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AMT II and Adherent collaborate in carbon fibre recycling
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Chromaflo and CPS Color merge colorants businesses Global supplier of pigment and chemical dispersions Chromaflo Technologies and integrated tinting specialist CPS Color’s colorant business have merged their operations to create an independent global supplier of colorant system and pigment dispersions that will serve the thermoset plastics and other markets. As a result of the combination, the former CPS Color Equipment Business Unit will become a stand-alone company under the brand name COROB. The new colorants and dispersions business will operate under the name Chromaflo Technologies and will be headquartered in Ashtabula, Ohio, USA, with production facilities in the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, Australia and China. Sales and
technical support will also be provided throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia, China, India, and South East Asia. Chromaflo Technologies will have global sales, manufacturing and technical capabilities with revenue in excess of US$400 million annually. “The combination of the CPS Colorants business with Chromaflo Technologies is a perfect fit of two players in different segments of the colorants industry,” said Scott Becker, chief executive officer of the new Chromaflo Technologies. “This combination brings together complementary manufacturing capabilities, broadens our base of technologies and expands our global platform. All of this when backed with a strong customer focus by an experienced team will enable us to meet customers’
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varied requirements on both a local and global basis.” Peter Baggen, formerly executive vice-president Colorants at CPS Color, will run the EMEA operations of Chromaflo Technologies. He said: “The new platform will allow us to create greater value and provide expanded opportunities for our customers. Integrated tinting, which means having the best possible product in each part of the tinting process, will remain our focus.” The new combined company will be majority owned and controlled by Arsenal Capital Partners. Nordic Capital Fund VI will hold a minority shareholding in Chromaflo Technologies. Chromaflo Technologies; www.chromaflo.com CPS Color; www.cpscolor.com
AMT II and Adherent collaborate in carbon fibre recycling AMT II Corporation and Adherent Technologies, Inc. (ATI) have agreed in principle to collaborate to bring Adherent’s recycling of carbon fibre waste and reactive fibre sizing technologies to market. The companies anticipate opening their first plant in the Oklahoma/Kansas area in 2014 that will service the industrial and aircraft manufacturing centres located in the region.
deal with secondary carbon fibre and end-of-life parts. The ATI process employs a ‘closed loop process’ that has been demonstrated for major aircraft programs that utilise carbon fibre composites. Changing waste to raw materials using ATI’s process delivers refinable liquid products and precious metal recovery useful for electronics, automotive, mixed plastics and tyres.
ATI’s carbon fibre recycling and reactive fibre finishes offer distinct advantages for the growing carbon fibre market. Recovery of carbon fibre by recycling enables manufacturers to
Manufacturers are able to destroy classified components as composite structures are completely broken down and all materials are recovered and accountable. The new plant will
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have an initial capacity of five tons of scrap per day. Fibre finishes and composite repair primers are based on reactive coupling agents that lead to improved properties and durability. They have covalent bonds at the interface and are useful for carbon, silicon carbide, alumina, and Kevlar® fibres. They are vinyl ester, BMI, polyimide, phenolic, polyester and epoxy compatible. The repair primers increase structural dry bond strength and provide improved environmental durability of bonded repairs. AMT II Corporation; www.amt-nyc.com
US company Enduro has opened a fourth facility. Located in Houston, the 75,000 square foot office, warehouse and production facility will focus on manufacturing fibreglass composite (FRP) process equipment for a broad range of industrial and infrastructure markets. This addition to Enduro’s capabilities will increase production capacity and also build on custom fabrication abilities. Enduro adds that improved logistics and new filament winding equipment will also enhance its operations. Gurit has opened a new manufacturing company in Hungary. The Hungarian operations are expected to start in April 2014, building components for the growing bus and automotive business. Gurit will primarily build composite systems for the European market and has the capacity to grow. The Gurit Hungarian team will be trained in in the UK. Nammo Composite Solutions of Salt Lake City, USA has started an expansion of its facility to support its growing manufacturing and assembly business. This recent expansion adds 23,000 square feet of manufacturing floor space, updating their total floor space offering to 90,000 square feet. Nammo CS, part of the Nammo Group, designs, develops, and manufactures composite and metallic structures for the aerospace, defense, commercial, industrial and energy markets. The company manufactures such items as launch canisters, UAV components and wings, antennas, reflector, and radomes. Nammo CS’s capabilities include resin transfer molding, laser welding, metal stamping, CNC machining, precision filament winding, and hand layup autoclave cure. Nammo has 20 manufacturing operations and 2000 employees in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and the US.
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Chromaflo and CPS Color merge colorants businesses Global supplier of pigment and chemical dispersions Chromaflo Technologies and integrated tinting specialist CPS Color’s colorant business have merged their operations to create an independent global supplier of colorant system and pigment dispersions that will serve the thermoset plastics and other markets. As a result of the combination, the former CPS Color Equipment Business Unit will become a stand-alone company under the brand name COROB. The new colorants and dispersions business will operate under the name Chromaflo Technologies and will be headquartered in Ashtabula, Ohio, USA, with production facilities in the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, Australia and China. Sales and
technical support will also be provided throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia, China, India, and South East Asia. Chromaflo Technologies will have global sales, manufacturing and technical capabilities with revenue in excess of US$400 million annually. “The combination of the CPS Colorants business with Chromaflo Technologies is a perfect fit of two players in different segments of the colorants industry,” said Scott Becker, chief executive officer of the new Chromaflo Technologies. “This combination brings together complementary manufacturing capabilities, broadens our base of technologies and expands our global platform. All of this when backed with a strong customer focus by an experienced team will enable us to meet customers’
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varied requirements on both a local and global basis.” Peter Baggen, formerly executive vice-president Colorants at CPS Color, will run the EMEA operations of Chromaflo Technologies. He said: “The new platform will allow us to create greater value and provide expanded opportunities for our customers. Integrated tinting, which means having the best possible product in each part of the tinting process, will remain our focus.” The new combined company will be majority owned and controlled by Arsenal Capital Partners. Nordic Capital Fund VI will hold a minority shareholding in Chromaflo Technologies. Chromaflo Technologies; www.chromaflo.com CPS Color; www.cpscolor.com
AMT II and Adherent collaborate in carbon fibre recycling AMT II Corporation and Adherent Technologies, Inc. (ATI) have agreed in principle to collaborate to bring Adherent’s recycling of carbon fibre waste and reactive fibre sizing technologies to market. The companies anticipate opening their first plant in the Oklahoma/Kansas area in 2014 that will service the industrial and aircraft manufacturing centres located in the region.
deal with secondary carbon fibre and end-of-life parts. The ATI process employs a ‘closed loop process’ that has been demonstrated for major aircraft programs that utilise carbon fibre composites. Changing waste to raw materials using ATI’s process delivers refinable liquid products and precious metal recovery useful for electronics, automotive, mixed plastics and tyres.
ATI’s carbon fibre recycling and reactive fibre finishes offer distinct advantages for the growing carbon fibre market. Recovery of carbon fibre by recycling enables manufacturers to
Manufacturers are able to destroy classified components as composite structures are completely broken down and all materials are recovered and accountable. The new plant will
www.reinforcedplastics.com
have an initial capacity of five tons of scrap per day. Fibre finishes and composite repair primers are based on reactive coupling agents that lead to improved properties and durability. They have covalent bonds at the interface and are useful for carbon, silicon carbide, alumina, and Kevlar® fibres. They are vinyl ester, BMI, polyimide, phenolic, polyester and epoxy compatible. The repair primers increase structural dry bond strength and provide improved environmental durability of bonded repairs. AMT II Corporation; www.amt-nyc.com
US company Enduro has opened a fourth facility. Located in Houston, the 75,000 square foot office, warehouse and production facility will focus on manufacturing fibreglass composite (FRP) process equipment for a broad range of industrial and infrastructure markets. This addition to Enduro’s capabilities will increase production capacity and also build on custom fabrication abilities. Enduro adds that improved logistics and new filament winding equipment will also enhance its operations. Gurit has opened a new manufacturing company in Hungary. The Hungarian operations are expected to start in April 2014, building components for the growing bus and automotive business. Gurit will primarily build composite systems for the European market and has the capacity to grow. The Gurit Hungarian team will be trained in in the UK. Nammo Composite Solutions of Salt Lake City, USA has started an expansion of its facility to support its growing manufacturing and assembly business. This recent expansion adds 23,000 square feet of manufacturing floor space, updating their total floor space offering to 90,000 square feet. Nammo CS, part of the Nammo Group, designs, develops, and manufactures composite and metallic structures for the aerospace, defense, commercial, industrial and energy markets. The company manufactures such items as launch canisters, UAV components and wings, antennas, reflector, and radomes. Nammo CS’s capabilities include resin transfer molding, laser welding, metal stamping, CNC machining, precision filament winding, and hand layup autoclave cure. Nammo has 20 manufacturing operations and 2000 employees in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and the US.
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