SILON

SILON designs and manufactures polymer compounds based mainly on polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE), along with recycled plastic regranulate and regrind. Its product lines include TABOREX PE-Xb compounds for pipes and fittings, TABOCAB HFFR and XLPE compounds for cables, TABOREN filled PP and PE compounds, and TABOREC recycled plastics. The company also offers toll compounding, tailor-made compounding, plastic recycling and laboratory and R&D services from its in-house R&D centre.

Customers are manufacturers in pipes and fittings, tubes and cables, building and construction, automotive, consumer products, food-contact materials, healthcare, renewables and other industrial applications. Revenue comes from selling compounds and recycled materials, from contract compounding, and from renting manufacturing halls, warehouses and offices at its industrial park. The website states that products are supplied to more than 40 countries.

According to the company website, the group traces its origins to 1950, when it produced polyamide and later polyester fibre, and shifted to plastic compounds in 1983. The group headquarters is in Prague, with production plants in Planá nad Lužnicí, Libuň (recycling) and Peachtree City, Georgia, USA, and a sales office in Düsseldorf, Germany. The site lists 19 open positions, mainly in production, laboratory, maintenance, quality, sales and purchasing roles in the Czech Republic and Georgia, USA.

Product: Polyolefin (PP and PE) compounds, PE-Xb, HFFR and XLPE cable compounds, filled compounds, recycled plastic regranulate, plus toll and tailor-made compounding.