MATERIALS: New UV-Stabilized, Toughened Acetal for Auto Interiors

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Ticona, Florence, Ky., has developed a new blend technology that is said to overcome issues with previous impact-modified acetals.
New Product Announcements Published: 5/1/2013

INJECTION MOLDING: Press Configured as Self- Contained Clean Room

Setup reportedly meets ISO Class 7 (Class 10,000) and is said to be fully compliant with FDA and GAMP requirements, as well as DQ, IQ, and OQ documentation. Has since been applied to dust-free molding of automotive trim.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2013

MATERIALS: Nylon Grades for Water-Injection Technology

WEB EXCLUSIVE: BASF Engineering Plastics (U.S. office in Wyandotte, Mich.) has two new grades of Ultramid A nylon 66 optimized for water-injection technology (WIT).
New Product Announcements Published: 4/11/2013

MATERIALS: High-Temperature Nylon for Blow Molded Ducts

WEB EXCLUSIVE: DSM Engineering Plastics of the Netherlands (U.S. office in Evansville, Ind.) is offering what reportedly is the first high-temperature nylon for extrusion blow molded air ducts.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/1/2013

MATERIALS: Long-Glass PP Boasts Improved Impact & Lower Cost

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Asahi Kasei Plastics, Fowlerville, Mich, has new long-glass reinforced PP that is said to surpass the impact strength of competing grades while offering 20% lower cost.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/1/2013

ADDITIVES: Highly Concentrated Black Masterbatches for Automotive

Americhem Inc., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has launched a new line of highly concentrated, low-aniline, nigrosine black nylon masterbatches suited to automotive under-hood and other applications where retention of physical properties is important.
New Product Announcements Published: 11/29/2012

MATERIALS: New TPUs for Wire & Cable

WEB EXCLUSIVE: BASF Corp., Wyandotte, Mich., has two new Elastollan TPU compounds.
New Product Announcements Published: 10/1/2012

MATERIALS: Nylon 612 Compounds for Fuel-Line Components

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new series of reinforced nylon 612 compounds from Teknor Apex Co., Pawtucket, R.I., are offered as alternatives to nylon 12 for injection molded automotive fuel-line components.
New Product Announcements Published: 10/1/2012

MATERIALS: PVC Elastomers for Electric-Car Charger Cables

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Teknor Apex Co., Pawtucket, R.I., has added two new PVC elastomer compounds to its Flexalloy line, which are said to be lower-cost alternatives to other elastomers such as TPUs for electric-vehicle charger-cable insulation and jacket...
New Product Announcements Published: 8/3/2012

MATERIALS: Polystyrenes with PCR Debut at NPE

WEB EXCLUSIVE: What’s billed as “the industry’s first line of polystyrenes containing post-consumer recycled (PCR) PS” is being highlighted at NPE2012 in Orlando this month.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/29/2012