NEWS IN BRIEF...
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact on the global trade show calen- dar. Messe Dusseldorf has announced the cancella- tion of the Russian Inter- plastica 2021 fair, which was due to take place in Moscow in January. It will now take place on 25-28 January 2022. The organ- iser has also announced the cancellation of the Interpack 2021 packag- ing show, due to take place in Dusseldorf from 25 February to 3 March next year. It will next take place in 2023.
www.interplastica.de www.interpack.com
Ascend Performance Materials has added a number of new grades to its HiDura range of long chain PAs. The PA 610 and PA612 products offer very good dimensional stability along with high resistance to chemicals, impact and abrasion. Target applica- tions include engineering components and cable ties.
www.ascendmaterials.com
German mixer firm MTI calls in administrators
German mixing machinery MTI Mischtechnik Interna- tional has initiated insolven- cy proceedings. The company, based at Detmold, continues to operate while new investment is sought for the business. “Our clear objective is to maintain the business operations of MTI”, said the court appointed insolvency administrator Hans-Achim Ernst. “We are certain that we can offer attractive starting points for a strategic buyer due to the high profile of the company and
its access to various cus- tomer industries.” Corporate auditing company Mentor has been commissioned to imple- ment an investor search. “Our focus in the search for investors is clearly on strategic investors from the field of process technology,” said Uwe Borgers at Mentor. “In our opinion, MTI is very well suited to complement a large, internationally active machine and plant manufac- turer.” Compounding World understands that discus-
sions are underway with interested parties with the aim of securing a deal before the end of the year. MTI produces bulk
mixing machinery and plant for a wide range of indus- tries, including masterbatch, compounding and PVC processing. Over the past 40 years it has supplied more than 2,000 mixing projects. The company employs some 50 people and generates annual sales of around €7m. �
www.mentor.ag �
www.mti-mixer.de
Sitraplas extends lab options
German technical compound producer Sitraplas has extended the capabilities of its technical centre at Bünde with the installa- tion of a Maag Automatik STB250 conveyor strand pelletiser. The centre, which the company uses for development of its own products and rents out to customers for process or formulation deveopment is equipped with two 26mm
Coperion ZSK extruders as well as a single screw extruder, which is used for filament production. The company said the new pelletiser supplements the centre’s existing wet-cut pelletisers and will enable it to handle moisture sensitive and highly-filled and brittle compounds. �
www.sitraplas.com
Holland Colours aids Ocean Cleanup
Holland Colours supplied colour masterbatch based on bio-based carrier resins for a range of sunglasses made using plastics recovered from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for The Ocean Cleanup project. The sunglasses are said to be the first product made with certified
ocean plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Ocean Cleanup, which is a non-profit organisation that develops advanced technologies to remove plastic waste from the seas, will use the proceeds from their sale to fund its activities. Holland Colours worked with The Ocean Cleanup team over several months to create two different shades of blue that could be dosed simultaneously to create a swirl pattern that mimicked the ocean, accord- ing to the company’s Global Marketing Director Gina Provó Kluit. �
www.hollandcolours.com �
www.theoceancleanup.com
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Holland Colours developed a custom two-shade masterbatch for Ocean Cleanup
IMAGE: HOLLAND COLOURS
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