At the beginning of October, after completing some reconstruction work, Radici (Bergamo, Italy; www.radicigroup.com) officially began production at its new compounding plant at an Indian site in Halol, Gujarat, acquired from Ester Industries, the company said.

The site taken over by the PA producer is near Vadodara in the west of the sub-continent is the company’s first production facility in the country.

The company said that on a area of 19,000 m², more than 100 people are employed in compounding engineering thermoplastics such as polyamides, ABS, polycarbonate, polyesters, and polypropylene. “We are now able to shorten above all delivery times and the development of specific materials,” said country manager Federico Percassi. The capacity before the takeover was put at around 20,000 t/y. Plasteurope.com has been unable as yet to establish whether this has changed as a result of the EUR 35 mn acquisition.