Polycompound compounder of the month


Head office location: Sissach, Switzerland Date founded: 1988 COO: Peter Imhof


Ownership: Privately owned


No. of employees: 35 Sales 2011: €14.5 million


Plant locations: Sissach, Switzerland Production 2011: 9,600 tonnes


Profile: Polycompound was formed in 1988 when Buss decided to concentrate on its core business of manufacturing continuous mixing and kneading machines and therefore stopped compounding plastics itself. Some employees founded Polycompound as an independent joint stock company. The company’s output has grown from an initial 1,500 tonnes to up to 10,000 tonnes.


Product line: Polycompound is a toll compounder specialising in producing highly-filled compounds and additive masterbatches. These include a range of cable compounds, plus high-performance engineering plastics such as highly filled and semi-conducting grades, and also specialty products.


Product strengths: Polycompound has extensive experience and technical knowledge of compounding with Buss kneaders, from lab-scale through to large-scale production. It has particular expertise in reactive compounding, the production of shear- and temperature-sensitive compounds, and processing nano-fillers.


Forthcoming features The next issues of Compounding World magazine will have special reports on the following subjects:


September Pigments and colorants Weathering resistance Fillers and coupling agents


October Reinforcing fibres Titanium dioxide Screenchangers


Editorial submissions should be sent to Andy Beevers: abe@amiplastics.com


For information on advertising in these issues, please contact Claire Bishop: claire@amimagazines.com Tel: +44 (0)20 8686 8139


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