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Lehvoss enters Korea
Lehmann & Voss has founded its own representa- tive office in South Korea in the form of Lehvoss Korea. The Germany-based
company, which specialises in high-performance compounds under the Luvo- com brand, said that the office will provide “an even better service for the electronics and automotive sector in South Korea and Korean transplants”. Lehmann & Voss opened
an office in Shanghai last year, and also acquired a majority holding in the US-based compounder Performance Compounding. The Luvocom range includes carbon-fibre-rein- forced, high-temperature, lubricated, conductive, detectable and LFT grades. ❙
www.lehvoss.de
DSM adds PPS to its range with Chinese JV
DSM has formed a 60-40 joint venture with the Chinese firm NHU to manufacture com- pounds based on polyphe- nylene sulphide (PPS) supplied by NHU.
DSM NHU Engineering
Plastics (Zhejiang) will be based at Xinchang in Zhejiang province near Shanghai. The deal is expected to close within a few months, subject to anti-trust approvals.
DSM said that it will further
enhance its portfolio of high-performance engineering plastics, which already includes the Stanyl and Stanyl ForTii brands of PA 46 and PA 4T respectively. All marketing of PPS, including in China itself, will be handled by DSM’s marketing and sales opera- tions, using the brand name of Xytron PPS. “PPS fits very well along-
side our current range of materials, and will be particularly useful for us in presenting complete solutions for customers operating in key markets, especially automo- tive, electrical and electron- ics,” commented Roelof Westerbeek, president of DSM Engineering Plastics. NHU’s subsidiary in this field, Zhejiang NHU Special Materials, is focused on
DSM and NHU
announced their new PPS JV at last month’s Chinaplas show
high-performance engineering plastics and has 5,000 and 2,000 tonnes/year capacity respectively of PPS and PA 6T. The company will supply PPS polymer for the venture from its existing plant in Zhejiang, which, according to DSM, “uses proven technology to provide high-quality base polymer for compounds”. ❙
www.dsm.com ❙
www.cnhu.com
Feddem invests in machining centre
Feddem has installed a new Hüller-Hill NBH four-axis horizontal machining centre for manufacturing twin-screw extruder components at its fac- tory in Sinzig, Germany. It will be used to make extruder barrels in various steel grades, plus other parts such as strand die heads and adapter plates. The NBH 630 has travel
Feddem has expanded its extruder manufacturing capabilities with this new machining centre
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distances of 1,000 x 800 x 1,000 mm and a pallet-changing system with a separate set-up station and tool changer. It has capacity of up to 150 tools,
allowing continuous machining with quick changes between components. Feddem, which is a subsidiary of the Fedderson Group, said that this investment was a key part of its plans for growth. “The new machining centre will help us to provide an economical, state-of-the-art production process for our customers whilst ensuring continuous availability of replacement parts,” said Erwin Bell, technical director. ❙
www.feddem.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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