Sumika Color compounder of the month


Head offi ce location: Osaka, Japan Date founded: 1950


Managing Director: Yukoh Takahashi Ownership: 87.3% owned by Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd


No. of employees: 470 Sales 2015: ¥18.7bn (€150m)


Plant locations: Japan - Itami, Chiba; China - Shanghai, Nantong Production 2015: Around 50,000 tonnes


Profi le: Sumika Color is a longstanding manufacturer of advanced plastic compounds, functional and colour masterbatches, polymer colorants and organic pigments. The company opened a manufacturing plant in Nantong, China in 2010 to produce functional-additive masterbatches for the Asian market. Over recent years it has developed a unique patented processing technology to produce Double Layered Pellet Masterbatches.


Product line: Sumika Color produces both functional and colour compounds and masterbatches for use in a variety of base polymers including PE, PA, PC, PBT, PET and PVC. Its product line also contains organic pigments for offset printing inks and plastics colorants, including dry and wet colour concentrates.


Product strengths: Sumika Color produces conventional masterbatches, as well as polymer alloy masterbatches/compounds and Double Layered Pellet Masterbatches. The latter feature a core/sheath structure that allows diffi cult to process products to be handled, such as masterbatches with very high pigment/additive loadings.


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:


April 2016 Electrically conductive compounds Additives for recycled plastics Clean compounding technology Show preview: Chinaplas 2016


May 2016 Wire and cable applications Clarifi ers and nucleators Polymers for 3D printing LFT production technology


Editorial submissions should be sent to Chris Smith: cs@amiplastics.com


For information on advertising in these issues, please contact: Levent Tounjer: lt@amiplastics.com Tel: +44 (0)117 314 8183 Claire Bishop: claire@amimagazines.com Tel: +44 (0) 1732 605976


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