CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — January 7, 2013 — Americhem Inc., a global provider of custom color and
additive solutions, has announced the formal acquisition of Infinity Compounding, LLC, a supplier
of specialty filled and reinforced engineering thermoplastic compounds located in Swedesboro, N.J.
The acquisition, mutually beneficial to both companies, was effective as of December 28, 2012.
“Our partnership with Infinity Compounding makes sense on a number of levels,” said Rick
Juve, CEO of Americhem, of the acquisition. “We’re both about providing highly reliable,
technology-based solutions for our customers. This move broadens the technology base, opens new
markets and expands geographical reach for both organizations, which we believe will be of
additional benefit to our customers.”
Infinity Compounding specializes in highly engineered thermoplastic compounds, serving a
variety of industries including medical, electrical/electronics, business machines, the disk drive
industry, consumer products, industrial and aerospace/military. Infinity Compounding will be an
Americhem Group Company and continue to operate independently at the direction of its existing
management team from its headquarters in New Jersey.
“As part of Americhem, Infinity Compounding will be able to offer new products and
technologies to our customers including best-in-class color capabilities,” said Carlos Carreno,
president of Infinity Compounding. “We are also excited about Americhem’s global manufacturing and
marketing reach, in particular China, which is already a growing market for Infinity. We look
forward to building upon our business model which emphasizes technology, quality and unrivaled
customer service.”
Tim Carroll, vice president of sales and marketing for Infinity added, “Through our
affiliation with Americhem, Infinity Compounding will have access to new technical capabilities,
particularly in color technology, along with global marketing and manufacturing sites,
strengthening our ability to provide high-performance compounds to our customers. Likewise,
Americhem sees the acquisition as an opportunity to further its capabilities offered to existing
and future customers across the various industries it serves.” For more information about the
acquisition, contact Scott Blanchard at sblanchard@americhem.com or Tim Carroll at
tcarroll@infinitycompounding.com.
Posted on January 8, 2013
Source: Americhem Inc.
