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Romira expands its R&D team
Romira has expanded its R&D team with the appointment of three new members. Alexan- der Exner, Frauke Harpen and Dr Milena Pöhlmann join existing R&D team members Dr Jianmin Ding and Dr Daniela Tomova. In addition to her R&D role, Harpen will also be the
contact partner for Rowa USA. Germany-based Romira is part of the Rowa Group and specialises in the production of compounds and blends based on a range of engineering plastics, including ABS, PC, ASA, SAN, PBT, PPE, PA and HIPS.
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Romira’s expanded R&D team pictured with the company’s MD Stig Lindström (on the far left)
Americhem boosts small-lot capabilities
Custom colour and additive specialist Americhem has installed two new small-lot masterbatch production lines at its facility at Cuyahoga Falls in Ohio, USA, adding 1,360 tonnes of additional annual capacity. “We’ve added these
work-cells to increase service, cost effectiveness and reduce lead times for our customers,” said Matthew Miklos, Amer- ichem’s commercial vice president and general manager for the Americas. “With the increasing demand for smaller lot sizes of our masterbatch products,
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Americhem has answered the call with this new capacity.” The two new manufacturing
lines are arranged within work-cells to improve process fl ow and eliminate waste while allowing faster product changeover times. In addition to the small-lot
capacity, the Ohio plant has been rearranged and upgrad- ed. Its re-crystalliser has been relocated and fi tted with new materials handling capabilities and bar coding has been instituted in the compounding area to improve quality and inventory control.
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