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14 Extrusion International 3/2023 INDUSTRY NEWS Hot Analysis for Engineering Thermoplastics and Thermosets  Experts from the German Plas- tics Center (SKZ) and the Magnetic Resonance and X-ray Imaging (MRB) department of Fraunhofer IIS are investigating the use of high- temperature NMR up to 300 °C in a joint project. This should enable accelerated testing of engineering thermoplastics and thermosets. The current project aims to dem- onstrate the feasibility of NMR mea- surements up to 300 °C and thus enable industry, especially SMEs, to improve quality control and thus gain a competitive advantage. In ad- dition to engineering thermoplas- tics, thermosets will also be inves- tigated in detail over the next two years and a material database will be compiled. By increasing the sample temperature to 300 °C, measure- ments on engineering thermoplas- tics such as PA, PC, PBT and PET will be possible. These have better ther- mal and mechanical properties than polyolefins and allow a significantly higher profit margin due to their higher price. Accordingly, the need for testing is also higher and the amortization of new measurement technology is possible more quickly. In the future, the novel measure- ment and evaluation methods of high-temperature NMR will achieve results comparable to those of es- tablished thermal analysis methods. The decisive advantages of the new high-temperature NMR compared Schematic of the measurement principle (Photo: SKZ) Changing the Structure of Companies in the Nordic Countries  As of 1 May 2023, the Fedder- sen Group reorganised its business activities in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Previously bundled in K.D. Feddersen Norden AB, they now are transferred to legally inde- pendent structures in line with the business areas of the group of com- panies. The former Forvema AB became K.D. Feddersen Distribution AB. The distribution business with engineer- ing plastics for third-party brands is combined in this business unit. Man- aging Director of this new company is Dan Hagström, previously Mar- keting & Sales Manager of K.D. Fed- dersen Norden AB. The machinery trade and ser- vices business area as well as the compound business of the group- owned AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH is covered by K.D. Feddersen Plastics Machinery AB. The previous man- aging director of K.D. Feddersen Norden AB, Torbjörn Egerhag, is managing director. The Norwegian sister company Protec Scandinavia A/S, whose Managing Director is Per Skjevik, is renamed K.D. Feddersen Plastics Machinery A/S. At the same time, the business of the Swedish sister company, Protec Scandinavia Swe- den AB, is incorporated into K.D. Feddersen Plastics Machinery AB. A Finnish company for machinery trading is being established. "The aim of this restructuring is to maintain a uniform appearance of the Feddersen Group under the brand K.D. Feddersen Distribu- tion throughout Europe in order to increase synergies with the cor- responding sister companies and to offer our customers an even better service," says Volker Scheel, Managing Director of the parent company K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH. Feddersen-Group www.feddersen.group From left to right: Torbjörn Egerhag and Dan Hagström are looking forward to their new roles within the Feddersen Group