# Clariant to add compounding line at Lewiston medical plastics plant

Clariant will install a new compounding extrusion line at its ISO-13485-certified plant in Lewiston, Maine, capable of processing larger batch sizes of polyolefins, ABS, PC and other materials. The line complements improvements completed at the end of 2016.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-01-31
- Where: Lewiston, ME, United States
- Starts operating: Q4 2017
- Status: announced
- Capacity: new 70-mm extruder compounding line with batch sizes up to 6000 kg
- Products: medical polymer masterbatches and compounds, polyolefins, ABS, PC, PC alloys, TPU, cyclic olefins
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Clariant](https://endata.com/companies/426.md)

## Sources

- [clariant.com](https://www.clariant.com/en/Corporate/News/2017/01/Clariant-Plans-to-Announce-New-Capacity-for-Medical-Compounds-at-MDM-West), 2017-01-31: "Clariant is expected to announce a new compounding extrusion line that will be installed in the company's ISO-13485-certified plant in Lewiston, ME."
- [healthcarepackaging.com](https://www.healthcarepackaging.com/home/press-release/13292669/clariant-will-expand-plant-in-lewiston-me-to-produce-more-medical-plastic-compounds), 2017-02-09: "Over the last five years, Clariant has pioneered the development of masterbatches for the healthcare sector."

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