An Italian company has made a name for itself in recent years as a high performance and priceworthy alternative to the established additive producers in the plastics additives market. The Italian family-owned company 3V Sigma SpA (Via Tasso 58, I-24100 Bergamo) produces and sells special and effect chemicals for use in polymer chemistry. Production plants are in Mozzo and Grassobbio (Bergamo), Porto Marghera (in the area of Venice) and Georgetown (USA). 3V Deutschland GmbH (Otto-Hahn-Str. 18, D-71069 Sindelfingen-Maichingern) is responsible for sales in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.

The following products make up the core business: UV absorbers, steric hindrance amines, antioxidants, optical brighteners, halogen-free heat preservatives and external antistatic agents. Plastics manufacturers as well as compounders, manufacturers of masterbatches and plastics processors, providing they compound, are all market partners of 3V.

READER SERVICE: Technical information on plastics additives from 3V (German): PIE-No. 39471 – Company profile with product information (English): PIE-No. 39472.