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❙ Hillenbrand subsidiary Coperion has completed the relocation of its North American business at Ramsey, New Jersey, to its other facilities at Pitman, New Jersey, Wytheville, Virginia and Houston, Texas. The move has included construction of a new extrusion test lab at the Pitman location and a 5,000m2 expansion of the Wytheville plant. It was designed to bring management and operational teams closer together, according to Coperion President Kimberly K Ryan. www.coperion.com


❙ US masterbatch producer Carolina Color Corporation is to distribute the LIAD range of precision masterbatch dosing systems. According to Carolina Color’s President Jeff Smink, Israel-based LIAD’s novel, high precision dosing technologies are ideally suited for use with its recently introduced G3 line of highly concentrated master- batch products. www.carolinacolor.com www.liad.co.il


❙ China is by far the leading explorer of plastics machinery to Iran, according to the German VDMA trade association. China accounted for almost 60% of Iran’s 2014 machinery imports of €186m, more than double that of the previous year. Second-placed Italy accounted for nearly 14% (almost three times more than in 2013), while Taiwan supplied 7%. Germany’s share was just over 3%, a drop of more than 25%. http://plastics.vdma.org


8 news in brief IPEG acquires Pelletron


US-based IPEG has acquired Pelletron, a supplier of pneumatic conveying systems, dust removal systems and other related products. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed but Pelletron will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary at its existing location in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, under its current management. Pelletron CEO Heinz Schneider said being part of IPEG will give it the “desired financial strength to handle large projects that can run into the millions of dollars”. The company has a European subsidiary, Pelletroneurope, based in Bodnegg, Germany, and distributors and partners around the world. IPEG also owns Conair, which manufactures auxiliary equipment for plastics processing and also designs and sells material conveying systems. IPEG CEO Chris Keller said the two are not competitors as Pelletron’s


Pictured left to right are, front row: Chris Keller, IPEG CEO and Heinz Schneider, Pelletron President; back row Kirk Winstead, IPEG COO, John Erkert, IPEG CFO and Paul Wagner, Pelletron Vice President


pressure-driven systems are used to handle thousands of kilograms of material per hour while Conair’s vacuum-based systems are designed for much smaller volumes. “There is potential for


Conair to source some equipment from Pelletron and vice versa,” Keller said. “However, our primary focus is to help Pelletron grow doing what they do best, engineering high-throughput pneumatic


conveying systems. Part of our growth strategy is to acquire solid companies, give them autonomy and invest in their growth. This is no different.” Other companies within the


IPEG family include Thermal Care, a maker of process cooling solutions for industrial applications worldwide, and Republic Machine, which supplies single-shaft shred- ders for plastic recycling. ❙ www.ipeg.net


Johns Manville reinforces range


Johns Manville, a major supplier of continuous filament glass fibre, launched three new products at the JEC World Composites Show in Paris last month: MultiStar 566 for panel and fabric reinforce- ments; StarRov 090 for the reinforcement of composite profiles; and, StarRov 089 for reinforcements of styrene-free resins. MultiStar 566 is said to deliver improved feeding and chopping


and to show good translucency for panel applications. StarRov 090 is multi-compatible with epoxy, unsaturated polyester and vinylester resins with good wet-out performances in profile and filament winding fabrication. StarRov 089 is claimed to have demonstrated excellent inter-laminar shear strength and improved modulus performance. Johns Manville recently announced the expansion of its glass


fibre operations plant at Etowah in Tennessee, US. ❙ www.jm.com


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