The Thermoplastic Elastomer business division of US custom compounder Teknor Apex (Pawtucket, Rhode Island; www.teknorapex.com) has integrated its distribution networks in Scandinavia and Ireland, while simultaneously announcing an expansion of its representation in Italy. The move follows Teknor Apex’s integration of the “Sarlink” thermoplastic vulcanisate (TPV) elastomers business acquired from DSM (Herleen / The Netherlands; www.dsm.com) in 2010 – see Plasteurope.com of 23.09.2010.

In Italy, the US group has appointed Chemieuro Italia (Milan; www.chemieuro.com) – part of Spanish distributor Chemieuro (Zaragoza; www.chemieuro.com) – the official distributor of its entire TPE range. Further north, the group’s existing distribution deal with Sweden’s Erteco Rubber & Plastics (ERP, Stockholm; www.erp.se) has been expanded to include the Sarlink range as well. ERP already handles Teknor Apex’s TPE sales in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. In a similar arrangement, the US group enlarged its existing TPE distribution deal with J.L. Goor Material (Dublin / Ireland; www.jlgoormaterials.ie) to include the Sarlink range as well.