Smart Molding International 1-2024

11 www.smart-molding.com newsfeed Arkema completes its 40% increase in global Pebax® elastomers production capacity To support its customers’ strong growth, in particular in the sports and consumer goods markets, Arkema has increased its global manufacturing capacity for Pebax® elastomers by 40% at its Serquigny plant in France. Arkema has successfully started its new Pebax® elastomer unit at the Serquigny plant in France. This new unit, designed with the latest advancements in industrial processes, can produce both the bio-circular Pebax® Rnew® and classical Pebax® elastomer ranges. These advanced materials are used extensively in sports equipment such as running shoes, soccer shoes and ski boots, but also in electronic devices, and other specialty markets such as antistatic additives and medical devices. "We are excited to start the production of this expansion in our Pebax® elastomers capacity. This represents a great opportunity for us to meet growing demand in existing and new applications while simultaneously improving our processes as water consumption at the site will be reduced by approximately 25%." Erwoan Pezron, Senior Vice-President of Arkema’s High Performance Polymers Business Line. Arkema www.arkema.com ZAHORANSKY has sold mold and tool shop in Rothenkirchen In the course of the future-oriented further development of the group of companies, ZAHORANSKY has sold the production site for injection molds ZAHORANSKY Formen- undWerkzeugbau GmbH in Rothenkirchen (Steinberg) to MT Management GmbH. As part of a management-buy-out, the long-standing managing director and toolmaking expert Monty Tepper will take over the entrepreneurial responsibility. Since 1991, the site has been producing injection molds for awide variety of plastic products in the personal care and consumer products sector in the Vogtland region of Saxony with around 70 employees. In the future, the company will operate under the name Molding Tec Steinberg GmbH and will continue to focus on the production and sale of molds and tools. The new ownership and management structures will allow for a smooth continuation of business activities. With the completion of the transaction, ZAHORANSKY has reached a significant milestone in the future-oriented further development of the group of companies and is focusing its production capacities for injection molds on the sites in Freiburg and Coimbatore (India) in order to achieve further synergies between injection molding, automation technology and mechanical engineering. "We would like to thank the employees of ZAHORANSKY GmbH Formen- und Werkzeugbau for their many years of loyalty and commitment and are pleased that the completion of the transaction has secured the jobs of the approximately 70 employees. The management of the companies has decided to continue to work closely together in the future," said Ulrich Zahoransky after signing the contract. ZAHORANSKY www.zahoransky.com Picture: ZAHORANSKY Photo: Arkema