“Yonke imimandla ngoku ineempahla ezidityanisiweyo zokuxhasa eli shishini,” utshilo uNylon VP uIsaac Khalil nge-12 ka-Okthobha kwiFakuma 2021. “Sineempawu zehlabathi, kodwa zonke zivela apha kwaye zivela apha.”
I-Ascend eseHouston, eyona nkampani inkulu ehlabathini edibanisa i-nylon 6/6, ithengile kane kwisithuba esingaphantsi kweminyaka emibini, kutshanje ithengile inkampani yaseFransi edibanisa i-Eurostar ngexabiso elingachazwanga ngoJanuwari. Iiplastiki zobunjineli.
I-Eurostar eFosses ineeplastikhi ezininzi zobunjineli ezithintela ilangatye kunye nobuchule kwimixube engenazo i-halogen. Le nkampani iqeshe abantu abangama-60 kwaye isebenzisa imigca ye-extrusion eli-12, ivelisa izinto ezidityanisiweyo ezisekwe kwi-nylon 6 kunye ne-6/6 kunye ne-polybutylene terephthalate, ikakhulu ezisetyenziselwa umbane/i-elektroniki.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2020, i-Ascend yathenga iinkampani zezixhobo zase-Itali iPoliblend kunye ne-Esseti Plast GD. I-Esseti Plast ngumvelisi wee-masterbatch concentrates, ngelixa i-Poliblend ivelisa iikhompawundi kunye nee-concentrates ezisekelwe kwiiklasi ze-nylon ezingazange zisetyenziswe kwaye ziphinde zasetyenziswa ze-nylon 6 kunye ne-6/6. Phakathi kowama-2020, i-Ascend yangena kwimveliso yase-Asia ngokuthenga isityalo se-compound e-China kwiinkampani ezimbini zaseTshayina. Isakhiwo sendawo yaseShanghai sinemigca emibini ye-extrusion enezikrufu ezimbini kwaye sigubungela indawo emalunga ne-200,000 square feet.
Ukuya phambili, uKhalil uthe i-Ascend “iza kuthenga ngendlela efanelekileyo ukuxhasa ukukhula kwabathengi.” Wongeze ngelithi inkampani iza kwenza izigqibo zokuthenga ngokusekelwe kwijografi kunye nomxube wemveliso.
Ngokuphathelele iimveliso ezintsha, uKhalil uthe i-Ascend iyandisa uluhlu lwayo lwezinto ezithintela ilangabi lophawu lweStarflam kunye neenylon zeHiDura ezinemixokelelwane emide ezisetyenziswa kwizithuthi zombane, i-filament kunye nezinye izinto ezisetyenziswayo. Izinto ezisetyenziswa kwizithuthi zombane zezinto ze-Ascend ziquka izihlanganisi, iibhetri kunye nezikhululo zokutshaja.
Uzinzo lukwayinto ephambili kwi-Ascend. UKhalil uthe inkampani yandise izixhobo zayo ezisetyenzisiweyo emva kwezemizi-mveliso kunye nezo zisetyenzisiweyo emva kokuba zithengiwe, ijonge ekuphuculeni ukuhambelana kunye nomgangatho, nto leyo ngamanye amaxesha enokubangela imingeni kwezo zinto.
I-Ascend ikwabeke usukelo lokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi ezibangela ubushushu ngama-80 ekhulwini ngo-2030. UKhalil uthe inkampani ityale “izigidi zeerandi” ukuze oku kwenzeke kwaye kufuneka ibonise “inkqubela phambili enkulu” ngo-2022 nango-2023. Kule meko, i-Ascend iyayiphelisa ukusetyenziswa kwamalahle kwisityalo sayo saseDecatur, eAlabama.
Ukongeza, uKhalil uthe i-Ascend “iqinise izinto zayo” ngokuchasene nemozulu embi ngeeprojekthi ezinje ngokongeza umbane ongezelelweyo kwisityalo sayo sasePensacola, eFlorida.
NgoJuni, i-Ascend yandise amandla emveliso yeeresini ze-nylon ezikhethekileyo kwiziko layo laseGreenwood, eSouth Carolina. Ukwandiswa kwezigidi zeerandi kuya kunceda inkampani ukuhlangabezana neemfuno ezikhulayo zomgca wayo omtsha weHiDura.
I-Ascend inabasebenzi abangama-2,600 kunye neendawo ezilithoba kwihlabathi liphela, kuquka nezakhiwo ezintlanu zokuvelisa ezihlanganisiweyo kumzantsi-mpuma we-United States kunye nesakhiwo sokudibanisa izinto eNetherlands.
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Ixesha lokuposa: Juni-25-2022