PLASTIC
Solutions & Services
For the Hromatka Group, plastics distribution means more than just delivering high-quality plastics from A to B on time. Before and after delivery, we offer polymer-related services that you will rarely find under one roof. Above all, we offer something that is indispensable today: fast solutions. Thanks to our local positioning, we offer immediate on-site assistance throughout Europe through analysis and troubleshooting, even directly during ongoing production.
project developmentPlanning and consulting as the basis for solid products
Every product starts with a plan. Once you have gathered your initial ideas and specified your requirements, it's time to get in touch with us: Our plastics engineers will work with you to evaluate which materials are best suited to your project. It is important to us that we speak the same language. And by that we don't just mean the national language, but also the needs and requirements of the individual industry segments . Because although the automotive and medical industries are often closer to each other than we would like, the demands placed on plastics in these industries are completely different, we have experts and materials that are used in the industry on a daily basis and use their expertise to offer fast and precise solutions.
In the joint development process, we not only ensure that every requirement is met, but also provide suggestions on how processes and the final product can be further optimized based on materials and tools. To do this, we draw on the expertise of more than 150 local, industry-specific application engineers and technical sales consultants in 25 European countries draw on well over 5,000 materials from more than 100 manufacturers. If the request is so specific that it cannot be met despite the enormous selection of standard materials, we develop and produce customized compounds.
There for you: From project development to after-sales support
Engineering
Concept, design, and simulation
Our engineers also help to continuously improve products beyond the selection of materials. When it comes to optimizing components, Impetus Plastics Engineering, part of our group of companies, is on hand to offer advice and support. At our highly specialized engineering company for product development in the plastics sector, engineers from the fields of plastics technology and design apply systematic development methods and modern CAx techniques.
With many years of experience from over 2000 successful projects and innovative ideas that have been realized with well-known manufacturers, we are able to design an optimal product in terms of form and functionality within a defined time and financial framework in the area of product development and streamlining.
OEMs usually have their production sites spread across the continent. But wherever you are, we are always nearby and can supply you with identical material quality. Everywhere in Europe.
's Europe-widewarehouse and delivery network
Others call it supply chain management. We call it a reliable, uninterrupted supply across Europe.
All locally operating companies within the Hromatka Group operate their own warehouses. However, they engage in a lively exchange of expertise, materials, and technology. This ensures that OEMthat place their orders across countries , have unrestricted access to the same material quality. Regardless of which production site they operate at.
Our warehouse network
The optimal component helps reduce costs and increase performance. We help design it.
Peace of mind through planning –
our local logistics services
Having a plan does not mean that everything will go according to plan. We know that plans change.
Because we know our customers' needs, we calculate the expected consumption of goods in advance and take this into account in our own warehousing. If a customer also uses our safety stock , the material is stored in advance and is available for exclusive use at any time without restriction. If there is a change of plan on the customer's side, we are already prepared for it.
Combined with our own fleet of vehicles, independence in transport planning and the reliable availability of delivery slots.
Spontaneous additional demand is nothing but a reason for you to rejoice: because we have your material in stock.
Custom-made Compounds
We offer customized material solutions under the "SAX Polymers" brand. In our own compounding facility, we prepare almost all engineering thermoplastics according to customer requirements .
We manufacture polymers on a total of over 15 production lines according to requirements worked out with our customers. Our database currently contains over 6,000 formulations with a wide range of design and material specifications. Those with a recycled content are currently experiencing significant growth. We welcome this current trend toward a sustainable economy and therefore process almost all post-consumer and post-industrial waste, as well as food waste, into new, high-quality raw materials. Our plastic crystallizer and special material developments from our laboratories form the basis for this.
The Swiss site specializes in amorphous plastics and the recycling of PET. Vienna mainly produces semi-crystalline compounds.
What both have in common is customer-specific mixtures – from small quantities to batches of several thousand tons. The following modifiers are used:
visual customization with colors and effects
Modification with fillers and reinforcing materials, such as glass beads, mineral fillers, glass and carbon fibers
Emphasis on special properties through the addition of tribological additives, flow aids, stabilizers, impact modifiers, UV and flame retardant systems
Improvement of environmental properties through recycled materials, wood, and oyster shells
Together with customers and universities, as well as independently, we develop new compounds ready for series production. Our latest development involves granules made from food waste.
The laboratories dedicated to compounding are well-equipped with over 50 testing instruments to continuously evaluate the quality of our products through physical and chemical tests, as well as to analyze any phenomena that arise and implement appropriate measures.
As part of our quality management , we conduct material and processing controls using comprehensive standardized testing and inspection methods, analyze our own materials as well as those reported by customers, and ensure the consistent quality of all raw materials from the very beginning and across national borders.
If defects occur during processing, immediate analysis enables a prompt response, ensuring that the customer’s production does not come to a standstill.
If your application requires customized material, you've come to the right place. Regardless of the quantity.
The closed-loop
starts and ends with us
In the interests of sustainability, more and more companies are striving to achieve a closed material cycle. For us, this begins with virgin raw materials. But it also ends responsibly: we take back processed materials in the form of production waste and reprocess them as part of post-industrial recycling. For the benefit of the environment and the budget, the thermoplastic cycle with us.
Your material remains your material. From the first to the last granule. Instead of expensive disposal, we reprocess your production residues so that you can reuse them without any loss.
