NPE2024: NISSEI to showcase a variety of green technologies and state-of-the-art molding technologies for sustainable societies

NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. will be exhibiting at “NPE2024” in Orlando, Florida, from May 6th to 10th. NISSEI’s theme for the show is “Inclusive Growth,” promoting inclusive and sustainable growth through plastics. They will be rolling out solutions to simplify molding processes and showcasing revolutionary eco-friendly technologies, which can reduce environmental loads and materialize sustainable societies. In addition, a variety of new proposals for more advanced productions will be revealed.

Sustainable growth can be attained by creating a society that benefits everyone.  NISSEI has been making ongoing efforts to protect the environment, raising the bar for production with advanced technologies, and improving factory environments to discover new values in plastics.

Under their theme “Inclusive Growth,” NISSEI will be demonstrating molding processes in three designated zones at their booth.  

In spite of strict quality standards in the automotive industry due to ensuring safety, recycled materials (PP) recovered from the market are being used for many interior parts. There is a growing momentum to expand the use of recycled materials in order to realize a sustainable society.

Using crushed or re-pelletized materials faces some issues such as overcoming variations in material shapes and thermal histories. However, there are many reported cases of reducing molding defects and improving repeatability for processing these materials by utilizing NISSEI’s proprietary low-pressure molding system N-SAPLI.  

At the NISSEI booth, visitors can witness the effects of N-SAPLI through the molding demonstrations of textured plates (simulating the textures of decorative parts) and water tanks. Materials containing 20~30% crushed PP will be used for these demonstrations. “Sandwich Molding Method,” which uses 100% crushed PP as a core and forms skin layer with virgin TPE, will also be demonstrated.  

Since the early 90s’, NISSEI has been developing technologies for the uses and applications of eco-friendly plant-based biodegradable resins.   
NISSEI has been focusing on utilizing PLA (Polylactic Acid), which is the most promising eco-friendly material of future manufacturing NISSEI developed the following technologies to propose the expanded use of the material:

1. Heat-resistant application up to 120℃
2. Transparent thin-wall application for drinkware
3. 2-color molding application

At NPE2024, NISSEI will introduce a PLA-based material, which is blended with sustainably resourced wood flour (timbers from forest thinning), and the demonstration using this material will be showcased. Molding of PHBV resin, which breaks down into water and CO2 by microorganisms in the soil and ocean, will also be demonstrated.  
 

NISSEI proposes a variety of technological solutions that help customers to be more profitable while reducing environmental impact. Using energy-efficient injection molding machines, improving productivity, saving manufacturing costs and labor by implementing automations, and reducing material loss to increase yield can contribute to achieving eco-friendly yet profitable manufacturing.  

At NPE2024, NISSEI proposes a use of LSR (Liquid Silicone Rubber) for the next-generation EV parts development as well as introducing an all-in-one molding process (in-mold assembly of three components with different colors), which potentially can provide significant reduction in manufacturing processes and equipment investments.  

For more information, please contact:
NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Head office: 2110 Minamijo, Sakaki-machi, Hanishina-gun, Nagano-ken, 389-0693 Japan
E-mail: [email protected]

NISSEI AMERICA, INC.
3730 Global Way, San Antonio TX 78235, U.S.A.
E-mail: [email protected]