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John Kozma, left, and Janos Kozma of Modern Dispersions Inc.,
headquartered in Leominster, Mass.
By Frank Esposito
Plastics News Staff
Nanocarbon-based materials
are in the spotlight for Modern
Dispersions Inc. at K 2022.
" Nanocarbons
have
been
around for a while, but now we're
fi nding new applications, " Jan
Kozma, sales and marketing
vice president,
said Oct. 19.
Plastics News photo by Caroline Seidel
properties such as color, UV resistance
and electrical and thermal
conductivity.
At K 2022, MDI also is showcasing
its black masterbatches,
wood-polymer
composites
and
MODERN
The materials -
including a polypropylene
masterbatch
concentrate with 20
percent graphene
content - are being
used in applications
that need electrical
conductivity. Kozma said in those
applications, the materials can offer
better physical properties and
loadings as low as 5 percent. He
added that the PP masterbatch is
" a starting point " using a widely
used commodity resin.
Offi cials
with
TECHNOLOGY TO THE POINT
Leominster,
Mass.-based MDI said the fi rm
continues to undertake research
and development work with new
grades of carbon black, graphite
and nanocarbons to improve
DISPERSIONS
INC.
Hall 5, Booth
C06-01
color concentrates. The company
has decades of experience in producing
materials that provide UV
protection, FDA compliance,
high loadings,
low-tint performance
and customizability.
MDI is having a good
sales year in 2022,
Kozma said, although
sales year in 2022,
Kozma said, although
business has slowed
down a little in the
second half. The fi rm
is expanding by doubusiness
has slowed
down a little in the
second half. The fi rm
is expanding by doubling
the size of its plant in Fitzgerald,
Ga., to 80,000 square feet
by the end of 2023.
MDI recently added a new twinscrew
extruder there and will add
a new mixing line by the end of
the year. The fi rm also recently
added a new twin-screw extruder
in Leominster.
Markets served by MDI include
pipe, wire and cable and fi lm. The
fi rm was founded in 1967 by Janos
(John) Kozma, Jan's father.
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Exhibitors at K 2022 are contributing to all the pieces of the plastics
industry puzzle, with offerings for everything from the raw material
to more effi cient processing equipment and a range of chemical and
mechanical recycling operations. Plastics News photo by Marco Stepniak
Visit us at the
19-26 October 2022
Düsseldorf, Germany
Hall 9 / A16

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