news coperion buys into pell-Tec


coperion has acquired a majority stake in pell-Tec, the strand pelletizer manufacturer based in niedernberg, germany. The deal was completed on 1 January. pell-Tec was established


over 10 years ago and produces strand pelletizing systems with capacities up to 6,000 kg/h. coperion says that the acquisition strengthens its position as a systems supplier, enabling it offer tailor-made pelletizing solutions for small- and medium-sized extruders. Thomas Kehl, a member of


coperion’s executive board, said: “in the future, we shall work together with pell-Tec on the further development of the existing range of strand


pelletizing systems, our main objective being to extend the size range across all output requirements.” pell-Tec’s joint managing


director, Bernhard Stern added: “with coperion’s support we shall not only be


able to develop new markets but also expand the service we can offer our customers – from planning and commissioning through to after-sales supply of spare parts.” ❙ www.coperion.com ❙ www.pell-tec.de


Api invests in extra capacity


Api is investing in new compounding lines for thermoplastic elastomers and bioplastics at its plant in mussolente, italy. The company has added


Celebrating the deal (from left to right): Coperion’s Thomas Kehl, Pell-Tec’s Bernhard Stern, Coperion’s Günter Bachmann and Pell-Tec’s Michael Schuler


Sumitomo links with nabaltec


Sumitomo chemical of Japan and nabaltec of germany are collaborating on their alumina and aluminium trihydroxide (ATH) businesses. initially, nabaltec is


supplying an exclusive grade of fine precipitated ATH to Sumitomo for sale in East Asia. The companies plan to explore


additional areas of collabora- tion, including possible joint developments of new advanced inorganic materials. ATH is most widely used as


a flame retardant in polymers and is expected to see growing demand as the demand for non-halogen additives increases. Sumitomo has


expanded its production capacity for ATH in recent years. However, with demand growing rapidly, it has decided to enhance its resources by securing additional supplies of fine precipitated ATH from nabaltec. ❙ www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp ❙ www.nabaltec.de


a new line for Tpus, bringing its total to five and increasing capacity by 25%. it has also commissioned two new lines for TpEs and its Apinat bioplastics, increasing capacity for these materials by 15%. in addition, Api has added a dedicated line for the production of micro- granulated TpE and Tpu. other upgrades at the


mussolente plant include an integrated system for automated packaging and palleting. There has also been a complete overhaul of the sample and master- batch production depart- ments to optimise produc- tion efficiency. construction work on


new r&d labs and office space for technical staff is also nearing completion. ❙ www.apiplastic.it


Sabic opens ETp pilot facility


Sabic innovative plastics has official opened a new pilot facility for developing high performance polymers at its mount Vernon site in indiana, uSA. it will be used to create new grades of ultem polyetherimide (pEi), Extem thermo- plastic polyimide (Tpi) and Siltem amorphous resins which combine the high heat resistance of pEi with the flexibility of silicone elastomers.


10 compounding world | January 2012 The new 3,000 ft2 (280 m2 ) facility will


be used to speed up the development of new polymers, particularly custom formulations. Sabic says that it will also increase customer access to its research scientists and product development specialists. pilot work on the advanced polymer formulations was previously done externally. ❙ www.sabic-ip.com


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