Fakuma 2024: A look back at an inspiring trade fair
Colored laser marking in leather look and marble effects provided colorful eye-catchers at our trade fair stand.
Fakuma 2024 preview
It will be colorful again at Fakuma 2024 in October! We will be presenting many new colors, effects and special solutions for different plastics and various industries.
Laser marking in plastics processing
The new laser marking masterbatch range offers versatile, sustainable and decorative solutions for marking plastic products.
Successful appearance at Plastpol 2024
Many customers took the opportunity to find out about the latest developments and receive individual advice on their specific applications.
Finke celebrates its 75th anniversary
As one of the pioneers in the development of pigment mixtures for plastics, the company witnessed the birth of plastics development and has established itself as a reliable partner for the plastics processing industry.
Successful appearance at the PCD in Paris: innovations in color and laser marking
Paris Packaging Week is always something very special for us, because the Paris trade fair is all about elegance, luxury products and, of course, packaging.
Certified safety for electrical and electronic applications
In the electrical and electronics industry, aesthetically pleasing plastics…
Disclosure of our carbon footprint
When it comes to the topic of sustainability, we as a company face promising challenges. We are continuously…
We are proud to announce our ISCC Plus certification
We have received ISCC Plus certification from ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) in February 2022. For us, the ISCC Plus certification is a new milestone that promotes an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable production. The certified mass balance approach enables us to assign the share of sustainable raw materials – for example recyclates or bio-based materials – to our products, making it easier for you to achieve your sustainability goals.
Over the past years, the mass balance approach has prevailed in the chemical industry. As an important milestone on the pathway to a circular economy and bioeconomy, it has been designed to trace the flow of materials through a complex value chain. Since chemically recycled or bio-based feedstocks are typically blended in the manufacturing complex, physical segregation of recycled content is often practically and economically infeasible. The mass balance approach makes it possible to track the amount and sustainability characteristics of circular and/or bio-based content in the value chain and attribute it based on verifiable bookkeeping.
ISCC Plus is a standard well-recognised by all stakeholders for recycled and bio-based materials. ISCC Plus certification provides traceability along the supply chain and verifies that companies meet environmental and social standards. For companies using the mass balance approach, ISCC Plus certification verifies that the mass balance accounting follows predefined and transparent rules.
Color for large-scale 3D-printed objects
In the plastics industry, additive manufacturing is the process of choice for the production of individual components in small batch sizes or of small series. Especially the design sector highly appreciates the great potential of 3D-printing and employs it for numerous applications. Using this technology, large objects, such as pieces of furniture or other design elements, can be developed within a short period of time and produced cost-efficiently in small batches. Additive manufacturing is used, for example, in the production of seasonal products and toys in small and special series or in trade show construction.
It goes without saying that color design plays a special role in these areas. However, conventional masterbatch solutions often deliver unsatisfactory color results in 3D-printing. This is mainly due to the fact that the extruders used in additive manufacturing systems are designed exclusively for plasticizing the material, but not for mixing different components.
This is why we have developed a new compound series for 3D printing large-format components: FIBACOMP-3D. The compound is completely dyed and pellets only need to be plasticized in the extruder for processing in 3D printing. The FIBACOMP-3D series is precisely tailored to 3D printing directly from pellets and combines easy processability with individual coloring.
Like all our products, we tune FIBACOMP-3D exactly to the application you have in mind and configure material, color and other additives accordingsly. Depending on the component, we can combine FIBACOMP-3D with further additives such as UV- and thermo-stabilizers, antistatics or lubricants. Sustainability and FIBACOMP-3D go hand in hand here, as numerous variants based on PCR are available in addition to those based on virgin material. A range of standard colors based on PETG is in stock, guaranteeing particularly fast conversion of your ideas into finished products.
As usual, we accompany you from the design phase to series production, thus ensuring a short time-to-market for new developments in additive manufacturing.
