WCA January 2017

Industry news

Capacity expansion for Huber

Huber’s Bauxite, Arkansas, facility in the United States. The investment by Huber in additional capacity in Bergheim commences only seven months after the February acquisition of Martinswerk GmbH, including the joint venture interest in Magnifin Magnesiaprodukte GmbH & Co KG. “This investment is the first in a series of expansions planned for Bergheim as we begin implementing our longer term strategy for the business,” says Jerry Bertram, vice president and general manager of Huber’s FRA business unit. “The capacity expansion is part of our ongoing global growth plan and underlines Huber’s commitment to the non-halogenated fine precipitated fire retardant market and enables us to meet increasing demand from our valued customers,” adds Martin Schulting, managing director of Huber’s FRA European operations. Huber is a global leader in the production of fine precipitated alumina trihydrate and magnesium hydroxide, both non-halogenated fire retardants. Its FRA business unit has four manufacturing sites in North America and two in Europe. Huber has been a trusted supplier of non-halogenated flame retardants and smoke suppressants for more than 30 years. New managing director Windsor Kunststofftechnologies GmbH, based in Hanau, Germany, has appointed Peter Kochs as its new managing director. Windsor is the Europe-wide representative for hydraulic and servo-hydraulic injection moulding machines for the Taiwanese manufacturer FCS (Fu Chun Shin Group). In addition, it is the representative in Germany of JSW Ltd (The Japan Steel Works, Tokyo), manufacturer of all-electric injection moulding machines. Windsor Kunststofftechnologies GmbH – Germany Website : www.windsor-gmbh.de J M Huber Corp – USA Website : www.huber.com

Martinswerk Plant in Bergheim, Germany. The additional capacity is projected for completion by the third quarter of 2017. This addition follows a 20 per cent capacity expansion in precipitated alumina trihydrate just completed at

THE Fire Retardant Additives (FRA) business unit, part of the Huber Engineered Materials division of J M Huber Corporation (Huber), has announced a 10 per cent capacity expansion of its Martinal ® fine precipitated alumina trihydrate production at its newly acquired

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