WTL and Heywood Williams Group have joined forces to seize the potential of the WPC (wood plastic composite) market for extrusion and injection moulding – a market that a recent conference forecast to grow to more than £1bn in Europe by 2008.
HW Plastics, a division of Heywood Williams Group has a turnover of nearly £100m making it one of the largest UK manufacturers of PVCu window systems and PVC-UE building products. Working alongside Heywood Williams for the last three years is WTL International Ltd, which has pioneered the manufacture of organically produced materials, while ensuring health and safety is implemented.

The partnership uses a specific grade of Fibreton Wood Flour supplied by WTL to manufacture window boards. The composition brings together the durability and low maintenance of PVC-UE with the workability and strength of wood, resulting in lower expansion rates and high temperature stability, making it a cost effective alternative.

This led to the birth of a new compound of wood filled polypropylene called Natraplast®. Extruders who were previously unwilling to invest in new equipment to handle Wood Flour can now benefit from wood plastic composites. The development has led to significant confidence in the use of Natraplast® to produce various profiles in the market. This emergence will eventually lead to an upgrade in handling systems as Fibreton will be used directly with a polymer in-line.

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