Syensqo, a leading global provider of high-performance specialty polymers, has announced the global availability of several circular content certified high performance elastomers and lubricants fluids manufactured at its Spinetta Marengo plant in Piedmont, Italy. These certified products have allocated up to 29 per cent of post-industrial recycled (PIR) Hydrofluoric acid (HF) through a mass balance system.

These high-performance specialty materials, derived from fluorspar, are renowned for their unique properties, such as resistance to heat and chemicals or long-lasting lubrication, and are used in highly specialized applications.

Fluorspar is listed as a critical mineral in both the US Energy Act and the EU Critical Raw Materials Act, which sets a target of sourcing at least 25% of annual consumption from domestic recycling by 2030. By replacing a long and globally spread supply chain from mining, refining to HF production by a single step, recovering the fluor from waste inside the Spinetta Marengo plant, it makes the supply chain more resilient to geopolitical, trade and ESG risks.

“Customers in elastomers and lubricant fluids are increasingly asking for circular solutions to meet their own ambitious circular sales targets. With this certification and our investment to ramp-up recycled Fluor production, we are proud to help them achieve these targets.” says Tom Wood, Senior Vice President and Head of Product & Asset Management for Syensqo’s Specialty Polymers.

“This makes Syensqo the first manufacturer to offer a certified circular portfolio of these products and advance the transition to a circular economy in our market's value chains.”