28 Sustainability Incorporated
“ Innovative Specialists Find
Their Place at ALTANA – to the
Benefit of Both Sides”
Targeted Expansion of the
Business Segment
It is a small firm but it makes life easier
even for large plastics processors: The
Dutch company Addcomp develops and
manufactures innovative additive solutions
for thermoplastic materials, plastics
that can be molded into different forms
using heat. Since July 2016, the company
headquartered in Nijverdal, the Netherlands,
with another production site in the
U.S., has belonged to ALTANA’s BYK Additives
& Instruments division.
“The acquisition of Addcomp strengthens
BYK’s plastic additives segment twofold,”
says Thorsten Kröller. The head
of the business line accompanied the acquisition
from the very beginning. For
one thing, BYK can now offer its customers
an even wider spectrum of applications
from one source. Many of the purchasers
are on the two manufacturers’ customer
lists to begin with. Addcomp’s products
improve
the properties of nearly all
thermoplastic materials, which are used
primarily
in the automotive industry,
the construction industry, and the packaging
sector. They ensure, for example,
comprehensive flame protection for carpet
fibers, high UV resistance, say, of
seats in soccer stadiums, and high heat
resistance, which is indispensable for
some plastic components in the automotive
sector.
In addition, BYK has acquired a sophisticated
technology. The ALTANA division develops
additives many of which can only be
used to a limited extent in some plastics
Thorsten Kröller, Head of Plastics Additives Business Line BYK-Chemie