Please visit: Americhem Inc.
Mailing Address:
2000 Americhem Way
Cuyahoga Falls,
OH
44221
US
Phone:
330-929-4213
Toll-Free:
800-228-3476
Fax:
330-929-4144
Three companies, two of them domestic masterbatch suppliers, and one a German compounder, recently made new moves in engineered compounds for the U.S. market.•Americhem expands: Color and additive concentrate producer Americhem Inc., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has acquired Infinity Compounding, LLC of Swedesboro, N.J.
Americhem Inc., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has launched a new line of highly concentrated, low-aniline, nigrosine black nylon masterbatches suited to automotive under-hood and other applications where retention of physical properties is important.
Just as eco-friendliness was a major theme in materials news at the big show in April, so it was with additives.
Bioplastics take center stage.
Americhem, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is building a new manufacturing “campus” in Liberty, N.C., near Greensboro.
In July we reported on new colorants and additives to be shown at NPE in Chicago, based on information available before the show (see Learn More box). But the miles of aisles at McCormick Place held still more newsworthy product introductions.
Colorants were the most numerous class of additives making news at the huge triennial plastics exhibition last month in Chicago. Some of the new colorants were aimed at specialized applications, from natural-fiber composites to laser marking, while others were for aesthetic special effects, such as color shifts and diamond-like sparkle.
Americhem Inc., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has introduced what it says are the smallest color and additive minipellets ever.
A translucent capstock of an acrylic/ASA alloy with streaks of coloring coextruded over foamed wood-fi lled ABS profi les gives them depth of color like wood grain.
Four compounders are adding capacity: Infi nity Compounding, Logan Township, N.J., a two-year-old compounder of engineering thermoplastics, recently installed its third compounding line.
Pro-Cell LLC, Foley, Ala., has developed a unique foamed PVC deck board that is 30% to 40% lighter than competitive decking and is designed to span 16 in. between joists.
Americhem, Inc., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a producer of color and additive masterbatches, has purchased Color and Additive Technologies, Inc. (C.A.T.) of Dalton, Ga.