An kafa Niche Polymer a shekarar 1987, kuma tana ci gaba da bunƙasa ta hanyar halitta da kuma ta hanyar siye-siye, tana mai da hankali kan ƙoƙarin haɓaka samfura don canza buƙatun kasuwa. Ƙara darajar sharar masana'antu da bayan amfani da ita muhimmin ɓangare ne na waɗannan ƙoƙarin. #ci gaba mai ɗorewa
Da alama Dr. Saurabh Naik ya riga ya yi niyyar gabatar da tsarin tattalin arziki mai zagaye. A shekarun 1980, ya fara neman kasuwa don sharar da za a iya sake amfani da ita bayan masana'antu. Ya sami digirin digirgir a fannin sinadarai na polymer daga U-Mass Lowell a shekarar 1978 sannan ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci ga Martin Marietta da International Paper wajen haɓaka mica a matsayin mai cike da sinadaran thermoplastic.
A yau, Nike ita ce ta kafa kuma Shugabar Kamfanin Niche Polymer LLC, ɗaya daga cikin kamfanoninta da ake kira PoliPCR, wanda aka yi shi da kayan da aka sake yin amfani da su don kayan ciki na motoci, kayan aikin injin, hasken wuta, bayanan taga, bene, rufin bango da kayan aiki masu ɗorewa. Kamar kayan daki da kayan aiki. PoliPCR an gina shi ne akan polypropylene, nailan 6, nailan 66, polycarbonate, ABS da PBT.
Dr. Saurab Naik, Shugaba na Niche Polymer, ya yi fice a lokacinsa wajen neman kasuwanni da aikace-aikacen sharar filastik. Hoto: Niche Polymers
Sunny Nike, ɗan wanda ya kafa Niche Polymer kuma mataimakin shugaban ayyuka, ya ce: "Mun yi imani da tallafawa dorewa ta hanyar aiki tare da masu samar da resin, masu yin molding da OEMs don karkatar da sharar filastik daga muhalli da kuma ƙara yawan sake amfani da kayayyaki. Tushen ɗabi'a na kwararar kayanmu shine alhakinmu na zamantakewa. Dorewa shine ikonmu na maimaita wannan tsari a kowane lokaci."
Kamfanin Niche Polymer yana da masana'antu a Ravenswood, West Virginia da Washington, Neskehonin, Pennsylvania, da Killen, Alabama, da kuma cibiyoyin rarrabawa a Washington, DC, da Toronto. An shirya bude wani katafaren gini mai fadin murabba'in ƙafa 80,000 a Musle Shoals, Alabama, a wannan shekarar don samar da polymers masu laushi (TPEs da TPVs). Kamfanin yana shirin samar wa masana'antar sabbin layukan haɗa madauri guda uku. Zai mai da hankali kan samar da OEMs na motoci a kudu maso gabas. Bugu da ƙari, a wannan shekarar Niche ta buɗe cibiyar PCR a Florence, South Carolina, kuma a shekara mai zuwa Niche za ta buɗe masana'antar haɗa madauri a Queretaro, Mexico, da kuma cibiyar sabis da rarrabawa ta fasaha a Texas. Kamfanin Nesquehoning ya samo asali ne sakamakon sayen Ametek/Westchester Plastics a shekarar 2021, wanda ya ƙara ayyukan dasawa, haɗa madauri da sarrafawa ga ƙarfin kamfanin.
Ana tallafawa ayyukan haɗakar Niche Polymer ta hanyar fasahar fitar da sukurori ta zamani. Kamfanin yana gudanar da layukan samarwa guda 18 a masana'antu daban-daban.
Dr. Naik ya shafe mafi yawan aikinsa na farko a fannin polymers, yana mai da hankali kan sake amfani da su. Lokacin da aka kafa Niche a shekarar 1987, yana sayar da tarkacen da aka samo daga tsarin kera Black & Decker zuwa China da Indiya. Lokacin da ya sami ƙarin hanyoyin samar da kayayyaki, ya buɗe masana'antar sake amfani da su a Baltimore don rage girmansu da kuma tattara su. A shekarun 1990, yana jigilar fam miliyan 20 na tarkacen a kowace shekara zuwa China, wacce ke neman kayayyaki masu rahusa don tallafawa kasuwar injunan injuna masu tasowa.
A farkon karnin, kasuwar sake amfani da kayan masarufi ta zama mai rikitarwa. "Farashin sinadarai ya yi tsada, don haka resin farko ya yi tsada," in ji Dr. Naik. "Muna tattara tarkace da yawa, amma matsalar da muke fuskanta ita ce yadda za mu ƙara masa daraja." A shekara ta 2001, Niche ta buɗe babban kamfaninta a Washington, DC, kusa da masana'antar DuPont, inda ake rarraba tarkacen da ba su da kyau kuma ana dawo da sabbin tarkacen polymer. Wani kamfani da ke ba da ƙarin ayyuka ga manyan kamfanonin resin na lokacin. A shekara ta 2008, Niche Polymer ya fara haɗa su a wani tsohon masana'antar zare da aka saya daga DuPont a Ravenswood.
Ravenswood ya ninka girmansa sau uku yayin da Niche ta fara haɓaka samfuranta. A cikin 2014, Niche ta ƙara layuka biyu na haɗa abubuwa kuma dakin gwaje-gwajen R&D ɗinta ya sami takardar shaidar ISO 17025. Shekaru uku bayan haka, Niche ta ƙara layin haɗa abubuwa na polyolefin da polystyrene. Ravenswood a halin yanzu tana da ƙarfin fam miliyan 150 a shekara. Kayayyakin da aka yi a can, galibi bisa nailan, sun haɗa da matakan cike gilashi, cike da ma'adinai, juriya ga tasiri da juriya ga zafi.
Kamfanin Niche kuma yana ƙera kayan haɗin PC/ABS da polypropylene mai cike da gilashin PIR. Cibiyar da ke kusa da Washington tana aiki a matsayin Polymer Alliance Services. Cibiyar mai fadin murabba'in ƙafa 400,000 tana aiki a matsayin cibiyar ajiya da rarraba kayan Niche, amma kuma tana kula da wasu ayyuka da yawa: rarrabawa ta gani, yankewa, niƙa mai ƙarfi, marufi, haɗawa, busarwa, da ƙari.
Sannan, a cikin 2020, Niche ta ƙara ƙarfin tsarin TPE da TPO tare da siyan Ayyukan Fasaha na Polymer (PTS) a Heath, Ohio. Haɗaɗɗun PRT PP, PE, TPO, ABS, PC, Nylon 6, Nylon 66, PBT da ƙarfensu. Daga wani wurin da ke da faɗin murabba'in ƙafa 60,000 tare da ma'aikata biyu, PTS ta girma zuwa ma'aikata sama da 40. An sanya wa masana'antar kayan aiki cikakken kayan aiki tun daga farko. A watan Janairun 2011, PTS ta buɗe wani ƙarin masana'antar sake amfani da kayan aiki mai faɗin murabba'in ƙafa 80,000 a Hebron, Ohio, fiye da ninka sararin sake amfani da kayan aiki da ajiyar su.
Sayen Ametek/Westchester Plastics a shekarar 2021 zai ƙara kusan fam miliyan 220 na ƙarfin samarwa. Westchester Plastics ita ce babbar masana'antar resin injiniya mai zaman kanta a Amurka, gami, gauraye, masu gyarawa masu amsawa da sauran kayan thermoplastic.
Kamfanin Niche Polymer ya faɗaɗa kasuwancinsa na tara kuɗi a shekarar 2021 ta hanyar sayen Ametek, Westchester Plastics, wanda ake iƙirarin cewa shine mafi girman kamfanin da ke kera tara kuɗi a Arewacin Amurka.
Kamfanin Niche Polymers yana gudanar da layukan haɗaka guda 18 a duk masana'antarsa. A cewar kiyasinsa, yawan karuwar da za a samu nan da shekarar 2022 zai kai kusan kashi 30%. Ƙarfin samar da shi ya kai kusan fam miliyan 100 a kowace shekara ta hanyar kayayyakinsa:
• Ana sake yin amfani da samfuran PoliPIR 100% (PIR) kuma an tsara su ne don aikace-aikacen da ke buƙatar samfuran PIR na yau da kullun don rage farashi. • Polymers masu laushi na PoliSP sun dogara ne akan SEBS kuma suna kama da roba mai laushi, amma ana iya sarrafa su kamar thermoplastics. Aikace-aikacen sun haɗa da gaskets, sheaths na kebul da soft injection molding.
• Kayayyakin PoliPCR mahadi ne da aka ƙera musamman na nailan 6 da 66 da PPC (polypropylene carbonate, copolymer na carbon dioxide da propylene oxide). Hakanan ana iya keɓance abubuwan da ke cikin PCR. Gudun kayan PCR ya dogara ne akan abu mai ɗorewa kuma an inganta tsarin don ƙirƙirar kayan haɗin kai mai tsabta da aminci don amfani a ciki. Manyan hanyoyin samun kayan Niche Polymer a nan sune ragar kamun kifi na nailan (kimanin tan 640,000 ana cika su kowace shekara), kafet, rataye, pallets, sharar alamomi, da lakabin PP don kwalaben soda na PET. Cibiyar Florence cibiyar tattarawa ce ta Niche Polymer PCR kuma tana yin rarrabuwa, tsaftacewa, niƙa, gano ƙarfe, matsewa, haɗawa da marufi.
Duk kayan aikin Niche Polymer suna samun goyon baya daga sabbin kayan aikin dakin gwaje-gwaje da na gwaji.
Tare da zurfin da faɗin layin samfuransa, Niche Polymer yana fafatawa a kasuwannin ƙarshe daban-daban. Wannan ya haɗa da kayan amfani masu ɗorewa kamar motoci, gine-gine, kayan daki da kayan aiki, kayan lantarki, famfo, kayan aikin wutar lantarki, kayan wasanni, da kayan wasa.
"Masana'antar kera motoci za ta zama babban abin da za a mayar da hankali a kai wajen haɓaka kayayyakin Niche Polymer na gaba," in ji Thomas Moccia, mataimakin shugaban tallace-tallace da tallatawa. Niche ya riga ya bayar da mafita ga motoci masu sauƙi; polymers na rigakafi don abubuwan da aka taɓa akai-akai kamar su sitiyari, nunin faifai da maɓallan ƙofa; polymers masu ƙarfi da fiber na carbon don allunan jiki masu ƙarfi da sauƙi, allunan rufin da ƙafafun; tsarin batir da bamper suna samar da kayan aiki. don ƙarfi da aminci.
Amma masu kera motoci suna kuma matsa lamba ga masu samar da kayansu su bayar da maki da ke ɗauke da har zuwa kashi 30 cikin 100 na PCR don dashboards da sauran kayan ciki. "OEMs suna son tallata PCR a matsayin kayan da aka ƙara daraja kuma muna aiki akai-akai tare da ƙungiyoyin haɓaka su don ƙirƙirar mahaɗan da suka dace da wannan dalili."
Zaɓar ma'adinin tsaftacewa mai kyau zai iya hanzarta canza launi da kayan aiki da kuma rage ɓarna. Har ma za ka iya adana kuɗi akan kayan aiki.
Sabuwar hanyar rabuwar da aka yi da hasken rana tana samar da hanya mai sauri da inganci don aunawa da kuma tabbatar da abubuwan da aka sake yin amfani da su na robobi daban-daban.
Masu mallakar samfuran kayan masarufi suna ƙara neman ci gaba da sake amfani da sinadarai a matsayin ƙarin mahimmanci ga sake amfani da sinadarai idan suna son cimma burin tattalin arziki mai zagaye a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa. Mutane da yawa masu samar da fasaha suna haɓaka sabbin fasahohi don shawo kan iyakokin hanyoyin pyrolysis da ake da su da kuma tallata wasu madadin sarrafa sinadarai na filastik.