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Industry News
15 Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2007
Hassan Abdulla Fakhro, Bahrain’s Minister of Industry
and Commerce, has officially opened Kanoo Plastic
Company’s new factory in Riffa.
The company is a joint venture investment between
Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo and Compco Australia Pty Ltd.
It was established to manufacture a
range of plastic raw material com-
pounds for regional and international
markets.
The company’s main speciality is the
production of high quality XLPE
compounds for the cable and pipe
markets, additives, white and coloured
masterbatches for the plastics and
polymer industry and various other
plastic materials using the unique
Compco technology.
The plastic compounds and
masterbatches are used in a diverse
range of applications including wire and
cable, polymer production, domestic
and commercial hot water pipes,
industrial hoses, white goods, flexible
and rigid packaging, plastic furniture,
air conditioning units and automotive
components.
Production at the site began in December 2006 with an initial
capacity expected of around 14,000 tons per annum.
Kanoo Plastics Company – Bahrain
Fax: +971 4393 3636
Email:
Website:
Sunshine on the way for Teijin
Teijin Ltd and Teijin Twaron BV are expanding again – the fourth capacity
growth in six years at both plants in Emmen and Delfzijl, Holland.
This new expansion, called ‘Nikko’ (sunshine in Japanese), will again increase
production capacity by approximately 15% for the high performance fibre
Twaron ®.
The expansion will increase monomer and polymer capacity at Delfzijl and
Emmen, and will become available from the end of 2008.
These last years have shown a market growth of approximately 10% for para-
aramid fibres, mainly in automotive, ballistic and optical fibre cable
applications.
The newly developed product Sulfron ®, a rubber compound ingredient derived
from Twaron®, also has enormous potential and is seen as a confirmation for
further growth of Teijin Twaron’s high performance fibres.
Teijin – Japan • Website :
Minister of Industry and Commerce opens plastic factory