COMPOUNDER OF THE MONTH Modern Dispersions Inc


Head office location: Leominster, MA, USA Date founded: President


1967 Janos Kozma Ownership:


No. of employees: Sales 2018:


Production 2018: Plant locations: Profile:


Incorporated company 250


€300m (AMI estimate) 135,000 tonnes (company data) Leominster, MA, and Fitzgerald, GA, USA


Modern Dispersions Incorporated (MDI) was founded in 1967 in the garage of Janos Kozma, a Hungarian immigrant to the US. However, it quickly outgrew that location and, in 1983, finally settled in its current premises in Leominster, MA. Further growth lead to the opening of a second production site, Modern Dispersions South Inc in 1987 in Fitzgerald, GA. The company now operates 18 productions lines between the two sites producing both compounds and masterbatch.


Product line:


MDI specialises in black masterbatch, concentrates and compounds, producing a wide variety including UV resistant, high-jetness, high loading, blue-tone and low-tint performance grades. It offers customisation of products to meet client specific specifications. The company’s product portfolio also includes colour concentrates, conductive compounds and wood composites.


Product strengths:


MDI produces its black masterbatch from carbon black as well as other pigments, such as nigrosine dye and bone black, allowing for use in a broader range of applications and resin systems.


To be considered for ‘Compounder of the Month’ contact Elizabeth Carroll: elizabeth.carroll@ami.international


FORTHCOMING FEATURES


The next issues of Compounding World magazine will have special reports on the following subjects:


October


Reinforcing additives TiO2/white pigments


Compounds for 3D printers Fakuma 2018 preview


November


Carbon black Bioplastics


Active packaging additives Continuous and batch mixers


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