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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2007 10
Teknor Apex is carrying
out start-up procedures
for a plant in Suzhou,
China, that will produce
compounds for the
appliance, automotive,
building, electronics,
medical device, wire and
cable, and other markets.
Operating the plant will
be a new company,
Teknor Apex (Suzhou)
Advanced Polymer Com-
pounds Co Pte Ltd.
The plant will have the capability to
manufacture rigid and flexible vinyl and
thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) products
like those developed in the USA by
Teknor Apex and in Singapore by
Singapore Polymer Corporation (SPC);
engineering thermoplastics (ETPs)
produced in the UK and USA by Chem
Polymer (also a Teknor Apex company);
and other speciality compounds deve-
loped by SPC.
“Teknor Apex Suzhou will provide
Chinese processors with fast access to
custom compounds that meet UL, NSF,
FDA, CSA, ISO, SAE and
other requirements for
competing in export
markets,” said Cheah Sin
Hua, managing director
of SPC.
“At the same time this
new venture represents
our first step in building
local capacity to supply
the fast-growing Chinese
domestic market.”
The plant includes two
compounding lines with a
combined initial nameplate capacity
of 14,000 tons per year. Additional
capacity will come on stream within the
next two years, according to Bertram M
Lederer, executive vice-president of
Teknor Apex.
“The Suzhou initiative is the latest in an
ongoing series of expansions and
acquisitions that has established
Teknor Apex as a single source for
customers that process in different
locations around the world and require
precisely the same compounds at each
one,” Mr Lederer said.
“In addition, our product line is now so
wide-ranging that we can supply many
of these customers with multiple
compounds as far different as, for
example, a rigid glass-reinforced nylon
and a soft, rubber-like TPE.”
General manager of the new plant is
K C Lee.
Teknor Apex Company – USA
Fax: +1 401 725 8095
Email:
Website:
New plant in China for Teknor Apex
Cheah Sin Hua, managing
director of SPC
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At a glance . . .
Leoni has bought more than 80% of
shares in Silitherm, a special cables
manufacturer based in northern Italy.
The company employs around 50
people and is one of Europe’s leading
suppliers of silicone cables, used in
motor vehicles, electrical applications,
and petrochemical plants.
Leoni AG – Germany
Fax: +49 911 2023 231
Email:
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