Mexican materials firm Mexichem SAB de CV has acquired PVC compounder Sylvin Technologies of Denver, Pa., in a $39 million deal. Sylvin was founded in 1978 and has annual sales of $29 million, making ...

Compounders and concentrate makers remain attractive merger and acquisition targets, even if the number of deals in that sector is down in recent months. Through August, 25 resin, color and ...

Plastic Recycling Inc. (PRI), headquartered in Indianapolis, has invested $10 million to add two new state-of-the-art extruder systems and upgrade its laboratory equipment, allowing it to compound 200 ...

A laboratory mixer is the best tool for assessing the PVC compositions' fusion behavior, compound stability, and processing behavior. It is extremely sensitive to changes in the compound formulation ...