After Lanxess (Leverkusen / Germany; www.lanxess.com) sold its Perlon-Monofil(Dormagen / Germany; www.perlon-monofil.de) subsidiary to Serafin Group (Munich / Germany; www.serafin-gruppe.de) in March this year (see Plasteurope.com of 21.03.2014), the latter is now merging the PA monofilaments producer with polyester monofilaments manufacturer Nextrusion (Bobingen / Germany; www.nextrusion.de). On 2 September, the two companies were merged into Perlon Nextrusion, with consolidated sales of EUR 70m and 290 employees.

The new monofilament company will have two units – Perlon Nextrusion Monofil, headed by Christlorenz Bundi and Andreas Fischer, as well as Perlon-Monofil, led by Frank Winkes and Gernot Egretzberger. The company has targeted a midterm turnover goal of EUR 100m, delivered by expansion of its operations overseas, an intensification of its cooperation with customers and suppliers as well as the development and commercialisation of new products.

The merger into one unit means customers will now have one contact person in charge of the entire Perlon Nextrusion product portfolio, including its “QualiFil”, “DuraFil”, “AntiStat”, “Perlon”, “Bayco” and “Atlas” brands. The company will have a consolidated production capacity of 12,500 t/y, spread across two manufacturing sites in Germany. Its portfolio includes PET, PA, PVDF, PPS, PBT, elastomers and functionalised bi-components.