
 Natural Rubber is inherently environmentally friendly (compared to
synthetic rubber)
 Positive Carbon Foot Print - 17,333 kg of CO2 is sesquertered/asborbed
during the production of 1.2 tonne of SMR – reduce green house gases.

PERFORMANC

The current Prime
Minister of Malaysia
wishes Malaysia to
move from medium
income to high income
economy. Can rubber
fit into this new
strategic direction of
the country? Especially
in Malaysia, where the
 plants are 95%
owned by smallholders,
 the trees are also
old and
 some percentage of
the acreage has been
converted to oil palm
Criteria for Entry Point Projects (EPPs) where it is not easy to
reverse the situation.
1. GNI contribution 2. Job creation 3.Private sector
driven

The 4 EPP are estimated to contribute GNI of
RM 52.9 billion in 2020
GNI Impact, RM billion

6.0 52.9
Incremental GNI
Contribution 20.75
~ RM 34.4Billion
RM 34.4 billion

2009 (current) Upstream Growth of Introduction Baseline 2020 GNI
developments existing of new Growth
downstream downstream
products products

PERFORMANCE

R&D To Spearheading the Second Frontier of
Sustainability (Optimization of Resources
Utilization)
SECTORS Optimization of Environmental Technological Institutiona
resources Impacts development l changes

UP  Clones with  GAP  Water-  SMH-
STREAM higher productivity  Bio-fertilizer based Cooperative
 Traceability stimulants s

Automation
MID  Recover high-  Recover  Use better 
STREAM value minor minor drying Integration
components components techniques of upstream
 Enforce high and recycle and
quality cup-lumps water midstream
or latex  Ekoprena/ (IPC)
Pureprena
DOWN  Enhance  Use • Low  Carbon
STREAM performance additives from energy Foot Print

SECOND FRONTIER OF SUSTAINABILITY :
EXAMPLE 1
Automatic Rubber Tapping System -
ARTS
TAPPING
ARTS - Is supposed to automatically tap
rubber trees at pre-determined time and
the latex is pumped to a collection
centre.
LATEX
Old rubber trees are also supposed to be
replanted with higher yielding clones

LATEX CONC
such as RRIM 3001 where the potential
yield is 3tonne/ha/year in contrast to
current 1.5tonne/ha/year.

ARTS will also address the issues of
 Labour – it reduce labour
requirement (+ foreign labour) PRODUCTS
 Shortage of latex - Produce more
latex

DISPOSAL
 Reduce the physical burden
especially to ageing smallholders –
ARTS is equipped with collection
PERFORMANCE
system

SECOND FRONTIER OF SUSTAINABILITY : EXAMPLE 2
Integrated Processing Center - IPC
 Co-products in the process are
processed into pharmaceutical
products  value addition and TAPPING
reduce waste or recycle
processed water.
 Land required for effluent
treatment reduced. LATEX
 Reduce cost

IPC will also:-
 Raw material to finished products LATEX CONC
 give better return to
smallholders
 Later, the wood can be integrated
 With the advancement in PRODUCTS
biotechnology, the rubber trees
may be genetically modified to
produce pharmaceutical products
or latex for very specific DISPOSAL
application.
PERFORMANCE

SECOND FRONTIER OF SUSTAINABILITY :
EXAMPLE 3
Ekoprena n Pureprena TAPPING
 Increase the
functionality on rubber
in order to enhance
LATEX
performances (value
addition)
 But the LCIA of the
EKOPRENA/PUREPRENA
epoxidation process
need to be evaluated
 Raw material for the
PRODUCTS
production of “green
products”
 The product will have
DISPOSAL
better Carbon Foot
Print
PERFORMANCE

CONCLUSION

• The Sustainability of the Natural Rubber Industry
• Based on the acceptable definition of sustainability this paper demonstrated
qualitatively (semi quantitatively) the sustainability of the rubber industry
1 based on the impact on people, profit and planet (environment) after more
than 100years involvement.
• More Efficient Uses of Resources
• There are of course areas that can be improved. Using a LCIA tools and based
on knowledge gained through R&D, we realized there is a need to improve on
the effectiveness in utilizing resource. We now realized basic resources such as
water, air, land and materials need to be utilized more effectively. By
improving or increasing our effectiveness in using resources we will not only
2 reduce negative impact of our activities on environment but may also improve
profitability and competitiveness.

• Spearheading the Second Frontier of Sustainability
• Defining effective utilization of resources as the second frontier of
sustainability, MRB is spearheading the R&D activities in this area. Some of the
examples were highlighted which include:
• ARTS – which help to increase the production of latex and reduce labour,
3
• Recovery of what used to be waste as “pharmaceutical” product – which
help to increase value and reduce waste for treatment and
• New green product

PERFORMANCE

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