Compounding

Postconsumer

Nordson Buys Kreyenborg

Nordson Corp. continues to add to its portfolio of plastics equipment companies with the purchase of Kreyenborg GmbH, which makes screen changers; and sister company BKG Bruckmann, which makes pelletizers.

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color

Techmer Buys TP Composites

Color and additives masterbatch supplier Techmer PM, Clinton, Tenn., has expanded its engineering thermoplastics portfolio with the acquisition of custom compounder TP Composites, Ashton, Pa.

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polyolefins

Italian Compounder So.F.Ter. Adds U.S. Production

So.F.Ter. is building a plant in Tennessee.

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Postindustrial

K 2013 Preview: Extrusion, Compounding, Recycling

Across all extrusion technologies, expect to see new standards in speed, quality, flexibility, and efficiency in both energy and material usage.

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Additives

A. Schulman to Acquire Network Polymers

Acquisition expected to be completed in the next few months.

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Automotive

Mitsui to Boost PP Compounding to Meet U.S. Automotive Demand

Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (U.S. office in Rye Brook, N.Y.) has augmented its expansion plans for production of PP automotive compounds and TPOs in the U.S. by an additional 30 million lb/yr through its affiliate, Advanced Composites, Inc., Sidney, Ohio.

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Compounding

Lots of News in Engineered Compounding

Three companies, two of them domestic masterbatch suppliers, and one a German compounder, recently made new moves in engineered compounds for the U.S. market.•Americhem expands: Color and additive concentrate producer Americhem Inc., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has acquired Infinity Compounding, LLC of Swedesboro, N.J.

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Multiscrew

Coperion Bought by Owner of K-Tron

It has been a big month for plastics machinery acquisitions.

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KraussMaffei Group Sold to Investors

In late September, Onex Corp., a Toronto-based private-equity firm, agreed to acquire the  KraussMaffei Group of Germany for around $735 million from Madison Capital, which had owned KraussMaffei since 2006.

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Multiscrew

First Twin-Screw Lab Line Dedicated to Devol

What’s believed to be the one and only twin-screw laboratory line to perform direct devolatilization is open for trial runs.

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