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RTP appoints Azelis as UK distributor and sets up Chinese TPE plant.(engineering materials)

SPECIALIST US engineering materials compounder RTP has appointed Azelis Plastics UK to sell its compounds in Britain. RTP has manufacturing plants in the USA, the Far East and France and it was the association between the French plant and Azelis partner company Arnaud in France that led to the appointment of Azelis as UK distributor.

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