Efforts to bring more manufacturing back to the United States are also taking place within different business segments, he added. “Because of this movement, I also see a greater number of people taking a serious second look at the filaments we make in Arcola,” Vichich said. Contact: Monahan Filaments, LLC, 215 Egyptian Trail, Arcola, IL 61910. Toll free: 888-833-1097; Phone: 217-268-4957. Email: info@monahanfilaments.com. Website: www.monahanfilaments.com.
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n 2015, Hahl-Pedex was purchased by Serafin Private Holding GmbH. Serafin is a family-backed group of medium-sized companies. With a history of 150 years, Serafin was founded with the goal to set up a diversified group of industrial companies, with combined revenue of 1 billion euro. Serafin GmbH combined Hahl-Pedex with Nextrusion GmbH, a German monofilament company that Serafin also owns, and has two additional manufacturing locations in Germany. Combined, there are now seven manufacturing locations involved with the overall group — four in Germany, and one each in the United States, South Korea and China. The name of the combined companies was changed to Perlon® “The Filament Company,” in April 2016. “Our company, Perlon®, has seven manufacturing locations worldwide that supply the brush and broom industry. They are: Hahl Inc. (Lexington, SC, United States), Hahl GmbH (Munderkingen, Germany), Pedex (Wald-Michelback, Germany), Perlon (Bobingen, Germany and Dormagen, Germany), Perlon-China (Haining, China), and JV BBC-Hahl-Pedex (Sejong-Si, South Korea),” Hahl Inc. Sales Director-North America Terry Hogan said.
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These locations currently produce the following products for the brush industry: synthetic bristle, nylon (6, 6.6, 6.10, 6.12), polyester (PBT and PET), PEEK, PPS, polypropylene as well as abrasive fiber Abrafil® (nylon 6.12) and Hahlbrasif® (nylon 6) with grit fillers AO, SC, ceramic and diamond. “At Perlon®, we are always looking for ways to expand our business through product innovation, world-class quality, custom stock programs and competitive pricing,” Hogan said. “We are continuing to grow, and are focused on developing products that meet different market requirements for unique applications. This strategy has helped the Perlon® Group become a leader in technical/industrial applications for bristle and abrasive products around the Terry Hogan world. “Our products are used for many applications in the brush market. These brushes are predominantly found within the technical brush and dental brush segments as well as the professional cleaning market. Our company carries products that meet the challenges found in a wide range of application requirements.” These requirements include high heat, anti-static, conductivity, metal-detectable, and hot/wet/alkaline properties; solvent resistance; and deburring, finishing and polishing capabilities. “In 2015, Perlon® introduced its Multi-Fil® product line, which creates an opportunity for brush manufacturers to improve cleaning with ‘wide-face’ brushes and new applications. This line includes bristle variations of abrasive, Bilon® and multifilament products. In the future, it’s expected Multi-Fil® products will be custom-formulated to meet specific customer requirements,” Hogan said. “These are just a few of the solutions that we can provide for brush applications.” He added that Hahl Inc., also meets many customer needs with its generic list of stock items. For individual orders from this stock program, the company can sell as little as one box (50 pounds) or an entire stock quantity (up to 2,000 pounds). “In addition to our generic stock items, Hahl Inc., manages many custom stock programs for individual customers. This enables our company to offer shorter lead times, and improve manufacturing efficiencies,” Hogan said. “Our customers are then able to better meet the delivery requirements of their own customers, without increasing the value of raw material inventory.” According to Hogan, the primary markets for Hahl Inc., are commercial, industrial and technical in nature. “These markets have been very busy for our business thus far in 2017,” Hogan said. “As always, BBM MAGAZINE | July/August 2017