NEWS Omya
forms US alliances
Industrial minerals pro- ducer Omya has an- nounced two new distribu- tion agreements for the North American market. Omya’s US operation now handles natural-based lubricants, release agents, antistatic agents, antifog- ging agents and plasticis- ers for Malaysia’s Emery Oleochemicals in the Mid-West, South-East, Central and Western US regions. These are mar- keted under the Loxiol and Edenol brands.
It is also now US and
Canada national distribu- tor for the full line of UV absorbers and hindered amine light stabilisers, plus selected photoinitiators and antioxidants, for South Korea’s Songwon Industrial Group. �
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€1m investment lifts capacity at Wipag
Albis Plastic said an invest- ment of €1m at the Wipag operation at Neuberg in Germany, which it acquired in January this year, will see capacity increase from 600 to 4,000 tpa. The move, which includes commissioning of a new compounding line, will also enable it to move to full- scale production of Wipag’s WIC-series polypropylene and polyamide compounds, which are reinforced with post-industrial reclaimed car- bon fibre. These products have been produced on a pilot-scale line since 2014. The acquired Wipag busi- ness includes the recycling and compounding facility at Neuburg and another site at Gardelegen in Germany – Wipag’s shares in joint ven- tures with ACI in the US and PPR in the UK were not part of the Albis acquisition.
Aside from the carbon reinforced compounds, the company also produces PP, PA, ABS and PC/ABS compounds from the recycling of car bumpers, instrument panels and wheel arch liners. Albis introduced its first glass-filled PA compound with recycled content more than 15 years ago and its current Altech ECO com- pounds, which use up to 100% recycled materials, are claimed to provide “Near-to-
Prime” quality. The Wipag recycled carbon fibre WIC-series products will provide additional opportu- nities in lightweighting applications. “We can come to the
market with a CF compound that is much reduced in price, and it becomes affordable against GF [glass fibre],” said Albis Vice President Technical Com- pounds Bernd Sparenberg. �
www.albis.com �
www.wipag.com
Steilemann steps up to Covestro CEO
Covestro said Dr Markus Steilemann will take over the role of CEO on 1 June. He follows Patrick Thomas, who retires three months before his contract was due to end. Thomas had been
Covestro CEO since 2007, covering the company’s transition to independence from Bayer in 2015. He also served in senior roles at CEFIC and the World Plastics Council, and as president of PlasticsEurope from 2011 to 2017. Covestro supervisory
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board chairman Dr Richard Pott said Thomas “has significantly contributed to Covestro’s remarkable
success story”. Since 2015, he said, the firm has achieved record results but also “developed an inde-
pendent corporate culture and became a forerunner in innovation and sustainability in the chemical industry”. Steilemann, currently
Retiring and incoming Covestro CEOs: Patrick Thomas (left) and Dr Markus Steilemann
Covestro’s Chief Commer- cial Officer, was named as Thomas’s successor in May 2017. He is joined on the board by Chief Technology Officer Dr Klaus Schäfer, whose contract has been renewed until the end of 2022, and Dr Thomas Töpfer, who joined as Chief Financial Officer in April. �
www.covestro.com
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