Luxus compounder of the month


Head offi ce location: Louth, Lincolnshire, UK Date founded: 1965


Managing director: Peter Atterby Ownership:


Privately owned


No. of employees: 150 Sales 2014: £25 million (€32 million) Plant locations: Louth, Lincolnshire, UK Production 2014: 30,000 tonnes


Profi le: Luxus is one of the UK’s leading independent technical plastics recycling and compounding companies. For the past 50 years, it has been developing highly specifi ed thermoplastics compounds based on prime and recycled feedstock. It recently secured a £600,000 EU grant to commercialise its Hycolene range of lightweight recycled PP compounds in the European automotive trim market. A new Coperion twin-screw line is being commissioned this month to facilitate additional production volumes.


Product line: Luxus engineers technical thermoplastic compounds based on prime and recycled polymers combinations including PE, PP, ABS, PC, PBT, PS and PA. The company is the only UK approved supplier of recycled grades (with up to 60% recycled content) for the use in car interior trim. Luxus serves injection moulders, blow moulders, rotomoulders and extruders operating in many sectors including the automotive, civil engineering, construction safety, rigid packaging, waste containers, domestic products and horticulture industries.


Product strengths: Hycolene has been formulated to offer excellent tensile properties, weight reductions of 12% and improved scratch resistance.


To be considered for ‘Compounder of the Month’ contact Karla Vittova at kv@amiplastics.com Forthcoming features


The next issues of Compounding World magazine will have special reports on the following subjects: March


Special effect pigments Twin-screw extruders Natural fi bres & fi llers NPE 2015 show issue


April Electrically conductive compounds Additives for recycled plastics Reactive compounding Plast 2015 preview


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) 1732 605976


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