ABS and ABS specialty producer Elix Polymers (Tarragona / Spain; www.elix-polymers.com) in January 2013 signed an agreement with its existing business partner Mito Polimeri (Tezze di Vazzola / Italy; www.mitopolimeri.it) under the terms of which the latter will distribute Elix’s entire portfolio of ABS and SAN resins as well as modifiers across Italy. Further details of the deal, which the companies said would not affect Elix Polymers’ existing partnerships in the Italian market, were not provided.

Elix Polymers was founded in 2012 as a result of the authorities’ stipulation that BASF and Ineos can only form their styrenics joint venture Styrolution provided the Tarragona business is divested – see also Plasteurope.com of 04.01.2012.