K.D. Feddersen Group compounder of the month
Head offi ce location: Hamburg, Germany Date founded: 1949 (compounding since 1988) Management: Volker Scheel (Group CEO) Ownership: Privately owned (K.D. Feddersen Foundation)
No. of employees: 329 (in compounding) Sales 2013: €59.9 million (for compounding, consolidated)
Plant locations: Niederzissen and Norderstedt in Germany; Wujiang in China; and Sao Paulo in Brazil from Q1 2015
Production 2013: 70,000 tonnes
Profi le: K.D. Feddersen was initially established as a chemicals distributor. Its compounding division includes a specialty compounder Akro-Plastic (acquired in 1988), a masterbatch producer AF-Color and a toll compounder PolyComp (acquired in 2013). Akro-Plastic started compounding in China in 2004. In 2012, it opened a second production hall in Niederzissen and plans to expand capacity from 60,000 to 80,000 tonnes/year by the end of 2014 and then to around 110,000 tonnes over the next fi ve years. The group is also building a plant in Brazil that is due on stream in Q1 2015. In addition, K.D. Feddersen owns Feddem, the German twin-screw extruder manufacturer.
Product line: Akro-Plastic produces technical compounds mainly based on PA primarily for the automotive and E&E sectors. AF-Color produces a wide range of white, black, colour and additive masterbatches. PolyComp primarily produces polyolefi n compounds for automotive, medical, packaging and pipe applications.
Product strengths: K.D. Feddersen claims to guarantee consistent quality thanks to maintaining the same grade specifi cations across all its manufacturing locations.
Forthcoming features The next issues of Compounding World magazine will have special reports on the following subjects:
August PVC plasticizers Functional fi llers Dispersants and coupling agents
September Pigments and colorants Materials testing Antioxidants and UV stabilizers
Editorial submissions should be sent to Andy Beevers:
abe@amiplastics.com
For information on advertising in these issues, please contact Claire Bishop:
claire@amimagazines.com Tel: +44 (0)20 8686 8139
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