Colour masterbatchers form global alliance

INDUSTRY 4

acquires BASF polypropylene

BaselllPolyPucific

compounds business in Australia Base11 Australia

(Holdings)

Ltd. and its associated ny PolyPacific

Pry.

compa-

Pry. Ltd. have

announced that PolyPacific acquiring the polypropylene compounds

compounds mitment

is

business operated

business, as well as

new customers

with our com-

to quality, product

assets of BASF Australia

the BASF engineering business in Australia,

Ltd. or plastics

which

the Australian

market

for the

future.

PolyPacific

is jointly

owned

by Mirlex Pty. Ltd., a

delivery, application support and technical assistance.”

will continue to operate as an independent business.

privately owned company based in Australia and Base11

Base11Australia managing

PolyPacific

Australia

direc-

has a major pro-

(Holdings)

Ltd.

by BASF Australia Ltd.

tor Francesco Zerega added that

duction

Commenting on the announcement, Lindsey Hogg, managing

the move consolidates the Base11 Group position in the

in Dandenong,

as well as a

joint venture and is the global

manufacturing

and sales oper-

leader in polypropylene

director of PolyPacific, said: “PolyPacific looks forward with

polypropylene and advanced polyolefins market in Australia.

ny says that current

enthusiasm

The acquisition

of the Dandenong

to servicing the

existing customers

of BASF

does not

include any of the production

and technical

ation in Malaysia.

facility

The compaexpansion plant will

ensure sufficient

capacity

in

Base11is a 50/50 BASF-Shell produc-

tion, the fifth largest supplier of polyethylene

in the world and

the leading polyethylene

pro-

ducer in Europe.

Co/our musterbutchersform global alliance US company

Chroma

ing know-how

Corporation,

Lifocolor

tions and provide

Farben Cromex

GmbH

of Germany,

Brancolor

Brazil and Panacea

diverse product

Ltda of

high technical

Polymers

customers

and formulathe same range and standards

for

on both sides of

in Germany, Republic

France, the Czech

and Poland. Panacea

polyolefin

and engineering

thermoplastics.

The compa-

Polymers is active in the

nies say that there will be a

African market.

global database

The companies

say that they

of over 50,000

colours on file and develop-

(PTY) Ltd. are collaborating

the Atlantic.

will be able to offer reliable

ment capacity

to form the International

Chroma Corporation has three production sites in the

and consistent colour and additive masterbatches from a

lation of over 200 new colours

USA servicing

local production

Colour

Alliance.

The companies venture

say that the

has been established

the North

American

market.

to meet the growing

demand

Brancolor

has three manufac-

Cromex

for global solutions.

They

North

and South America,

Contact: Lijkhr Farben GmbH Tel: +49 9571 7890 Fax: +49 9571 78933Email: lifocoLor.zentrale@lfocoLorde

Africa and Europe.

turing units, while Lifocolor

They offer dispersions

Farben supplies the European

formulations

allow an exchange

market with production

liquid concentrates

sites

per month.

base in

believe that the alliance will of process-

for the formu-

and

in pellet and for

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Plastics Additives

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December

2001