news Tosaf bolts on Adtec Colorant


Tosaf Group, an international manufacturer of compounds, additives and colour master- batches for the plastics industry, has completed the acquisition of Adtec Color ant, a maker of speciality colour concentrates, liquid and additive masterbatches for the injection moulding, blow moulding, fi lm and extrusion markets based in Arlington,


Luxus founder Ron Tonn dies


UK-based recycler and compounder Luxus has announced its founder Ron Tonn died suddenly on 12 August aged 83. Tonn was born in


Chicago in the USA in 1932 and began his plastics career with Muehlstein in the USA in the 1950s, moving to the UK in 1957 to join its European operation. Quickly building up a network of plastics industry contacts, he set up Luxus in 1965 to sell off-spec and later recycled polymer. Tonn remained at the helm of the company until retiring in1997.  www.luxus.co.uk


Texas in the USA. “This transaction repre- sents another step in the fulfi lment of our US market entry strategy following our earlier announcement of the construction of a new additives and white and colour master- batch plant in Bessemer City, North Carolina,” said Tosaf chairman and CEO Amos Megides, whose family holding


group co-owns Tosaf with Ravago. Adtec founder and CEO


Mahesh Parikh, who will remain with the fi rm, said the deal “will provide rapid growth for Adtec Colorant by utilising Tosaf Group’s additional product line while maintaining our excellent reputation for service and quality in the southwest region”.


Tosaf Group, which dates


back to 1985, employs around 900 people across its 10 manufacturing locations in Israel, Turkey, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and China. Its products include mineral-fi lled compounds, UV and light stabilisers, fl ame retardants, and colour masterbatches.  www.tosaf.com


Solvay licenses RTP for Radel


Solvay’s Speciality Polymers business has fi nalised a licensing agreement that enables RTP Company, a compounder of custom engineered thermoplastics, to manufacture and market its Radel R-7000 series of polyphenylsulfone resins to the commercial aircraft industry. Solvay said the deal will


expand global supply channels for the resins while helping to shorten lead times and broaden customers’ options. It will continue to manufacture, sell and distribute the Radel R-7000 polymers; RTP will now also sell them under its existing brand and grade designations, with a particular focus on smaller lot sizes of custom colours that match the colour palettes of aircraft


Boeing 787


OEMs or individual airlines. “This agreement is a


natural fi t for Solvay, given RTP’s recognised global compounding and distribution capabilities and our long- standing relationship selling a broad range of polymers across multiple markets, including aerospace,” said Michael Finelli, senior vice president of sulfone polymers for Solvay Speciality Polymers. Radel R-7000 resins are


formulated specifi cally for use in aircraft cabin interior applications, such as seating, passenger service units, stow bins and air grills, and have been used in the Airbus A320 and many Boeing models, including the 777 and 787. They comply with Federal Aviation Administration regulations on fl ammability, heat release, smoke genera- tion and toxic gas emissions.  www.solvay.com


Reduction Engineering adds Canadian distributor


Ohio, USA-based Reduction Engineering Scheer, which supplies pulverisers, pelletis- ers, and rotational moulding equipment, has named Josh


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Bere as an authorised distributor of its pelletiser and pulveriser product line in Canada. Bere is president of Ichor


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Industrial, a multi-trade services contractor which offers equipment services, commissioning and installation of machinery, and optimisation


services to Canadian plastics processors. The company is based in Kitchener, Ontario, in Canada.  www.reductionengineering.com


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