MATERIALS: Anti-Static TPEs for Consumer, Electronic Goods

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Four antistatic grades have expanded the Maxelast line of styrenic-based TPEs available from Alliance Polymers and Services LLC, Romulus, Mich.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/4/2012

MATERIALS: Black Ultem PEI for Durable FDM Parts

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Stratasys, Eden Prairie, Minn., has introduced black Ultem 9085 for direct digital manufacturing and rapid prototyping by users of its Fortus 900mc or 400mc 3D Production Systems, which are based on the company’s patented FDM (F...
New Product Announcements Published: 12/4/2012

MATERIALS: Halogen-Free Nylon 46 for Electronics

WEB EXCLUSIVE: DSM Engineering Plastics of the Netherlands (U.S. office in Evansville, Ind.) has added two new halogen-free compounds of high-temperature Stanyl nylon 46 that are specially designed for connectors, sockets, and other electronic compo...
New Product Announcements Published: 12/4/2012

MATERIALS: Biocomposite Uses ‘Green’ HDPE

WEB EXCLUSIVE: RheTech, Inc., offers a new grade of RheVision biocomposite using sugar cane-based HDPE supplied by Brazil’s Braskem (U.S. office in Philadelphia, Pa.). The initial product is RheTech’s first “green biocomposite,&rdq...
New Product Announcements Published: 12/4/2012

MATERIALS: New Clear Medical TPEs

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Several new grades of clear SEBS-based TPEs from Elastocon TPE Technologies, Rochester, Ill., are designed for medical products such as grips for medical and dental utensils and knobs and buttons for medical equipment.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/4/2012

MATERIALS: ‘Biovinyl’ Compounds for Wire & Cable

Nearly 50 new PVC compounds that incorporate new biobased, non-phthalate plasticizers and other formulation enhancements that address the “green” concerns of wire and cable users will be introduced commercially in the first quarter of 20...
New Product Announcements Published: 11/29/2012

MATERIALS: Total To Launch New Generation EPS Insulation Bead

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Total Refining & Chemicals’ Polymer Div. (U.S. office in Houston) will enter the EPS business with a new generation of EPS resins in 2013.
New Product Announcements Published: 11/3/2012

MATERIALS: New PPE Meets Global Regulations for Potable Water Systems

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A 30% glass-reinforced PPE alloy newly offered globally by Sabic Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., complies with both current European and global sustainability regulations governing materials used in potable water systems as we...
New Product Announcements Published: 11/3/2012

MATERIALS: New PC Can Replace Aluminum in LED Cooling Elements

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Stepping up development of new tailored materials to meet the increasing demand for PC resins in LED lighting systems, Bayer MaterialScience, Pittsburgh, has produced new grades with high thermal conductivity for cooling elements used...
New Product Announcements Published: 11/3/2012

MATERIALS: Biobased PHA Enhances Processing & Performance of PVC

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Metabolix, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., has developed a series of biobased PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) copolymers that act as plasticizers, impact modifiers, and processing aids for rigid and flexible PVC.
New Product Announcements Published: 11/3/2012