MLPlastics (Hamburg / Germany; www.mlplastics.de) has become the official distributor of Hubron’s (Manchester / UK; www.hubron.com) black masterbatch, conductive compounds and concentrates portfolio in Germany. The German distributor reports that Hubron’s portfolio includes a range of different base materials, used in compounding, injection moulding and extrusion. The UK group is capable of producing 35,000 t/y, of which about 80% go into export, making it one of Europe’s 10 largest masterbatch producers (see Plasteurope.com of 19.03.2012).

Aside from its distribution activities, MLPlastics also produces its own range of compounds and masterbatches.