FKuR expands to North America
At the beginning of 2010, FKuR Kunststoff GmbH (Willlich, Germany) began operations of its newly founded subsidiary, FKuR Plastics Corporation, in Cedar Park, Texas, USA with a team of 4 people. Mr. Patrick Zimmermann was appointed the President of FKuR Plastics Corp. and will also continue to assume his role as Sales Manager for FKuR Kunststoff GmbH. He will continue his efforts in Germany while assisting his staff in capturing the American market with the bioplastics´ compounds Bio-Flex®, Biograde® and Fibrolon®. North American customers will be able to receive the resins directly from a local warehouse in the USA and manufacturing of the compounds will begin once the sales volume has reached a stable dimension.
"With myteam in Texas and the comprehensive technologic and personal resources in Europe we want to convince the North American market of the high quality of our compounds", says Mr. Zimmermann. "Our extrusion and injection molding specialists, as well as the entire material development competence are prepared for this challenge."
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