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EuroWire – September 2007 15
english corporate news
New plant in China
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 Compounds 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
developed 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
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BertramM Lederer ▲
Cheah Sin Hua,
managing director of
SPC
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