Oxford Performance Materials Establishes Distribution of OXPEKK Stock Shapes in Europe
Oxford Performance Materials, Inc., (OPM) has signed an exclusive agreement with the German POLYTRON Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG, (Polytron) to distribute OXPEKK® stock shapes into the European marketplace. Stock shapes will be available in bar, slab and injection molded forms and will be marketed under OPM’s OXPEKK® brand name.
Enfield CT (PRWEB) July 9, 2005 -- Oxford Performance Materials, Inc., (OPM)
has signed an exclusive agreement with the German POLYTRON Kunststofftechnik
GmbH & Co. KG, (Polytron) to distribute OXPEKK® stock shapes into the
European marketplace. Stock shapes will be available in bar, slab and injection
molded forms and will be marketed under OPM’s OXPEKK® brand name.
"It
has long been clear to us that a strong position in the stock shape market is
critical to growing our business. It is also very desirable for us to put our
brand directly at the final customer to better understand emerging customer
requirements” said Scott DeFelice, President of OPM. “This agreement with
Polytron gives us a strong and experienced partner in Europe who has the
capability to distribute our products, machine finished components and supply
them into key target markets. This type of arrangement with value-added, highly
technical distribution is a model we find very desirable and will be duplicated
on a global basis. Products covered under this agreement are OPM’s technical and
non-implant medical grades. Currently OXPEKK® stock shapes are available
directly from OPM in North America.
“At Polytron we excel at working
closely with OEM’s and developing highly engineered polymeric components that
are typically machined from stock shapes. It is clear to us that markets exist
for the OXPEKK® materials that are currently not being serviced by other
polymers. OPM has clearly demonstrated a strong commitment to building a global
polyketone polymer brand and we are very pleased to partner with them in this
effort“, said Fred Arnulf Busen, General Manager of Polytron.
Polytron
was founded in 1999, but has more than 40 years experience in the thermoplastic
materials business. As the successor organization of the German Polypenco
machine shop located at Bergisch Gladbach near Cologne, the firm has had a
leading position in applications development and design of plastic engineered
components, including an extensive background of machining fluor- and high
performance plastic materials. Today Polytron is one of the leading companies
for engineering components in special and high performance plastics in Europe.
For additional information, please visit www.polytron-gmbh.de.
Founded in March 2000, OPM has
rapidly become an industry leader in the ultra-high performance thermoplastic
polymers market. The firm's versatile OXPEKK® polymers are currently being used
in space and defense, medical, semiconductor, and industrial markets worldwide.
For additional information, please visit www.oxfordpm.com.
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