Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) - news on Plastech
Lanxess increases prices for engineering plastics
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is raising its prices for its engineering plastics of the brands Durethan A and Pocan.
Microbes Fully Metabolize Biodegradable Plastics
Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) succeeded in an interdisciplinary study to demonstrate that soil microorganisms metabolically utilised the carbon in the PBAT polymer both for energy production and also to build up microbial biomass.
Tailored support for the electrical and electronics industries
LANXESS will be presenting its portfolio of high-performance plastics for the electrical and electronics industries at the “Light + Building” industry fair in Frankfurt, Germany.
DSM’s new hydrolysis-resistant Arnite PBT provides new cost-effective alternative to high performance polymers
Royal DSM is adding hydrolysis-resistant grades of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) to its Arnite family of thermoplastic polyesters.
BASF develops a material for window profiles based on Ultradur
BASF has developed an Ultradur (PBT, polybutylene terephthalate), modified for co-extrusion with PVC, that replaces steel in PVC windows as the stiffening element.
Polykemi AB at Fakuma 2017
The worldwide producer of tailor made thermoplastics compounds will be focusing on Blends - the family of compositions with two base polymers
Focus on new forms of mobility
LANXESS at FAKUMA, October 17 – 21, 2017, will present new high-temperature-stabilized polyamides and flame-retardant thermoplastics for electric mobility.
Smooth steering, safe control
The French automotive supplier Valeo has now developed a top column module whose housing and levers are made of BASF’s engineering plastics Ultramid SI (PA) and Ultradur (PBT).
LANXESS launches new PBT compound
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has developed a new compound called Pocan AF4130 for battery components in electric cars.
BASF puts expanded compounding plant for engineering plastics into operation
BASF put the expanded compounding plant at BASF’s Schwarzheide site in Germany into operation.
New halogen-free, flame-retardant polyesters and polyamides
LANXESS presents new halogen-free, flame-retardant polyesters and polyamides
Sensor carrier made from hydrolysis-resistant Ultradur HR by BASF
Rosenberger Spritzguss und Formenbau manufactures sensor carrier for charge air cooler in one process step and without any weld lines.
Lanxess started up new line for high-performance plastics in the USA
Lanxess has started up a second production line for high-performance plastics compounding at its facility in Gastonia, North Carolina.
