As part of its cooperation with Italian compounder Plastigreen (Parabiago; www.plastigreen.com), Germany’s DimeLika Plast (Brühl; www.dimelikaplast.com) has started distributing the former's compounds in German-speaking Europe. The grades are manufactured by Plastigreen’s P&G Specialities division on a specially equipped compounding line. DimeLike Plast says this latest agreement is a “sensible and logical” extension of its activities, both with a view to the group’s portfolio as well as in relation to the recent cooperation with Italian precision injection moulder Cattini Engineering Plastics (San Martino in Rio; www.cattini.it).

At the same time, the new agreement also strengthens DimeLika Plast’s position as a supplier of sophisticated plastics products. The main focus of Plastigreen’s portfolio is on compounds based on linear and branched out PPS. Aside from the usual properties – reinforcement through glassfibre and/or minerals, impact-resistant and coloured products – the Italian player’s also offers self-lubricating and low-friction compounds (“Lubrix”) as well as antistatic (“Statix”) or conductive (“Kondex”) products. In addition, the Parabiago-based group also supplies compounds with a combination of properties, including reinforced and impact-modified characteristics, as well as specialty compounds developed and optimised for specific applications. Plastigreen has a similar array of compound choices available for the PA 12, PPE, PSU or PESU portfolio as well as for a range of engineering plastics, including POM, ABS, PC and PC/ABS blends.

Plastigreen emerged in 1990 as an offshoot of Deviplast, and moved into its new production and administrative offices in Parabiago, near Milan, in 2010. The company specialises in the development and production of compounds made of engineering plastics and has capacity to turn out 10,000 t/y. Its 40 employees last generated sales of EUR 20m. In addition, Plastigreen has been the official Italian distributor of Chevron Phillips Chemical’s (The Woodlands, Texas / USA; www.cpchem.com) “Ryton” and “Xtel” PPS grades since 1998, and since 2004 has also been distributing TPEs manufactured by Kraiburg TPE (Waldkraiburg / Germany; www.kraiburg-tpe.com).