DSM to triple engineering plastics capacity in India

DSM Engineering Plastics, (Sittard, the Netherlands) held a ground-breaking ceremony in late March for its new greenfield compounding site in the Ranjangaon industrial zone about 60 km from Pune. The new site will triple the company’s production capacity for engineering plastics in India.

DSM has been operating not only with sales and application development but also compound manufacturing of engineering plastics in India since 1998. Growth since then has been both rapid and consistently above the market growth rate. It has gained leadership positions in several important sectors, namely the automotive, electrical, consumer goods, and telecommunications markets, by offering a complete portfolio of semicrystalline engineering plastics together with a value-added solutions approach to application engineering. The products in India include Stanyl PA46, a high-temperature polyamide and Arnite TPE thermoplastic elastomer as well as a range of specialty Akulon PA6 and Arnite PBT and PET resins.—[email protected]