# Polyplastics USA merges with Topas Advanced Polymers USA

Polyplastics USA incorporated Topas Advanced Polymers USA by merger, adding cyclic olefin copolymers to its portfolio. The operations will be consolidated at Polyplastics USA's headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-03-27
- Where: Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: cyclic olefin copolymers, acetal resins, PBT, PPS
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Polyplastics Co.](https://endata.com/companies/23089.md)
- [Polyplastics Co.](https://endata.com/companies/23089.md) (acquirer)
- [Topas Advanced Polymers GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/23090.md) (target)
- [Polyplastics USA Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/30984.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [polimerica.it](https://polimerica.it/articolo.asp?id=19631), 2018-03-27: "La filiale statunitense del gruppo giapponese Polyplastic ha incorporato per fusione la consociata Topas Advanced Polymers USA, aggiungendo così al suo catalogo i copolimeri di olefine cicliche (COC)."
- [polyestertime.com](https://www.polyestertime.com/polyplastics-coc-resins-polymers-topas-usa/), 2018-03-27: "We plan to leverage and further enhance TAP GmbH's global leadership position in COC as Polyplastics moves forward to expand its market reach in the Americas."
- [smart-molding.com](https://smart-molding.com/news/1107), 2018-04-03: "Polyplastics Co., Ltd. (“Polyplastics”), a leading global supplier of engineering thermoplastics, has announced that its affiliate TOPAS Advanced Polymers, Inc. (“TAP USA”), based in Florence, Ky., was merged into Polyplastics USA, Inc. (“Polyplastics USA”), effective April 1."
- [plasticstar.io](https://plasticstar.io/polyplastics-rolling-topas-advanced-polymers-into-polyplastics-usa/), 2018-05-07: "To integrate the US business model and the brand value of TOPAS COC owned by TOPAS Advanced Polymers Inc., with the operating base of Polyplastics USA, Inc."
- [tpe-forum.de](https://www.tpe-forum.de/polyplastics-usa-inc-merges-with-topas-advanced-polymers-inc/), 2018-06-05: "Engineering thermoplastics supplier Polyplastics Co., Ltd. has announced the merger with its affiliate Topas Advanced Polymers, Inc. (TAP), effective 1 April 2018."

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