Brüggemann Chemical acquires RIM Nylon business from DSM Fibre Intermediates

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(2004), "Brüggemann Chemical acquires RIM Nylon business from DSM Fibre Intermediates", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 33 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2004.12933aab.015

Brüggemann Chemical acquires RIM Nylon business from DSM Fibre Intermediates

Brüggemann Chemical acquires RIM Nylon business from DSM Fibre Intermediates

Brüggemann Chemical (Heilbronn, Germany) and DSM Fibre Intermediates B.V. (Sittard, The Netherlands) have reached an agreement on the takeover by Brüggemann Chemical of DSM's RIM Nylon business (Nyrim^®). Brüggemann Chemical will produce raw materials and deliver technical support to producers of nylon block copolymer products for special markets produced via reaction injection moulding (RIM) technology.

“RIM Nylon activities fit much better in Brüggemann Chemical's strategy than in that of DSM Fibre Intermediates,” says Dick Venderbos, President of DSM Fibre Intermediates. “We are convinced that the future interests of all stakeholders in this business, including of course the customers, are best served by this transaction.” The two companies will ensure a complete know-how transfer to Brüggemann Chemical and secure the continuity of business relations through mid-term service agreements in which DSM personnel will be assigned to Brüggemann Chemical.

“The acquisition of the RIM Nylon business constitutes an ideal complement to Brüggemann Chemical's existing range of highly successful additive systems in the field of nylon casting,” says Wolfgang Plaschke, Managing Director of L. Brüggemann KG. “It forms a key step in our strategy to set-up a worldwide competence center for anionic nylon polymerization. RIM Nylon will be integrated into the Business Division Polymer Additives within Brüggemann Chemical. The established Nyrim^® trade name will be retained.”