Luxus
Peter Atterby, Managing Director, Luxus
Products engineered at Luxus' state of the art Technical Centre in Louth are able to satisfy the growing regulatory demands for higher recycled content and sustainability.
The company is, therefore, well placed to help construction specifiers for example, to meet future regulation as the EU begins to consider the use of recycled materials for the manufacture of plastic piping systems for the construction market.
An EU CEN/TC155 business plan states: "There are clear advantages from an environmental viewpoint in being able to utilise recycled plastic materials compared with using virgin materials."
Luxus Managing Director Peter Atterby commented: "We welcome this stance since as it recognises the advances made in thermoplastic engineering in recent years to positively contribute to the development of highly sustainable innovatory products for construction projects – in this instance the polymer used to manufacture attenuation systems.
"In fact our sustainable polymer development is so advanced that we are actually developing [a product that is] able to satisfy future legislative requirements before the work of the committee is completed - and it goes on to create a CEN standard in the next few years.
"We’ve been helping construction industry specifiers for many years now as they have aimed to replace traditional concrete piping products with plastic alternatives that are lighter, more flexible and yet tougher - and of course more sustainable thanks to their recycled content.
"To achieve this we have invested heavily in our research facility to offer high quality products without any compromise in performance. So specifiers can deliver compliant, sustainable and cost effective solutions for each new project."
The Luxus' portfolio of recycled engineering compounds meet agreed ISO specifications and key performance parameters such as melt flow, impact, tensile strength, modulus, HDT and Vicat can be engineered into the materials to meet client specifications.