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Topas launches under new owner

February 6, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 6

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Topas touts the superior optical properties of its COC resin.
Credit: Topas Photo
Topas touts the superior optical properties of its COC resin.

Daicel Chemical Industries and Polyplastics Group have formed Topas Advanced Polymers following their purchase of Ticona's Topas cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) business. TAP has taken over production, R&D, and sales and marketing for COCs, including facilities in Frankfurt and Oberhausen, Germany, and Florence, Ky. Daicel says TAP is aiming for COC sales of some $85 million per year by 2010.

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