news Americhem invests in Europe
Colour and additive master- batch maker Americhem has announced further invest- ments at its European production operation at Manchester in the UK. The company began an
upgrade of the facility last year, commissioning a new 1,600 tonne capacity 63mm com- pounding line during the summer. It has now confirmed an investment in a second new line of the same size and capacity that will go into operation in August of this year. Both new lines are capable
of producing any Americhem masterbatch products, but they are said to be tailored for production of polymeric
IMI Fabi acquires Sibelco talc
IMI Fabi, an Italian mining and minerals company specialising in talc, has acquired the talc operations of Sibelco in Uikhoven, Belgium. The two companies said
the agreement, for which terms were not disclosed, “is consistent with Sibelco’s sharpening focus on its core business and optimally fits with IMI Fabi’s portfo- lio”, and is a strategy based on the “development of unique assets and targeted investments aimed at preserving strategic resources”. ❙
www.imifabi.com ❙
www.sibelco.eu
www.compoundingworld.com China Jushi’s 200ktpa plant at Suez in Egypt China Jushi’s Egypt expansion proceeds
China Jushi, which claims to be the world’s largest fibreglass producer, said the third furnace at its plant at Suez, Egypt, will come onstream in 2H 2017, three years ahead of schedule. The facility will have a capacity of 200,000 tonnes/year. China Jushi has three
facilities in China as well as the Suez site, with over 1.5 million
tonnes/year of total capacity across them. It has also recently broken ground on its first US facility at Richmond in South Carolina, which will have 80,000 tonnes/year of capacity and is due onstream in Q4 2018. Partly based on the Suez
expansion, Jushi said that its exclusive distribution partner in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Helm, will now be
offering silo truck deliveries of chopped strand to thermoplas- tic compounding customers. According to Dr Michael Effing, Senior Adviser to Helm, the European thermoplastics market is growing at 5-6%/year and accounts for 54% of the 1.5m tonnes/year market for glass fibre-reinforced thermo- plastic compounds. ❙
www.jushi.com
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additive masterbatches containing its Duramax ultraviolet stabilisers, nShield antimicrobials and optical brighteners. Aside from the two new lines, an Americhem spokes- person said the company has completed a full renovation of existing production equipment at the site and is now planning an expansion of its laboratory. This latter is scheduled for
completion in 2018 and will see new high speed spinning and film lines joining the existing injection moulding, extrusion and blow moulding capabilities. “The work at our plant is
the result of a desire to serve our customers and position ourselves for growth in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region,” said Thomas Weigl, vice president and
managing director, EMEA. “These renovations will allow us to better control efficiency from product design through manufacturing to end-product quality control. We want customers to visit to see the difference for themselves.” l Americhem has also announced a number of senior management changes. Matthew Hellstern has been appointed CEO of Americhem Group, which includes Americhem, LTL Engineered Compounds and Vi-Chem Corporation. Americhem Chairman and CEO Rick Juve takes on the role of Chairman of the American Group. ❙
www.americhem.com
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