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Lyondell- Basell seals Zylog deal
LyondellBasell has completed the acquisition of the PP compounding assets of Zylog Plastalloys in India, finalising a deal first announced in Novem- ber last year. Zylog has two facilities at Sinnar, Maharashtra state, and Chennai in Tamil Nadu in India. Combined with the SJS Plastiblends’s PP compounding business in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, which was also acquired in 2015, the acquisition makes LyondellBasell the third largest producer of PP compounds in India with a capacity of 44,000 tonnes/ year.
In addition to the existing
product lines offered at these sites, LyondellBasell said that it will also produce its Hostacom glass fibre-reinforced, mineral filled and unfilled coloured grades as well as Hifax high impact thermoplastic olefins. The company said these are used to manufac- ture automotive parts, home appliances and other products. According to LyondellBa- sell, India is the world’s fourth largest growth market for automobiles globally with 3m new vehicles produced each year. LyondellBasell is the
world’s largest producer of PP compounds, with capacity of 1.3 million tonnes/year. ❙
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Americhem commissions China concept centre
Colour and additive supplier Americhem has unveiled a new customer concept centre and renovated laboratory at its 10-year old site at Suzhou, near Shanghai in China. Stanley Teoh, Americhem
Vice President and Managing Director for Asia-Pacific, described it as “a space for our customers to view product samples, discover functional additives and compounds, work in partnership with our experts on new products and utilise our colour training centre”. The concept centre houses
end-product samples and technical services for synthetic fibres, non-wovens, building products, medical and other speciality engineered com- pounds, including PA, PET, PTT, PP, PE and PLA, for
complete offering of its nShield antimicrobial concentrates and compounds for the plastics and synthetic fibres industries, nVision polymeric soluble colours for PP non-wovens, mBrace softeners for non- woven fabrics, eCap PVC and ASA capstock compounds and nGrain simulated woodgrain effects for building products. The laboratory renovations,
applications including carpets, apparel, automotive and industrial fabrics and synthetic turf. It also houses a training centre with educational resources on colour theory, product development and colour control.
Americhem said the concept centre supports a
meanwhile, add space for technical collaboration with the company’s product experts and give it the capacity to develop products faster, with fibre and plastic pilot equip- ment for testing of products in real time. The facility also supports product development for Americhem’s sister company, Infinity LTL Engi- neered Compounds. ❙
www.americhem.com
Italian machine exports hit a high
Exports of Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery, moulds and equipment totalled €2.9bn in 2015, up by 8.4% on 2014 and surpassing the previous record result of €2.75bn in 2007, according to
the latest sector analysis from trade association Assocoma- plast. Total production was up by 3.8% on 2014 to reach €4.2bn, said Assocomaplast, while the 18% increase in imports to a
Italian market for machinery, equipment and moulds for plastics and rubber, 2014-2015
(€ millions) Production Exports Imports
Domestic market
Trade balance (active) Source: Assocomaplast
COMPOUNDING WORLD | May 2016
2014 4,000 2,685 640
1,955 2,045
2015 4,150 2,900 750
2,000 2,150
Δ% 2015/2014 3.8 8.4
18.0 2.3 5.1
value of €750m indicates that economic recovery is begin- ning to take hold in the country, it said in a statement. Exports to Europe, which
account for close to two thirds of Italian plastics machinery exports, were up by 11% last year, while exports to the NAFTA countries were up 50% (exceeding €260m). Assocomaplast said that
exports to India were also ahead by 11% but that exports of processing machinery to Russia, Brazil and China declined on 2014. ❙
www.assocomaplast.org
www.compoundingworld.com
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