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Wirthwein expands in Poland
German injection moulder Wirthwein is building a new hall at its site in Łódź in the heart of Poland. This is its third site in the city. It will cover a space of 71,000 m² and will create some 35 new jobs this year and over 100 by 2027, the company said. The new facility is sched- uled to go into series production, with the first machines in operation by the second half of 2022. “The new location enables Wirthwein to align production even better with the product areas and customers,” the firm stated. Currently, this was only possible to a limited extent due to the good plant capacity utilisation.” The new hall will make parts for the automotive, home appliance, electrical and healthcare sectors. Initially, Wirthwein
Polska will rent just over 6,000 m² in the modern hall complex, 5,800 m² of which will be used as pro- duction and storage space, and the rest will be as staff and office space. �
www.wirthwein.de
DuPont and Lanxess cut loose PA businesses
DuPont and Lanxess have both announced plans to separate their respective engineering plastics units from their core businesses. The two companies are major producers of polyam- ide 6 and 66 resins, along with other engineering materials. DuPont announced that it intends to divest a substan- tial part of its Mobility & Materials division, including its Engineering Polymers and Performance Resins lines of business as well as the company’s stake in the DuPont Teijin Films joint venture. The product brands being sold are Zytel PA materials, Delrin POM, Hytrel polyester elastomers, Crastin PBT, Vamac ethylene acrylic elastomers and others. The businesses being divested by DuPont repre-
sent $4.2bn in revenue and $1.0bn of operating EBITDA based on full year 2021 estimates. The plan was revealed at the same time that DuPont announced the acquisition of Rogers Corporation in the US, which serves the elec- tronics sector and produces engineered materials and components at its global facilities. Ed Breen, DuPont Chairman and CEO, said: “Building on our recent acquisition of Laird Perfor- mance Materials, the acquisition of Rogers further cements our position as the leading electronic solutions provider in the industry.” Lanxess announced it will
transfer its High Perfor- mance Materials (HPM) business unit to an inde- pendent legal corporate
structure. HPM employs around 1,900 people at 14 sites worldwide. Sales are in the low single-digit billion euro range. Hubert Fink, member of
the Board of Management at Lanxess, said: “The global market for new forms of mobility is developing very dynamically and is strategi- cally rearranging itself – cre- ating many innovative alliances and partnerships. In order to get the most out of the growth opportunities in this market and to be able to act flexibly, we will create a separate legal structure for the [HPM] business unit.” Injection World asked
Lanxess if the separation of HPM was part of a plan to sell the business, but a spokesperson reiterated the purpose of the move is to get the most out of market growth opportunities and to become more flexible. The main HPM brand
products are Durethan PA materials, Pocan PBT and Tepex thermoplastic fibre composites. Its largest customers are in the automotive and electrical & electronics sectors. �
www.dupont.com �
https://lanxess.com
Arburg forms new subsidiary for AM business
Arburg has created a new subsidiary called ArburgAdditive at its HQ in Lossburg, Germany which will house all activities related to additive manufac- turing. It said following the launch of its Freeformer technology, plus the
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purchase of InnovatiQ, the next step was “to combine the full range of additive manufacturing activities under one roof with the aim of strengthening this business field and paving a path towards a successful future”.
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InnovatiQ, which produces fused filament fabrication technology, will remain an independent company based in Feldkirchen, but will be affiliated with ArburgAdditive. �
www.arburg.com
www.injectionworld.com
IMAGE: LANXESS
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