NEWS
Melrob sold to NRC
Hamburg-based Nord- mann, Rassmann (NRC) has acquired Melrob Group Holdings of the UK, an international distributor of speciality chemicals. The deal includes all of Melrob’s subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain and the US. Terms were not disclosed. “Acquiring Melrob not
only represents the wide-reaching and strategic expansion of Nordmann, Rassmann’s current activities in Europe, but also a decisive step towards growing our business in both the Asia-Pacific region and North America,” said managing director Dr Gerd Bergmann. Melrob’s presence in
Japan was said to be particularly significant. It also brings access to the biomaterials sector and into speciality monomers via its own production facility in Singapore. �
www.nordmann-rassmann.com
Asahi Kasei/Bluestar edge forward with mPPE JV
Following antitrust clear- ance, Japan’s Asahi Kasei and China National Bluestar have concluded their joint venture agreement to manufacture 20,000 tonnes/ year of Xyron modified polyphenylene ether (mPPE) in China using Asahi Kasei’s compounding technology. The partners will also make the interme- diate materials 2,6-xylenol and PPE using Bluestar technology. The two companies said
they have now initiated a study for construction of facilities and are carrying out a detailed evaluation ahead of a final investment decision, which will be made by March 2018. The manufacturing part
of the JV will be called Asahi Kasei Bluestar (Nantong) Engineering Plastics Manufacturing. It will be 50.01% owned by Bluestar and will be based in Nantong, in Jiangsu province. The sales part will
be 50.07% owned by Asahi Kasei and will have offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong. Xyron mPPE is produced by compounding PPE with other polymers and various combinations of glass fibre, flame retardant and other additives. It is said to offer superior heat resistance, flame retardance, dimen- sional stability and mechani- cal performance. �
www.china-bluestar.com �
www.asahi-kasei.co.jp
Coperion’s ZSK marks 60th
This year, Coperion marks the 60th
anniversary of its
ZSK series co-rotating twin screw extruder, which it describes as “the forefather” of all twin screw extruders. The company said
predecessor company Werner & Pfleiderer delivered the first ZSK production machine in 1957, four years after acquiring an exclusive licence from Bayer. Considerable further
Prototype version of the 60-year old ZSK twin screw extruder
development has taken place since then. A ZSK series twin screw extruder sold today offers a through- put 35 times greater than
one of the original models of the same shaft centre distance, according to Coperion. �
www.coperion.com
year
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