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www.reinforcedplastics.com 9REINFORCEDplastics NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013
EVONIK AND SECAR form joint
venture for automotive and aviation
composites
EUROPEAN COMPANIES Evonik
Industries and SECAR Technol-
ogie have established a joint
venture called LiteCon Advanced
Composite Products to focus on
the mass production of
composite components for the
automotive and aviation indus-
tries.
Evonik, headquartered in
Germany, manufactures the
ROHACELL® structural foam core
material, which is used in
composite sandwich structures
used in aircraft, sports cars, wind
turbine blades, X-ray tables for
medical applications, and in
sports equipment.
“LiteCon unites our polymer
expertise with SECAR’s prowess
in composite development and
manufacturing, so that our
customers can use these
synergies to their greatest
possible advantage,” says
Gregor Hetzke, president of
Evonik’s Performance Polymers
Business Unit.
SECAR, of Austria, is a manufac-
turer of carbon fi bre reinforced
plastic components for the
automotive, aviation and medical
industries. The joint venture is
headquartered in Hönigsberg,
Austria. Evonik owns 49% of the
shares and SECAR 51%. Dr Arnim
Kraatz of Evonik Industries
AG and Karl Heinz Semlitsch
of SECAR Technologie GmbH
are the company’s managing
directors.
Evonik Industries;
www.evonik.com
SECAR; www.secar.at
Axson acquires Cass PolymersAXSON HAS ACQUIRED CASS
Polymers of Michigan Inc,
strengthening its position in high
performance polymer formula-
tions for the tooling, prototyping,
structural adhesive and
composite markets.
AXSON, headquarted in France,
specialises in high performance
polymer formulation for a variety
of markets. It has three business
units – AXSON Technologies,
AXSON Coatings and AXSON
REVOCOAT. CASS Polymers,
headquartered in Oklahoma City,
is a collection of companies that
specialise in formulation and
distribution of high performance
adhesives and coatings.
“The agreement with CASS
Polymers gives us one of the
most complete product off erings
in the tooling, adhesives and
composites industries. The
combined products, sales and
R&D organisations, as well as
distribution network, greatly
improve our market position in
North America,” says Charles
Churet, president of Axson.
CASS Polymers will be integrated
into Axson US Inc and Axson Tech-
nologies will manage the acquired
business and brands, which include
Tool Chemical Composites (TCC),
ADTECH Plastic Systems, ADTECH
Marine Systems, and SPARTITE. The
acquisition strengthens Axson
Technologies’ focus on providing
high performance polymer formu-
lations to the tooling, prototyping,
structural adhesive and composite
markets. Axson will continue to
off er the Tool Chemical Compos-
ites (TCC), ADTECH, ADTECH
Marine and Spartite lines which
include well known products
such as Model Plank®, Pattern
Plank®, Die Plank®, Fixture Plank®,
ProBuild and other ADTECH
Marine products. The current
Axson Technologies product line
also includes Prolab, Lab 850, SC
Modeling Paste, Adekit Adhe-
sives, PX Series prototyping
urethanes, APF Series polyester
putties and the Wood & Stone
Company products.
“Although Axson and CASS have
been competitors for many years,
our management teams have
been working together for several
months to develop a structure to
accelerate combined growth and
market presence for our broad
product off erings,” says CASS Poly-
mers President Doug Frans.
“This action tightens the focus of
CASS Polymers on our speciality
adhesives, coatings and linings
businesses and places our
ADTECH Plastic Systems and Tool
Chemical Composites products
in very good hands.”
Axson; www.axson.com
Huntington Ingalls closes Gulfport
composites centre
HUNTINGDON INGALLS Industries
(HII) has announced the closure
of its composites centre in Gulf-
port, Mississippi, following the US
Navy’s declining use of composite
products from the facility.
“This is a diffi cult but necessary
decision,” says Mike Petters, presi-
dent and CEO of HII, a builder of
ships for the US Navy and Coast
Guard and provider of after-market
services for military ships worldwide.
“Due to the reduction in the
Zumwalt-class (DDG 1000) ship
construction and the recent US
Navy decision to use steel prod-
ucts on Lyndon B. Johnson
(DDG 1002), there is both
limited and declining Navy use
for composite products from the
Gulfport Facility.”
“We are working closely with our
Navy customer to effi ciently
complete our composite work on
Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001)
and the mast of Portland (LPD
27) by the end of the fi rst quarter
2014,” says Irwin F. Edenzon,
president, Ingalls Shipbuilding.
Current work being performed at
Gulfport is expected to be
completed by the end of the fi rst
quarter of 2014. Closure is
expected by May 2014.
“Ingalls Shipbuilding continues to
perform well in building the
composite products for the
Zumwalt-class (DDG 1000)
programme and has demon-
strated considerable learning
curve improvements,” reports
Irwin F. Edenzon, HII corporate
vice president and president of
Ingalls Shipbuilding.
Huntingdon Ingalls Industries;
www.huntingdoningalls.com
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