WESEL, Germany – ELANTAS Electrical Insulation, a division of the specialty chemicals Group ALTANA AG, has acquired the casting resins business for electrical and electronic applications of the Italian Marbo Group.

The casting resins business of Marbo includes products for the encapsulation or coating of electronic components with insulation materials (compounds). ELANTAS will take over Marbo's customers and know-how. The production will be incorporated into ELANTAS Italia's facilities in Collecchio.