Ingenia Polymers opens first European site in Obernburg, Germany
Last update on Apr 2, 2025
marked a major milestone in its growth with the opening of its new facility in Obernburg, Germany on April 1, 2025. The facility is Ingenia's first manufacturing site in Europe and represents a significant step in the company's international growth. Expands supply of polyolefin additive masterbatches
The facility in Obernburg is strategically situated south-east of Frankfurt, close to both raw materials supply and major customers. The addition of this facility allows for the supply of Ingenia's polyolefin additive masterbatch products including slip, antiblock,
In addition to producing masterbatches and proprietary compounds to support the polyolefin converter market, Ingenia also provides toll compounding services, research and development support, and its Superblend® polymer additive blends for polyolefin resin producers' post-reactor needs.
The CEO of Ingenia Polymers, Thanassi Lefas, notes that expansion to Europe was a natural next step for the company. 'Europe has been in our sights for several years now. Ingenia has built strong customer and supplier relationships in Europe over the last dozen years or so. Some of those relationships were pulled from existing business with customers in North America and the Middle East that have operations or headquarters in Europe. We have also experienced significant pull for our some of our flagship products – including our Superlink® cross-linkable rotomoulding compounds, our INCIRCLE® line of sustainable solutions for film producers, and our industry leading Non-PFAS polymer processing aids. We felt that now was the time to invest in Europe'.
The expansion in manufacturing assets in Germany is being complemented by sales managers in France, Germany and Turkey as well as customer and technical service functions. 'Our customers expect us to bring the same level of service, technical support and quality that they are used to, to our German operations. We are on track to meet those expectations'.
Source: Ingenia Polymers
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