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18 Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2017
Industrynews
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
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
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.
J M Huber Corp – USA
Website:
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:
Capacity expansion for Huber