Solvay Specialty Polymers, USA, LLC, a leading global supplier of high-performance thermoplastics for the automotive industry, is providing alternative material options to automotive tier suppliers and OEMs in the wake of a recent shortage of nylon 12 resin.
BASF announced that it has acquired the polyamide (PA) polymer business of the Mazzaferro Group, Brazil and is hereby further strengthening its position with regard to engineering plastics and polyamide polymers in South America.
Since February 2012, thermostat housings molded from Ultramid® A3WG6 HRX are in use at VW.
Rhodia Engineering Plastics, a member of the Solvay group, launched few days ago Evolite by Technyl which has been recently endorsed through partnerships and co-innovation projects to develop automotive and marine applications.
Invista Engineering Polymers and Hromatka Group recently signed a distribution agreement to sell Invista’s new Torzen polyamide resin in Europe.
DSM is to make further investments in its Kaohsiung polymerization facility in Taiwan to upgrade and develop the company’s Specialty Polyamide capabilities for its Novamid and Akulon Polyamide engineering plastic business.
To meet the needs of Nova Elektrik, a leading Turkish producer of electromechanical components for the white goods industry, DSM Engineering Plastics offered a halogen free grade of Akulon PA6, K225 KV, which is able to pass glow wire test on end product and to meet challenging design. Akulon K225 KV is the first halogen free material of its kind.
Arkema announces a project to acquire Chinese companies Hipro Polymers, a fast-expanding producer of biosourced polyamide 10.10, and Casda Biomaterials, world leader in sebacic acid, derived from castor oil and used in particular to manufacture this polyamide 10.10.
Invista, the world’s largest producer of polyamide 6.6 polymer, introduces Torzen resin, its premium polyamide brand for engineering polymers.
Lanxess has created new type of polyamide 6
DuPont Performance Polymers announced it will increase capacity of fast-growing DuPont Zytel HTN high-performance polyamide by building a polymerization facility at its Sakra, Singapore, site and through investment in manufacturing equipment at its Shenzhen, China, site.
In extensive simulation studies, BASF has now demonstrated that the new Ultramid B High Speed grades (PA 6) make it possible to achieve weight savings of up to 25% when designing plastic parts.
