EXCLUSIVE: New Materials for Aircraft Interiors
Five new sheet and pellet materials for aircraft interiors are said to offer new opportunities for weight reduction. The five Lexan PC and Ultem PEI materials from SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., employ non-halogen technology to meet a wide variety of U.S. and foreign specs for flame, smoke, toxic fumes (FST) and heat release....
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Low-Melting PET for Heat-Seal Films
Two clear amorphous PET copolymers have been introduced to meet the need for low-melting heat-seal layers in packaging films.... Learn more
Improved PC for Optical Disks
Newly formed Styron LLC (formerly part of Dow Chemical) will replace its Calibre 1080 DVD polycarbonate for optical media with an improved grade boasting greater ductility and toughness to provide better protection from breakage..... Learn more
Long-Glass PP Sheet for Thermoforming
Ensinger’s Penn Fibre Div., Bensalem, Pa., has just launched thermoformable long-glass reinforced PP sheet with higher strength, stiffness, and resistance to impact, creep, and fatigue than conventional short-glass compounds..... Learn more
Biodegradable Cellulosic Resins Similar to PS
FkuR Plastics Corp., Cedar Park, Texas, a newly established office of a German supplier of biodegradable polymers, is offering Biograde cellulose acetate blends with higher heat resistance than most of today’s biopolymers..... Learn more |
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