NEWS CPM Ruiya doubles capacity
CPM Extrusion Group is to build a 15,000 m2
factory extension to its Ruiya
Extrusion plant at Nanjing, China, which will lift capacity to 500 extrusion lines annually when completed in March 2019. “Currently our capacity is strained - with this new plant we can double our output,” said CPM Extrusion Group President Robert Urtel. “We focus on knowledge and the transfer of know- how to our customers, that’s also one of the reasons why the factory is based
in a high-tech zone.” Ruiya Extrusion saw sales rise by 40% to 247 machines in the fiscal year ending 30 September 2017 and production is expected to reach 265 machines in this fiscal year. The plant’s key export markets are currently India and South-East Asia. It sees particularly strong potential in India, as well as from US multinationals. “What we see in the market now is
that a lot of our multinational custom- ers relying on us in the States are
buying machinery from Ruiya for their factories in China,” said Charles Spearing, General Manager of CPM’s global twin screw operations. As well as Ruiya, CPM owns Century Extrusion in the US and last year acquired Extricom Extrusion of Germany, which specialises in pre- mium 12-screw machines for niche applications such as PET bottle recycling. Extricom has already built its first twin screw extrusion machine. �
www.cpmextrusiongroup.com
PA attracts more investment
Ascend Performance Materials and Invista last month announced major investments in adiponitrile (ADN) capacity, one of the key feedstocks for PA66. Ascend, the world’s
largest fully integrated producer of PA66 resin, will increase annual ADN capacity by 220,000 tonnes by 2022. Of this, 40,000 tonnes will be added by the end of 2018, with the rest coming over the following four years. The company completed its first expan- sion of 50,000 tonnes/year at the end of 2017. The investment value has not
been disclosed. In a separate move, Invista has entered the final design phase for a $250m ADN technology upgrade at its plant at Victoria, Texas, US. Construction is expect- ed to start in Q1 2019. The new technology, which was developed at another Invista site in Texas and is already in use there, was developed over four years at a cost of $40m. n Meanwhile, in the PA6 feedstocks sector, Chinese caprolactam and PA producer Highsun is to acquire Fibrant from ChemicaInvest (a 65-35 joint
venture between CVC Capital Partners and DSM). The deal covers the Fibrant caprolactam plant in Geleen, Netherlands, and 60% of a subsidiary that runs a caprolactam plant in Nanjing, China (but not Fibrant’s US subsidiary). Chen Jianlong, Chairman
of the Highsun Group, described the move as “a new step in our ambition to become a leading player in the PA6 value chain”. It should be completed in Q3 2018. �
www.ascendmaterials.com �
www.invista.com �
https://en.highsunchina.com
Polyplastics simplifies bonding
Japan’s Polyplastics has developed a new additive technology that allows direct plastic-to-metal bonding for production of hybrid moulded parts with- out the use of primers or surface treatments. The Quick-10 technol- ogy uses a special affinity improvement additive that allows a bond to be achieved during insert moulding by fast heating and cooling of the part. �
www.polyplastics.com
Motan grows in China
Materials handling specialist Motan-Colortonic has opened its new sales and manufacturing facility at Taicang in China. “With the move to the larger 4,600m2 building, we can now
Motan-Colortonic’s new manufacturing plant at Taicang in China
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produce all the product lines in China,” said Bing Hian Co, Managing Director of Motan-Colortronic Plastics Machinery China. “These products are intended primarily for our Chinese and Asian customers, but also for those customers who want to expand their activities from a production location in China.” The German company has had a presence in China since 1999. It opened its first production operation at Taicang in 2006. �
www.motan-colortronic.com
www.compoundingworld.com
PHOTO: MOTAN-COLORTRONIC
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