Ann Arbor, Mich.-based auto supplier JyTech Polymers Inc. plans to install a custom compounding line for thermoplastic vulcanizates at Buckeye Polymers' plant in Lodi, Ohio.
The line will use Buckeye's post-consumer polypropylene, a feedstock that “has properties and stability similar to virgin material and has already been validated by the automotive OEMs,” Shawn Jyawook, chief operating officer of JyTech, said in a statement.
“At the same time,” he added, “JyTech will bring Buckeye increased TPV compounding capacity, advanced weather sealing expertise and an entry into Asia if that can help them better service their core customer base.”
The company provides custom TPV compounds to automotive weather seal manufacturing operations in Asia from JyTech's joint venture with Shanghai Jinbao Industrial Co. Ltd. in China.