NEWS €5m expansion at Fainplast
Fainplast is expanding its production plant at Ascoli Piceno in Italy to increase capacity for polyolefin- based compounds for use in cables, especially for halogen-free products. Together with other planned investments, including the addition of two new com- pounding lines, the expan- sion will increase capacity by 50,000 tonnes/yr over the next five years.
and laboratories. The total investment amounts to around €5m. Fainplast is a major
The project includes the construction of a new building next to the existing factory. This will provide
7,000m2 of new floorspace
for warehousing and production equipment and a further 1,200m2
Colorfabb launches colour on demand for 3D filaments
Netherlands-based 3D print filament maker Colorfabb has launched a new service called Colour on Demand, which it has developed with German masterbatch firm Grafe to provide fast, small batch colour matches. The aim is to offer custom colour produc- tion in volumes from 2kg. Until now, the company said, the colour palette was largely dictated by filament makers and individual
colour development was only possible from 50 kg, a volume rarely needed in the 3D print market. Colorfabb CEO Ruud Rouleaux said the company can also supply small custom colour batches of granules, with customers able to request test tiles in the desired colour to be injection moulded before placing an order. �
https://colorfabb.com/
Carolina Color buys Chroma
North Carolina, US-based Carolina has acquired Chroma, a producer of custom formulated master- batch colours, dry colours, additive concentrates, and
pre-colour compounds. The company, based at McHenry in Illinois, supplies the packaging, electronics, safety, automotive, recrea- tional, medical and consum-
er products markets. Terms were not disclosed. Carolina Color was itself
Carolina Color adds Chroma to its color concentrate family 6 COMPOUNDING WORLD | August 2018
acquired by private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners in 2017. It has since ac- quired Breen and Hudson, taking annual sales to more than $150m. Company president Howard DeMonte said that Carolina Color will continue to acquire comple- mentary businesses “with the single goal of meeting the colorant needs of both large and small plastic converters”. �
www.carolinacolor.com
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producer of compounds for cables, specialising in thermoplastic and cross- linkable halogen-free flame retardant compounds. The plant produced 90,000 tonnes last year, of which more than 70% went into the cables industry. �
www.fainplast.com
Encom invests in Indiana
US-based Encom Polymers is to invest close to $15m to upgrade its 5,300m2
facility
at Evansville in Indiana and to install its own com- pounding equipment. The company, which has
to date used toll com- pounders, plans to have its first compounding line in operation at the facility in September of this year. Its plans include an additional three production lines, a laboratory line, test laboratory and injection moulding machine. Founded in 1999,
Encom Polymers offers a broad range of technical compounds based on PP, PA, PC and ABS with a variety of mineral fillers and fibre reinforcements. Initially focused on automotive, it now supplies to the E&E, telecom and medical industries. �
www.encompolymers.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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PHOTO: FAINPLAST
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