Cycoloy and Cycolac - two types of plastics for decorative dhrome plating
SABIC Innovative Plastics` Optimized Materials for decorative chrome plating let auto OEMs create luxurious looks with ease.
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SABIC launched the thermoplastic composite grade: IXIS 157
SABIC Innovative Plastics and Azdel, Inc. have launched their new hybrid thermoplastic composite grade, IXIS 157 composite, a continuous glass-fiber-reinforced sandwich composite for automotive horizontal body panels.
Europe's first plastic bridge is open
Europe's first plastics road bridge is ready for use! The plastics bridge comes without nails and screws. Instead, the bridge's carriageway slab is made of fibreglass-reinforced polymer (FRP) glued onto two steel bearers. The bridge is 27 metres long by five metres wide and weighs 80 tonnes and can be used as any traditional bridge.
Teknor Apex at Fakuma 2008
A high-impact polyamide 66 compound with flow properties superior to those of similar competing materials provides the flexural strength and low-temperature toughness required for many automotive parts as well as for dunnage, it was announced today by Teknor Apex UK Ltd., which will introduce the material to the European market at Fakuma 2008 (Stand B2208).
New plastics launched by Lanxess
Lanxess launched a high performance plastics as alternative to injection-mold metal and metal sheet.
Interview with Andy Verheijden, Piotr Kwiecień and Boy Litjens from SABIC
SABIC is the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, one of the world`s leading manufacturers of chemicals, fertilizers, plastics and metals. The company supplies these materials to other companies, who use them to make the products on which the world has come to depend. SABIC Innovative Plastics, launched in 2007, is a leading, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics with a 75-year history of breakthrough solutions that solve its customers` most pressing challenges. We publish the interview with Andy Verheijden (Growth Leader for Eastern Europe at SABIC Innovative Plastics, formerly GE Plastics), Piotr Kwiecień (Office Captain of SABIC Poland), and Boy Litjens (Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board of SABIC Europe).
DuPont introduces Biomax PTT
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers announced the introduction of Biomax PTT, which contains up to 35 percent renewably sourced content for packaging applications. Biomax PTT 1100 is especially suitable for use in injectionmolded containers, cosmetic packaging and other parts where polyesters are used.
Ticona Introduced Hostaform Long Glass Fiber POM
Ticona Engineering Polymers introduced a new Hostaform long glass fiber acetal copolymer (POM) that delivers better performance than standard reinforced thermoplastic polymers. Ticona designed this long glass reinforced fiber POM to become the industry`s choice of material in a variety of structural applications such as automotive, appliances and gears.
Glass Polymer for packagings
It looks like glass and it feels like glass - but glass it isn't and that's why it offers such significant advantages. We're talking here about the Rebhan packagings made of Glass Polymer, an innovative plastic from Eastman Chemicals. What does Glass Polymer mean, we hear you ask? Well, it's a modified copolyester and it was developed specifically for the production of thick-walled glass look-alike plastic containers.
Housing of DuPontT Zytel HTN for map-controlled thermostat
The housing of the map-controlled thermostat by Behr Thermot-tronik, of Kornwestheim, Germany, which is installed in BMW`s N43 series four-cylinder petrol motors, is exposed to a combination of very high mechanical, thermal and chemical stresses. To enable this complex part to withstand the application`s demanding requirements dependably over long periods, Behr decided to make the housing out of DuPont Zytel HTN high-performance polyamide.
Opel and BASF develop a novel plastic part to protect pedestrians
During the development of motor vehicles with improved passive protection for pedestrians, Adam Opel GmbH, headquartered in Rüsselsheim, Germany, entered into a cooperative effort with BASF and created a new plastic part that is instrumental in meeting pedestrian protection requirements in the vehicles of the future.
New SABIC`s Xtreme LNP Starflam specialty compounds
To provide electrical device and connector manufacturers with a lower-cost alternative to traditional materials like thermosets or special high heat polymers, while delivering excellent short-term heat performance, SABIC Innovative Plastics today announced new Xtreme LNP Starflam specialty compounds.
