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Kitchenware News & Housewares Review Show Daily 6 5 Sunday, March 15, 2020 Garaventa Lift New Luxury Fixture Line After months of concepting, gathering customer feedback, designing, testing and re-testing, Garaventa Lift recently launched the Luxury Fixture line, the new fixture line for its Elvoron Residential Elevator range. It elevates Garaventa Lift accessories to a whole new level. With a sharper and smoother design, graceful mirror curves and stylish dura- bility, the fixtures combine luxury and convenience without compromising style. The company focused on details that provide a solid and comfortable feel to both the Car Operating Panels (COPs), and the Hall Stations. Technology is at the core of the new design to preserve safety and security with the power of the I-Button, a vandal resistant electronic key switch and fobs that can be used to control access to the elevator by enabling or disabling the push buttons on the COPs and Hall Stations. Your choice of materials and shapes is now wider. You can choose from: Brushed Stainless Steel – Standard tier; Polished (Mirror) Stainless Steel, Polished (Mirror) Gold, Oil Rubbed Bronze – Premium tier; White Glass, Black Glass, Bronze Mirror Glass and Champagne Mirror Glass – Elite tier. Highlights of the new features include: I-Button and key fobs to enhance security, keys cannot be reproduced; hinges for all COP panels to assist with service and maintenance; a new customizable display equipped with all upgraded COPs allowing you to showcase customized visual content (your photos, your company logo); the Achille buttons in all the COPs and Hall Stations with tactile let- tering and a double light (white LED on background and blue LED when a call is registered); Rated Load (Lift Capacity) labels and Garaventa Lift logo are now laser edged on the COPs' faceplates. Download the accessories brochure at w w w. g a r a v e n t a l i f t . c o m / b ro c h u re s / accessory-brochure. Waterproofing Solutions from MFM Building Products MFM Building Products, an ESOP com- pany, has been manufacturing exterior, self-adhering waterproofing membranes for the construction industry for more than 59 years. An important consideration in the construction of industrial, commercial, residential or retail structures is the selec- tion of effective waterproofing and weath- er barriers. MFM offers builders a com- plete "envelope" of solutions from the rooftop to the foundation. MFM waterproofing product advan- tages include: self-adhering or "self- stick" properties for fast and easy installa- tion; self-sealing around construction fas- teners to form a watertight barrier; rub- berized asphalt adhesive system will not crack or dry out; compatible with com- mon building materials; readily available and competitively priced; rugged, reliable performance; and Made in the USA. MFM Low Slope Roofing Membrane Peel & Seal ® is a 45 mil aluminum sur- face membrane used as a whole roof cov- ering for low slope/low pitch roofing applications. This single-ply, one-step membrane is applied direct to the roof deck without the use of coatings, adhe- sives or other fasteners. Peel & Seal pro- vides a long lasting, durable, mainte- nance-free roofing surface. MFM Steep Slope Underlayment Solutions MFM offers the builder nine underlay- ment product lines for use under shin- gles, shakes, metal roofing systems or tile. MFM's newest underlayment, Premium HT Tile & Metal™, is a 60 mil self-adhering underlayment designed for tile and metal roofing systems, in addi- tion to the company's Ultra HT Wind & Water Seal™ other high-temperature underlayment. MFM Above/Below Grade Waterproofing SubSeal™ is an advanced 40 or 60 mil waterproofing membrane that is engi- neered to be a multi-purpose sheet suit- able for above and below grade, as well as vertical or horizontal applications. These membranes are designed for extreme moisture protection and can be used as through-wall flashings, on foundation walls, plaza and parking garages, and on features such as win- dows, sills, pot shelves and parapets. SubSeal complies with AAMA 711 when used as a window flashing materi- al. MFM Window Flashing Tapes MFM offers both self-adhered and mechanically-attached window flashing tapes. WindowWrap ® is a patented fami- ly of self-adhered window and door flashing tapes that can accommodate any window and door configuration. WindowWrap tapes are available in alu- minized polymer films, flex polyethylene crepe for curved shapes and patented PowerBond™ adhesive system for low temperature applications. WindowWrap PSX-20, WindowWrap PowerBond and WindowWrap White comply with AAMA 711. For more information, call 740.622.2645 or email info@mfmbp.com. MingFeng Introduces Biomass Composites, Products By Aaron Thom, Senior Designer MingFeng is known for its intelligent designs and its manufacturing of eco- friendly packaging. Now we have taken the next step by introducing biomass composites and products into our offer- ing. Biomass composites are essentially organic substances which are combined with a bio-base. The two principal fea- tures of biomass composites are that they are produced by utilizing organic sub- stances and that at the end of their func- tional lifetime as a product, they can be broken down, as they are either partially or completely degradable, according to the composite. We use grains, fibers, husks and organic products to form pellets. These can then go through extrusion, co-extru- sion or injection processes to produce packaging and other very useful com- modities. Our biomass composites have achieved a number of safety certifica- tions to guarantee their quality and safe- ness for use: flame-retardant perform- ance, solvent residue, acid/salt proof and also food safety. Boxes are ideal for production with biomass composites. Other prod- ucts that can successfully employ bio- mass composites are electrical appli- ance parts, such as covers for mobile phones or vacuum cleaners, automo- tive parts for use inside the vehicle, hard cases for musical instruments, tertiary packaging for transportation and more. Crates and pallets are ideal for production with biomass compos- ite materials. We offer four biomass composite options – mPLA, PLA/NF com- pounds, PBS/NF compounds and PP/ST compounds – which are all suitable for tableware, container and box packaging applications. Each composite option has slightly differ- ent characteristics, which can ensure that customers can select options according to their sustainability requirements. For more information, go to www.mingfengus.com. Trinseo ECO Plastics Offer Up to 95 Percent Recycled Content Trinseo, a global supplier of plastics for consumer electronics, has seen the indus- try evolve from traditional PCs and big screen TVs to portable devices and elec- tronic wearables. Now there's a growing demand for sustainable, environmentally- friendly materials, and Trinseo is meeting this need head-on with its EMERGE™ ECO Advanced Resins – a portfolio of polycarbonate (PC) and PC/ABS resins that contain up to 95 percent post-con- sumer recycled (PCR) content. PCR content is the scrap or waste from consumer applications that is reclaimed, reprocessed and used again in new applications. With its EMERGE ECO series, Trinseo has mastered the process of combining virgin and PCR content to achieve the exact properties needed for an application. This includes ultra-bright white and transparent options – both difficult to achieve with material other than virgin content. According to Trinseo, since its start with PCR materials nearly a decade ago, the company has overcome numerous challenges such as considerations of PCR feedstock availability, reliable sourcing and ways to balance material perform- ance properties to ensure the integrity of the end-use application. There are also end-use applications that are acceptable for recycled content and some are not. For example, industries that are highly regulated or have strict requirements have limitations due to the variability in recycled resin content and the potential impact on material performance properties. In medical, for example, where biocompatibility is a strict requirement for patient-tissue contact applications, recy- cled material is not acceptable; in automo- tive applications that provide structural support, recycled material may not be pos- sible if there is an impact on mechanical properties that would affect safety. A common misperception regarding recycled resins, says Trinseo, is that materi- al with recycled content will be less costly since its content is partially used material. In reality, there are a number of additional and more complex steps involved in PCR material creation, ranging from additional development time to ensure mechanical performance, to additional cleaning and processing steps, to added quality control. Despite the effort involved, it is encouraging, says Trinseo, to see the impact PCR materials make. Recently Trinseo engaged thinkstep, a sustainability consult- ing, software and data organization, to per- form lifecycle analysis on its EMERGE ECO Advanced Resins compared with vir- gin materials. Parameters evaluated were EMERGE ECO grades versus virgin resins relative to the difference in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the difference in water and energy consumption. In all cases, Trinseo PCR-containing resins had a reduced environmental impact. Trinseo's EMERGE ECO Advanced Resins are available as opaque, transpar- ent, without bromine and chorine addi- tives and with glass filler. This enables the material to be used in a wide range of consumer electronics applications such as enclosures of products and acces- sories, powered parts, packaging and dividers, and even semi-structural parts. For more information, go to www.trinseo.com.