French automotive plastics component producer Mecaplast says it can make significant weight reductions in injection moulded TPO parts by partially replacing talc filler with Hyperform HPR-803i high performance reinforcing agent from Milliken.
With demand for safer, more environmentally-compatible materials in smart phones, tablets and laptops showing a steady increase, Clariant steps up its support for the electrical and electronics (E&E) industry with capacity expansion and a pioneering manufacturing-efficiency advance for non-halogenated flame retardants.
Clariant has unveiled two pioneering, low dosage non-halogenated flame retardants for epoxy resins to the electrical and electronics (E&E) industry.
Clariant offers the specialized tinting machine market a unique all-rounder for the efficient and cost-effective dispersion of organic pigments with its new and improved wetting and dispersing agent, Dispersogen PTS.
Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, has standardized the color range of its Radel polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) resins, offering a range of standard opaque colors for the healthcare industry.
Leading Turkish thermoformer is major user of PP containing Hyperform HPN-600ei.
New Mevopur additives give pharmaceutical packaging converters a productivity boost.
Fresh colors provide illuminating effects.
A new Hyperform HPR high performance reinforcing agent from Milliken & Company yields finished parts with higher stiffness and impact resistance but lower weight than talc-filled parts. It also has improved feeding and handling characteristics for compounders and yields whiter compounds – so users can cut back on colour masterbatch.
PolyOne Corporation, a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced that its USP Class VI-certified OnColor HC Plus offering of colorants have been formulated for compatibility with DOW HEALTH+ polymers.
In response to the growing call for traceability in food, beverage, drug and cosmetic packaging, Ampacet has introduced AmpaTrace molecular tracers that add distinct security signatures to packaging components used by consumer package goods companies.
Dutch companies Voestalpine develops new colored, non-halogenated FR LFT-PP products whose mechanicals are higher than non-FR base resin.
