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Ethic - The European
Thermoplastics Independent
Compounders
ETHIC is a brand new reality in the realm
of Trade Associations operating in the European
plastic materials field. The objective of ETHIC,
the European Thermoplastics Independent Compounders
Association, is to present, popularise,
promote and protect, throughout the European
Community, the activities of the independent
thermoplastics compounders which today represent
a fundamental component of the chain of supply
of innovative, specific well balanced thermoplastic
products for application in various industrial
fields. "Independent compounders"
are those companies that operate on the market
independently from major polymer manufacturers.
This makes the independent compounders free
from the logic of major chemical groups and
thus more oriented towards the requirements
of even small customers. The same approach is
also true for versatility and quickness in the
development of products capable of meeting the
emerging requirements of various fields of application.
Their action is an essential integration to
that of major polymer manufacturers, and thanks
to the synergies that might arise among these
important groups, it allows those industries
which convert and use plastic materials, to
get the products they need at the best possible
technical and economic conditions.
The compounders' task is to create "added
value". In ETHIC, alongside
the independent compounders, there is also a
group of producers of Master Batches, who have
a lot of common traits under various aspects
(technological, marketing, offer integration,
etc.).
The ETHIC association was founded in
June 2000 by a group of brave and qualified
European compounders who were the first to ask
themselves questions regarding their role, the
future of their market and lastly their existing
and hopeful relationships with major polymer
manufacturers. ETHIC is a Division of
an important and wide Community Trade Association
called EuPC (European Plastic Converters)
which represents the associative body for the
entire European polymer converting and processing
industry. EuPC was created in 1990, and today
represents more than 30.000 companies and consists
in about 45 Specific Group Associations.
Also thanks to the synergy that clearly stems
from belonging to an Association of these proportions
and relevance as EuPC, ETHIC members
can benefit from a set of advantages and opportunities
which automatically translate into benefit for
client companies which operate in the converting
of plastic materials: the same is true for the
end-users.
Among all the advantages it is worthwhile
to mention the following:
- ready and immediate acknowledgement of all
Community legislation and directives on the
subject: consequently immediate adaptation
of the products to these new requirements.
For instance we can mention all the aspects
connected to ecology/environment, to safety
and health, etc.;
- a more consistent and efficient obligation
towards standardisation of thermoplastic compounds
so as to facilitate the task of technicians
and purchasers in this field;
- a common goal to search for continuous purchasing
improvement, to search for operative efficiency
thanks to a mutual and continuous confrontation
with standards for this field (REFERENCE OBJECTIVES).
Also in this case the expected benefits must
translate into technical and economic benefits
for customers;
- wide range of actions aimed at updating/
confrontation with the various realities in
other geographical areas (Asia, North America,
etc.) operating in the field of technical
compounds in order for European Companies
to remain ahead of times in their specific
fields.
From an organisation stand point, ETHIC
is structured in an Executive Committee consisting
in a President, a Vice-president and four effective
members. The General Shareholders' Meeting is
held twice a year.
LATI is proud to belong to ETHIC, and to have
intensively worked for its creation. Today we
are, and will be in the future, dedicated to
giving all the possible and necessary support
to make this Association grow. We believe that
the success of this organism will allow European
compounders to grow in terms of development
and market shares, of qualitative improvements
of products in line with the requirements of
an harmonious and correct growth of the plastic
material industry in our continent.
LATI also believes that its commitment in reaching
these objectives shall inevitably translate
into a concrete benefit also for its world customers.
We guarantee our commitment to promptly transfer
to our clients all the information that might
be useful to their activity which, thanks to
ETHIC's presence in Brussels' Community Organisations,
will be communicated to us.
We are only at the beginning; ETHIC
is still young; it must still necessarily grow
and develop if nothing else in the number of
member Companies. We are sure that the results
of this activity will be far more superior than
what we have here synthetically summarised.
According to right and well-established practices,
we can do nothing else but give ETHIC and its
members our best wishes that this undertaking
based on the widest co-operation and ambitious
objectives shall turn out to be useful to all
European companies operating in the field of
polymers.
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email:
marketing@it.lati.com
LATI Industria Termoplastici S.p.A.
Via F. Baracca, 7 21040
Vedano Olona (VA) - Italia
Tel. : +390332409111 - Fax: +390332409307
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