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Exhibition spaces sell fast at Compounding World events
The majority of exhibition spaces at the forthcoming Compounding World events in America and Europe have already been reserved. More than 70% of the available places are already booked for the Compounding World Forum 2014, which takes place in Philadelphia, PA, USA on 9-10 December. In addition, over half of the available space has been reserved at the Compounding World Congress 2015, which is on 21-23 April in Cologne, Germany. Exhibition spaces sold out
at the first Compounding World Forum, held last year in Philadelphia, so the event has been moved to a larger venue this year with room for a maximum of 60 exhibitors. At the time of writing, 43 of these exhibition places had already been reserved. Companies that have
booked exhibition packages at the US event include: 3M Advanced Materials; Aaron Equipment; Addivant; Ametek
Westchester Plastics; B&P Process Equipment; Bay Plastics Machinery; Brabender Technologie; Brüggemann Chemical; CA Picard; Century Extrusion; Cimbar Perfor- mance Minerals; Entek; Fortune International; Gala Industries; ICMA San Giorgio; Imerys Graphite & Carbon; Jordi Labs; JSW; Laurel Products; LKAB Minerals; Mixaco; Modern Dispersions; NFM; Norac Additives; Nordson; Omya; Palsgaard; Polymaterials; Polyram; Polyscope Polymers; Procotex; Promixon; Reduction Engi- neering Scheer; Saint-Gobain; Schenck Process; Sikora; Steer; Struktol; Sushrut Polymers; Total Cray Valley; TPEI; Trendelkamp; and Xtrutech.
The smaller exhibition area
at the Cologne conference is also filling up very fast, even though the event is still six months away. The first companies to reserve spaces include: Automatik, Brabend-
er, Buss, Feddem, HPF, Imerys Graphite & Carbon, JSW, Polyad Services, Polycom- pound, and Reduction Engineering. The exhibition areas at both
Philadelphia and Cologne will only be open to delegates attending the conferences. They will be used as network- ing areas during the refresh- ments breaks and drinks receptions. The Philadelphia exhibition area will also be used for the conference lunches on both days of the event. For information on
attending or exhibiting at the Compounding World Forum in Philadelphia, please contact Kelly Cressman in AMI’s US office:
kc@amiplastics-na.com; tel: +1 610 478 0800. The conference organiser
for the Compounding World Congress in Cologne is Kat Langner in AMI’s UK office:
kl@amiplastics.com; tel: +44 117 314 8111. ❙
www.amiconferences.com
Clariant is acquiring VitaPac in China
Clariant is to acquire VitaPac, a Chinese health- care packaging specialist. The company has 80 employees and is based in Hong Kong with a produc- tion site in Dongguan, China. It had sales of CHF4 million (€3 million) in 2013. VitaPac develops and
manufactures protective packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, neutraceu- tical and food industries, as well as for the logistics and electronics sectors. The company focuses on active sorbents and has built up a leading market position for desiccant packets for moisture adsorption. Clariant said VitaPac
complements its Medical Specialties business line within its Masterbatches operation. ❙
www.clariant.com ❙
www.vitapac.com
Plasgom opens pilot compounding plant
Spanish compounder Plasgom celebrated its 25th anniversary this year and made a major investment in a new pilot compounding line at its plant in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, near Barcelona in Spain. A subsidiary of PVC
producer Kem One, Plasgom specialises in the development and production of PVC compounds as well as formulations based on various
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other polymers, including poly- olefins, styrenics, TPU and TPEs. Target markets for the company’s materials include
the automotive, infrastructure, electrical, communications and packaging industries. The new pilot plant will be
used to support Plasgom’s customers, suppliers and partners with the development of new products in areas such as encapsulated additives, new polymer blends for thermo- plastic compounds, and flame retardants. ❙
www.kemone.com
Plasgom has expanded pilot compounding capabilities at its factory in Spain
www.compoundingworld.com
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