Compounds - Current News Articles
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LIFOCOLOR, a leading manufacturer of plastic colorants: Thank you for your support in 2024
- 16.12.2024
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Additives for plastics
- Color masterbatch
- Compounds
- Lasers
- MSV Brno
LIFOCOLOR, a company specializing in the production of custom-made colorants for plastics, considers 2024 to be an exceptionally successful year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank, above all, our customers for their trust, our business partners for their cooperation, and last but not...
DIJMEX opens new doors CO2 neutral production plant for technical PCR and PIR compounds
Dijmex based in Raamsdonksveer, NL has been producing plastic compounds since 1988. The plastic compounds are sustainable and produced with the lowest possible carbon...
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Polykemi AB will present at Fakuma 2024 high quality recycled compounds to reduce CO2 emissions
Polykemi AB will also be present at Fakuma 2024 with its own stand - B1/1309. The main theme is reducing the CO2 emissions of plastic raw materials and plastic components. How and in what form can this be done - with recyclates and 1A primary...
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Polykemi AB: recycled PIR and PCR compounds for the automotive industry
Also exhibiting at Fakuma 2024 will be Polykemi AB, a global manufacturer of plastic compounds with its own production facilities for 1A compounds from primary material and recycled compounds in Europe, China and the...
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Make the right choice with LIFOCOLOR: Coloured concentrates - masterbatches for plastics versus coloured compounds
Do you know whether to choose masterbatches, i.e. colour concentrate for plastics, or ready-made colour compounds? Do you want to understand their basic differences and find out which one is suitable for your needs? Masterbatches and colour compounds are key options when it comes to polymer...
SILON continues to strengthen its position: SILON CZ Recycling becomes a new member of the group
SILON, a major compounding company, announces the acquisition of recycling company PESL. The new company will now operate under the name SILON CZ...
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Brenntag: How to formulate with PP recyclate
As with all polymers, the production and use of polypropylene has a significant environmental impact, due to the use of non-renewable...
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Safic-Alcan strengthens its position in Central Europe by establishing a Slovak branch
- 14.02.2024
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Additives for plastics
- Compounds
- Technical plastics
- TPU - thermoplastic elastomers
Safic-Alcan, a leading global distributor of specialty chemicals, is thrilled to announce the expansion of its presence in Central Europe through the establishment of a new subsidiary office in...
SILON debuts at ARABPLAST 2023 in Dubai!
- 23.11.2023
- Latest News
- Events
- Compounds
- Composites
We’re excited to announce our first-ever participation at Arabplast, the renowned compounds and industry of plastics trade fair in Dubai, on...
SILON opens up to new research projects
The research and development center of the international company SILON, a major global manufacturer of plastic compounds, will start operating as an independent company SILON CZ R&D from January 1, 2024. The newly created entity will offer research and development services to external customers as...
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Vacula s.r.o. supplies custom-made compounds and additives Polytechs France
Recently, we at VACULA s.r.o. had the honor to attend the distributor days at Polytechs France. It was an event that allowed us to learn more about the products and services of Polytechs, a leader in the custom manufacturing of compounds and additives for polymer manufacturers and...
SILON will once again present its new products at the ISH trade fair
In addition to its already well-known PEX-b compounds for drinking water distribution and heating, SILON will introduce several novelties. In recent years, SILON has been focusing on the development of a pipe compound with increased...
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Successful collaboration on material change resulted in reduced CO₂ footprint
The Danish manufacturer EVBiler ApS was looking for a more environmentally friendly and material-smart solution for one of their products. Polykemi Group provided them with the optimal material that reduced their CO₂ footprint by more than...
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K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH: Strategic start-up investment in Biofiber Tech Sweden AB
- 20.10.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- 3D technology
- Compounds
Hamburg-based K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH acquired a minority stake in the start-up Biofiber Tech Sweden AB in June 2022. Shortly after port F was founded in January 2021, initial talks began with Biofiber Tech Sweden AB (BFT for short) to evaluate a possible strategic collaboration, including...
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AKRO-PLASTIC appoints IMCD as its official distributor in Europe for all AKRO-PLASTIC compounds
- 09.06.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH announces that it has selected IMCD Group, a leading distributor of speciality chemicals and ingredients, as its new distribution partner in...
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Polykemi Group’s material-smart life cycle analysis – now with third-party certification
In the autumn of 2021, Polykemi Group launched materialsmart.info, a website based on a scientific study that helps customers reduce their carbon footprint. The reliability of the study is now confirmed with an objective third-party...
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GRAFE competence in coloring recycled materials
Studies see significant growth for hybrid materials in the automotive sector After a slump due to the Corona pandemic, the market for composites in the automotive sector will grow significantly again in the coming years. This is the result of several studies in this...
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K.D. Feddersen distributes Poketone from Hyosung Chemical in Europe
Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen is expanding its portfolio with polyketone. Since 2015, K.D. Feddersen Ueberseegesellschaft mbH, with its Polymers & Compounding Technology business unit, is mainly selling the extrusion grades of polyketone from Hyosung Chemical to the compounding...
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Addiplast acquires a colouring unit from Toyo Ink
The specialist in technical polymers for the plastics industry, based in Haute-Loire, close to Lyon, in France, is taking over the business of the Japanese company Toyo Ink Europe Speciality Chemicals, located in the Oise...
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Lifocolor Group, a manufacturer of color masterbatches, still booms
The medium-sized masterbatch manufacturer Lifocolor, headquartered in Lichtenfels/Germany, is consistently driving the growth and development of its group of companies. With the completion of the new building in Lichtenfels, an investment period of ten years will come to a temporary conclusion this...
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Polykemi and Rondo Plast presents COMPLUS – a new material concept for optimal flexibility
Polykemi and Rondo Plast presents the COMPLUS Concept, giving multiple choices of several materials, based on both virgin and recycled raw materials. The compounds all have similar properties but are adapted for different injection moulded parts within an assembled...
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K.D. Feddersen and Ascend Performance Materials seal their new cooperation
Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen is now distributing polyamide compounds from Ascend Performance Materials, the world's largest fully integrated manufacturer of polyamide 6.6, in Germany and most other European...
Limited time offer of material in a unique cost-effective event from the company Safic - Alcan Česko, s.r.o.
- 27.11.2020
- Latest News
- Compounds
Limited time offer of material in a unique cost-effective event from the company Safic - Alcan Česko,...
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Material from Polykemi for portable ventilators
- 25.11.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
Polykemi has delivered compounds used for parts in portable ventilators for several years. During 2020, the demands have increased dramatically, which has led to orders and deliveries having more than...
The company SILON s.r.o. has decided to enlarge their TABOREN product portfolio for non-flammable PP compounds
- 11.09.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
- Compounds
The company SILON s.r.o. has decided to enlarge their TABOREN product portfolio for non-flammable PP compounds. At a time when e-mobility is a big topic in the automotive industry, we do not want to be left behind and we come up with compounds based on PP or PE which can be either completely...
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Addiplast group expands its engineering plastics range with its ADDIBIO RENEW range of natural fibers and bio-polymers
- 10.08.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Automotive
- Packaging
- Bioplastics
- Circular economy
- Compounds
- PA Polyamide
- PE Polyethylene
- PP Polypropylene
- Recycled plastics
- Technical plastics
- High Performance Polymers
Addiplast Group, founded in 1986, now, has 2 production sites: Addiplast & Addikem in Saint Pal de Mons in France, equipped with twin-screw extruders and Buss co-mixers. Both sites are certified IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 and have a production capacity of 30...
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Scanfill AB and Plast Petter AB in new collaboration - will manufacture up to half a million protective face shields
- 14.05.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
Packaging company Scanfill is adjusting the production for a brand new market. The company will produce up to half a million face shields together with Plast Petter AB - every...
Recycl-IN – sustainable polymers from INEOS
As one of the largest Olefin producers in Europe, INEOS also wants to do its part to reduce plastic...
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MOL Group completes acquisition of Aurora Group, strengthening position in recycled, sustainable plastics compounding segment
- 10.12.2019
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
Following satisfaction of customary transaction approvals, MOL Group announce that effective, it has acquired 100% shareholding in Aurora, a German plastic compounder company. As a result of the acquisition, MOL Group is strengthening its position in recycled, sustainable compounding segment and in...
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K 2019: Latest tool technology for white goods industry runs with Polykemi PP-compound
- 03.12.2019
- Plastics Moulds
- K Show
- Compounds
At K2019, a new cube tool concept was launched and was given the respectful name “The Magic dice of steel” by the trade press. In this new cube tool concept, dishwasher wheels consisting of two components made of two plastic raw materials with different mould temperatures, was simultaneously...
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