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R&P plans JV plant in China


Singapore based com- pounder R&P plans to form a joint venture with Shanghai Hop Zenith Chemical Trading to produce thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) compounds in China and market them to the automotive industry in the Asia-pacific region. The JV is expected to


start with an installed capacity of 15,000 tonnes/ year and increase this to 50,000 tonnes/year within five years of commencing production. R&P was the designated


toll compounder for ExxonMobil’s Exxtral TPO compounds from 2008 to 2014. Following ExxonMobil’s exit from the TPO market in 2014, R&P produces the grades under licence and markets them using the Sterlene brand-name. Hop Zenith distributed


Exxtral TPOs until 2014, when it was appointed as R&P’s main distributor in China. “With 70% of our current


deliveries to global automo- tive OEMs in China, we look forward to having a produc- tion facility in China to strengthen the supply chain with our customers there, “ said R&P’s chairman YK Tan. R&P, which was


previously known as Resin & Pigment Technologies, is profiled as our ‘Compound- er of the Month’ on page 82 of this issue. ❙ www.resinpts.com


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O’Neil announces expansion and management change


O’Neil Color & Compounding, a producer of colour master- batches and custom com- pounds, has expanded its facilities in Garfield, New Jersey, USA. In addition, it has announced that Doug Borgs- dorf will take over leadership of the company following the retirement of its president Mark Bruner. The Garfield expansion includes the addition of a new 27-mm twin-screw extruder for product sampling with quick turn-arounds, plus three new injection moulding machines for faster and more accurate colour matching. In addition, there has been a complete retrofit of the facility’s dust collection system. O’Neil vice president Phil


DeChard said that these improvements are just the first phase of a company-wide plan to improve capabilities and


Plastics Color Corporation and vice president of business development for PMC Global. Mark Bruner retires after


Doug Borgsdorf has been appointed business unit director of O’Neil


expand capacity at the Garfield plant and at O’Neil’s Jasper, Tennessee facility. Doug Borgsdorf is taking


over as business unit director of O’Neil in addition to his existing leadership role at Woodruff; both companies are subsidiaries of Primex Plastics. He was previously president of


38 years in the plastics industry, including 10 years as O’Neil’s president. Announcing his retirement, he said: “It has been a great experience and honour leading O’Neil’s growth over the last 10-years and serving as part of the manage- ment team of Primex Plastics. We have a great team of people who have accomplished significant growth since I joined them in 2005.” l Mark Bruner will give a special presentation at the Thermoplastic Concentrates 2016 conference, reflecting on his 38 years in the industry. The paper will be entitled ‘Suppliers and customers: What really matters”. More details at http://bit.ly/Conc15. ❙ www.oneilcolor.com


Electron beam lab opens in Georgia


An electron beam laboratory is being launched this month at Georgia Power’s Customer Resource Center in Dunwoody, Georgia, USA. It will be used for workshops on how to safely apply the technology to modify the properties of plastics, rubber and polymeric films and foams. Two electron beam specialists, the Comet Group and


Comet’s EBLab will be used to demonstrate polymer cross-linking


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PCT Engineered Systems are partners in the project along with Georgia Power. The demonstration facility will run until December 2015. Comet’s electron beam lab is described as a multi- functional industrial laboratory unit which uses innovative lamp technology. Features include nitrogen inerting for surface curing applications and a maximum energy level of 200 kV for polymeric cross-linking development work. ❙ www.comet-ebeam.comwww.teampct.com


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