More companies join IRSG

Dynasol is a joint venture company union between Repsol Química and KUO Group. The company manufactures and markets an array of specialty rubbers and elastomers for use in a wide variety of industries, including modified asphalt, adhesives and sealants, polymer modification and compounding. Dynasol has production plants in Santander, Spain and Altamira, Mexico. Ccombined capacity is said to be more than 200,000 t/y.

Industrias Negromex SA de CV (INSA) is part of KUO Group, one of Mexico’s most important conglomerates. INSA is Mexico’s only producer of emulsion synthetic rubber and vitrile butadiene rubber, and it was the first privately-held company in Mexico to have its own petrochemical terminal to receive and store the raw materials used in the manufacturing of synthetic rubber. The company’s plant is located in the city of Altamira, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas – one of the most important industrial corridors on the Gulf Coast of Mexico. The plant, which has recently undergone several changes to improve production and processes, has a current capacity of 150,000 metric tons per year.

SimmaTrans is a new organisation in Chile formed by a strategic alliance between Simma SA and Popayan Ltd. Simma S.A. is a supplier of equipment and consumer goods having over 30 years of history with its origins mainly in metal work. It specialises in mining, construction, transport, forestry, agriculture, fisheries / aquaculture and manufacturing industries. Popayan Ltda is a distributor of conveyor belts and services with an extensive background and experience in mining and construction in Chile.

SimmaTrans represents the brands Sempertrans for conveyor belts and Richwood for belt cleaners.