Automotive
Chinaplas 2021 Kicks Off In Person
Postponed, rescheduled and ultimately cancelled in 2020, Chinaplas has returned this week with an in-person event featuring 3600 exhibitors in Shenzhen.
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PPS Replaces Metal and Rubber in Automotive Thermal Management Systems
Solvay’s Ryton PPs mono-layer extrusion grade shown to be optimized for new corrugated tubing.
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Ford Converts 3D Printing Scrap into New, Molded Parts
Ford has collaborated with HP to reuse spent 3D printed powders and parts turning them into injection molded vehicle parts.
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Scratch-Resistant PP for Complex Interior Automotive Applications
Compounder Polykemi and subsidiary Rondo Plast launch first of new PP-based compound and sustainable variants that boast both high scratch resistance and UV stability.
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Elix and Polyscope Cooperate in Specialty Materials for Automotive Interior Applications
Premium automotive interior structural parts such as sunroof modules are targeted by ‘partners’ Elix Polymers and Polyscope Polymers.
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Overmolding Overhaul
An articulating mold and versatile auxiliary injection unit helped this molder rethink its tried-and-true approach to insert molding.
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Licensee of EconCore's Thermoplastic Honeycomb Technology Gets Two New Automotive Contracts
Mexico’s Fynotej secures two major contracts to supply automotive trunk load floors using Fynocore continuous honeycomb panel technology licensed from EconCore
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Polyplastics' PBT and PPS Targeted to Autonomous Driving Applications
Polyplastics sees its Duranex PBT and Durafide PPS as particularly suited to sensors used in radar and camera bracket systems.
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European Machinery Suppliers See Steadying Markets
After a sharp drop in activity at the start of the year, the German plastics and rubber machinery sector has corrected with 2020 orders tracking only 3% below 2019 levels, while Austria’s Engel and Wittmann Battenfeld saw North American bright spots.
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PBT-Based Compounds for Automotive Radar Sensors
SABIC expands radar absorbing LNP Stat-Kon portfolio of specialty compounds.
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