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A fusion of extraordinary companies PlastiColors, Banbury combine 50 years’ colour experience in plastics industry PLASTICOLORS and Banbury Chemicals have joined forces to leverage a natural synergy that exists between them: masterbatch and dosing machines go hand-in-hand. PlastiColors has been a pioneer in the local masterbatch industry for over 35 years. Renowned for its technical innovation and unsurpassed quality, it has built a reputation as a preferred supplier of colour masterbatch, pigments, liquids and
additives. PlastiColors was also the first masterbatch producer in South Africa to achieve the ISO 9001 accreditation by the SABS, a standard accreditation which the company still maintains. “We have perfected the manufacture of polyethylene-based masterbatches for injection moulding, blow moulding and extruded film, as well as polypropylene and polystyrene based materials. We are currently at the forefront of industry development of so-called ‘engineering’ type materials – for ABS, acetyl, PET, PBT,
Movacolor solution – The ‘MC-Balance’ doses directly into the virgin material stream at the machine throat, which eliminates the need for batch weighing as well as the need for a mixing chamber, a system which reduces masterbatch consumption by 20-50%
polycarbonate and polyurethane,” says Michael Maine, operations director at PlastiColors’ head office in Sebenza, Johannesburg. PlastiColors exports product throughout Africa, the Indian Ocean islands and to other international companies. Local agents are conveniently situated in Mauritius, Harare, Pinetown and Cape Town to provide excellent service to surrounding plants. Banbury Chemicals – synonymous with the world’s leading brands Established in 1996, Johannesburgbased Banbury is made up of a father-and-son team, Brian and Dean Sinclair, who collectively have more than 38 years’ experience in the plastics industry. Banbury specializes in the importation of UV stabilizers, anti-oxidants, pigments and automatic dosing machines. It is a primary agent for world leaders in the plastics industry such as Holland Colours, Addcomp, Songwon, Metaflake, Movacolor and Hubron. Banbury distribute its products to polymer producers, compounders and plastics converters. For many years, Dean Sinclair witnessed frustrated plant managers battling with inaccurate mixing and dosing processes in their extrusion lines. He recognized the need for quality dosing machines, and Movacolor dosing machines were the natural choice – a single component gravimetric dosing unit developed by Movacolor BV of Holland. Dean explains: “Movacolor’s gravimetric dosing system reduces masterbatch consumption by 20 to 50% and features some unique elements that won’t be found anywhere else. This is proven by the fact that the ‘MC-Balance’ doses accurately at all times through continuous loss-inweight measurements in combination with a closed-loop control of the dosing speed. It automatically adjusts Continued on page 30
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APRIL / MAY 2012