EoW July 2013

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Expansion continues As part of its continued expansion in Europe, Tosaf – a manufacturer of compounds, additives and master- batches for the plastics industry – has opened Tosaf Iberica SL in Barcelona, Spain. This new company is the seventh in the row of Tosaf’s marketing and sales subsidiaries spread throughout Europe, placed in Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Turkey and the UK. Sales manager of Tosaf Iberica is Roger Alba. David Alarcón Pérez is heading the local colour division. In close cooperation with a local logistics centre – Compañia Internacional de Almacenajes SA – Tosaf Iberica provides a high responsiveness to customers’ demands. Tosaf Iberica SL – Spain Website : www.tosaf.com Research and innovation Fainplast has inaugurated a new research and development laboratory with a total area of 200m 2 , which also includes the new department dedicated to quality control of polyolefin products – a total investment amounting to €300,000. Around 20 skilled technicians are employed in the new laboratory, which is fitted with advanced machinery and equipment. This new investment confirms the highly innovative vocation of the Italian company, which constantly invests in new technologies in order to improve product standards and remain a leading company in the plastics sector at an international level. Besides the new laboratory, Fainplast is also investing in a new warehouse for the storage of finished products for a total covered area of 1,850m 2 on a total area of 3,700m 2 . Fainplast has always believed in constant innovation as the key to their business success. For this reason last June they tested and implemented a new system that has increased the plant automation of the halogen-free department. This system is based on a depalletiser robot that, in the initial phase of production, allows speeding up the procedures enhancing and increasing the dosage of the products. Two new large and six smaller silos were installed for the storage of raw materials in an investment worth €1m. Fainplast Srl – Italy Website : www.fainplast.it A first for Li Chang Established in 1995, Guangzhou Li Chang Fluoroplastics Co Ltd manufactures raw materials for fluoroplastics and is the first company in mainland China manufacturing environmentally friendly coloured Fluoroplastics. The company is also ISO9001 certified. The annual output of the company’s main product FEP (F46) is 2,600 tons, ETFE (F40) is 100 tons and PFA is 400 tons. These materials are widely used in high-temperature resistance electric wire and cable. The main characteristics are: • FEP (fluorinated ethylene propylene): Fine lubricity, insulation, high temperature resistance, flame retardant, radiation resistance • PFA (polytetrafluoro ethylene): Fine heat resistance, cold resistance, chemical durability, insulation, lubricity, breaking and cracking resistance. • ETFE (ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene): Similar to FEP Guangzhou Li Chang Fluoroplastics Co Ltd – China Website : www.gdlichang.com

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