Gabriel-Chemie GmbH

Family-owned Austrian masterbatch maker headquartered in Gumpoldskirchen, founded in 1950 in Vienna as a trading company; it began producing pigment chips and masterbatch in the 1970s. Today it describes itself as one of Europe's leading masterbatch producers, with about 600 employees and production and sales companies in Germany, the UK, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Italy and Kenya, plus representatives in other markets. Products: colour and effect masterbatch (colour matching to customer samples, RAL Plastics shades, special-effect pigments, marble effects), black and white masterbatch, additive and combination masterbatch (flame retardant, laser marking, medical grades), and sustainable ranges (MaxiBlue/MaxiLoop, CO2-reduced white, NIR-detectable masterbatch). Uses include films, agricultural films, artificial grass fibres, stadium seats, cable conduits and XPS insulation.