Updated: Italian materials firm Sabo Group is opening an office in Orlando, Fla., to serve North American plastics firms.
In a Sept. 4 news release, officials with Sabo in Levate, Italy, said that the addition of the new site, named Sabo International Americas, is "an important new step for the company." The new site will sell hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS), as well as antifog and anti-static additives, including United States Department of Agriculture certified BioPreferred-brand grades.
Sabo acquired those product lines when it bought the TAA additives business of Evonik Indistries AG in late 2022. That business had production sites in Germany and China. The Orlando site "reinforces [Sabo's] role as a leader in the polymer additives market," officials said.
Sabo CEO and Chairman Germano Peverelli said the new site "lays the basis for new global expansion targets and the consolidation of business relationships that focus on fast and effective technical and commercial service."
The new business unit will be focused on downstream companies such as compounders, masterbatch concentrate makers and processors. Sabo will continue to distribute HALS additives in North America for Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. Sabo already operates a U.S. distribution center in Savannah, Ga.
Sabo employs 400 at five global sites, making polymer additives, cosmetics ingredients, oleo-specialties and other materials for industrial applications in different sectors.