RadiciGroup Acquires German Staple Firm

Gandino, Italy, Feb. 21, 2011 -- RadiciGroup said it has acquired the German company dorix GmbH, a producer of PA6 and PP (reilen) staple products.

RadiciGroup is an Italian maker of chemicals, plastics and synthetic fibres. It sells raw and solution-dyed PA6 staple products under the Radilon brand name.

“With this acquisition we wanted to broaden our product offering in the textile floor covering market and others,” said Oscar Novali, managing director of the Fashion&Interiors Business Unit.

“Our Italian site in Villa d’Ogna and the German facility complement one another. Most importantly we will have a greater variety of counts. In addition to the fine counts we already manufacture at Radici Yarn, now we will be able to provide high counts up to 300 dtex."