Compounds - Current News Articles
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Successful collaboration on material change resulted in reduced CO₂ footprint
The Danish manufacturer EVBiler ApS was looking for a more environmentally friendly and material-smart solution for one of their products. Polykemi Group provided them with the optimal material that reduced their CO₂ footprint by more than...
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K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH: Strategic start-up investment in Biofiber Tech Sweden AB
- 20.10.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- 3D technology
- Compounds
Hamburg-based K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH acquired a minority stake in the start-up Biofiber Tech Sweden AB in June 2022. Shortly after port F was founded in January 2021, initial talks began with Biofiber Tech Sweden AB (BFT for short) to evaluate a possible strategic collaboration, including...
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AKRO-PLASTIC appoints IMCD as its official distributor in Europe for all AKRO-PLASTIC compounds
- 09.06.2022
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH announces that it has selected IMCD Group, a leading distributor of speciality chemicals and ingredients, as its new distribution partner in...
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Polykemi Group’s material-smart life cycle analysis – now with third-party certification
In the autumn of 2021, Polykemi Group launched materialsmart.info, a website based on a scientific study that helps customers reduce their carbon footprint. The reliability of the study is now confirmed with an objective third-party...
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GRAFE competence in coloring recycled materials
Studies see significant growth for hybrid materials in the automotive sector After a slump due to the Corona pandemic, the market for composites in the automotive sector will grow significantly again in the coming years. This is the result of several studies in this...
R&P POLYPLASTIC increased shipments to European countries by 1.5 times in Q1-Q3 2021
- 20.10.2021
- Latest News
- Compounds
In percentage terms, the supply of materials from the leading Russian compounder increased by 58% compared to the same period in 2020. Shipments to Latvia and Romania showed the best positive dynamics – following the results of three quarters, they increased by 2.6 and 2.4 times,...
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K.D. Feddersen distributes Poketone from Hyosung Chemical in Europe
Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen is expanding its portfolio with polyketone. Since 2015, K.D. Feddersen Ueberseegesellschaft mbH, with its Polymers & Compounding Technology business unit, is mainly selling the extrusion grades of polyketone from Hyosung Chemical to the compounding...
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Addiplast acquires a colouring unit from Toyo Ink
The specialist in technical polymers for the plastics industry, based in Haute-Loire, close to Lyon, in France, is taking over the business of the Japanese company Toyo Ink Europe Speciality Chemicals, located in the Oise...
R&P POLYPLASTIC develops export sales to Slovakia
- 19.04.2021
- Latest News
- Compounds
For several years the leading Russian compounder R&P POLYPLASTIC has been successfully developing its Export Rush program with shipments to Germany, Latvia, Czech Republic and Serbia. Following the results of 2020 the total amount of shipments has been over 600...
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Lifocolor Group, a manufacturer of color masterbatches, still booms
The medium-sized masterbatch manufacturer Lifocolor, headquartered in Lichtenfels/Germany, is consistently driving the growth and development of its group of companies. With the completion of the new building in Lichtenfels, an investment period of ten years will come to a temporary conclusion this...
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Polykemi and Rondo Plast presents COMPLUS – a new material concept for optimal flexibility
Polykemi and Rondo Plast presents the COMPLUS Concept, giving multiple choices of several materials, based on both virgin and recycled raw materials. The compounds all have similar properties but are adapted for different injection moulded parts within an assembled...
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K.D. Feddersen and Ascend Performance Materials seal their new cooperation
Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen is now distributing polyamide compounds from Ascend Performance Materials, the world's largest fully integrated manufacturer of polyamide 6.6, in Germany and most other European...
Limited time offer of material in a unique cost-effective event from the company Safic - Alcan Česko, s.r.o.
- 27.11.2020
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- Compounds
Limited time offer of material in a unique cost-effective event from the company Safic - Alcan Česko,...
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Material from Polykemi for portable ventilators
- 25.11.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
Polykemi has delivered compounds used for parts in portable ventilators for several years. During 2020, the demands have increased dramatically, which has led to orders and deliveries having more than...
The company SILON s.r.o. has decided to enlarge their TABOREN product portfolio for non-flammable PP compounds
- 11.09.2020
- Latest News
- Automotive
- Compounds
The company SILON s.r.o. has decided to enlarge their TABOREN product portfolio for non-flammable PP compounds. At a time when e-mobility is a big topic in the automotive industry, we do not want to be left behind and we come up with compounds based on PP or PE which can be either completely...
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Addiplast group expands its engineering plastics range with its ADDIBIO RENEW range of natural fibers and bio-polymers
- 10.08.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Automotive
- Packaging
- Bioplastics
- Circular economy
- Compounds
- PA Polyamide
- PE Polyethylene
- PP Polypropylene
- Recycled plastics
- Technical plastics
- High Performance Polymers
Addiplast Group, founded in 1986, now, has 2 production sites: Addiplast & Addikem in Saint Pal de Mons in France, equipped with twin-screw extruders and Buss co-mixers. Both sites are certified IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 and have a production capacity of 30...
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Scanfill AB and Plast Petter AB in new collaboration - will manufacture up to half a million protective face shields
- 14.05.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
Packaging company Scanfill is adjusting the production for a brand new market. The company will produce up to half a million face shields together with Plast Petter AB - every...
Recycl-IN – sustainable polymers from INEOS
As one of the largest Olefin producers in Europe, INEOS also wants to do its part to reduce plastic...
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DOMO Chemicals to invest €12 million in new nylon plant in China
- 23.03.2020
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
DOMO Chemicals, a leading producer of high-quality engineering materials for a diverse range of markets, has announced plans for a new state-of-the-art plant in Zhejiang, China. The new plant will be capable of producing up to 50,000 tons of sustainable and innovative engineered nylon compounds...
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MOL Group completes acquisition of Aurora Group, strengthening position in recycled, sustainable plastics compounding segment
- 10.12.2019
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
Following satisfaction of customary transaction approvals, MOL Group announce that effective, it has acquired 100% shareholding in Aurora, a German plastic compounder company. As a result of the acquisition, MOL Group is strengthening its position in recycled, sustainable compounding segment and in...
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K 2019: Latest tool technology for white goods industry runs with Polykemi PP-compound
- 03.12.2019
- Plastics Moulds
- K Show
- Compounds
At K2019, a new cube tool concept was launched and was given the respectful name “The Magic dice of steel” by the trade press. In this new cube tool concept, dishwasher wheels consisting of two components made of two plastic raw materials with different mould temperatures, was simultaneously...
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K. D. FEDDERSEN produce material for Air vents for BMW Mini Countryman
A success story continues. After the plastics processor Novares Löhne and Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen GmbH & Co. KG developed the optimum material for the slats of the air vents in Scania trucks, this material is currently also being used in series production of the BMW Mini...
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Polykemi leads the way for recycled plastic compounds by hosting in-house workshop
Over recent years, a change has come regarding the usage of recycled plastic compounds within the industry. Polykemi now supports this process further by hosting a tour of in-house workshops at subcontractors and end customer across...
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Resolving plastics - a holistic approach to the future
Together with its sister companies K.D. Feddersen, M.TEC and PolyComp, as well as its own branches AF-COLOR and BIO-FED, the compounder AKRO-PLASTIC will show at K 2019 under the banner of “Plastics Solutions” what the companies of the Feddersen Group have to offer in the field of...
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Polykemi is preparing for an electric future
Polykemi Ystad Sweden (Est. 1968) has for more than 50 years successfully developed and produced customer adapted thermoplastic compounds for the automotive industry, among others. To meet future demands regarding plastic materials for example for electric vehicles, the company recently invested in...
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High-performance material opening up new possibilities from K.D. Feddersen
- 31.05.2019
- Suppliers of raw materials
- Compounds
- PA Polyamide
As a global distributor and service provider with over 60 years of experience in the plastics market, K.D. Feddersen's portfolio of engineering plastics incorporating a range of top quality products and services. The company develops and implements innovative solutions and offers its customers...
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RESINEX increases the level of PE + PP recycling, PE + PA / EVOCH recycling, impact modification
Achieve a higher level of compounding and recycling with DOW compatibilizers and...
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MOL Group enters into recycled plastic compounding by acquiring Aurora Group
MOL Group announced that it has signed a sales-purchase agreement to acquire Aurora, a recycled plastic compounder with production plants located nearby automotive manufacturing and plastics conversion clusters in Baden-Württemberg,...
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Domo recycled polyamides win Frost and Sullivan accolade
Domo Chemicals’ recycled polyamide resins (PA6 and PA66) have been recognised by Frost & Sullivan consulting...
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MCAE Systems s.r.o. uses the additive production to the full
Stratasys has launched advanced elastomers and forward materials for its front 3D printers FDM and PolyJet. This allows customers to use additive manufacturing methods to quickly produce prototypes, tools, and parts by 3D printing. The FDM elastomer solution provides manufacturers with a new level...
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