Engineering Resins

Acetal Resin Series for Medical Applications

Polyplastics’ Duracon POM PM series launched globally.    

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Soft Prices for Volume Resins

While PP and PE prices may be bottoming out, a downward trajectory was likely for all other volume resins, including engineering types.  

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Elix Polymers Gets Automotive OEM Approval for Anti-Squeak Thermoplastics

The company’s specialty grades of ABS and PC/ABS gets nod from a German premium automotive OEM for production of critical interior parts.

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Celanese to Unveil Latest Portfolio of Materials for Electric Vehicles

At upcoming Electric Vehicle Symposium, Celanese will showcase prototype of an all-in-1 battery module.  

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Biopolymers

Architectural Mesh Made from Covestro’s Bioattributed PC

Kaynemaile’s new RE8 Architectural Mesh will deliver an ISCC Plus certified sustainable share of up to 88% of its architectural product.

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Automotive

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Nylon 12 for Injection Molding

CRP Technology’s new composite is 100% recycled from Windform XT 2.0 IMG industrial 3D printing material.

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Biopolymers

Solvay Wins 2023 Re|Focus Sustainability Innovation Award

This year’s winner is partially biobased Amodel Bios long-chain PPA.

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sustainability

PEEK for Monolayer E-Motor Magnet Wire Insulation

Solvay’s KetaSpire KT-857 PEEK extrusion compound eliminates adhesion and sustainability constraints of conventional PEEK or enamel insulation processes.

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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials, Part 28: Making LCP's Melt Processable

Liquid-crystal polymers based on a single monomer produces a polymer with a very high melting point.This presents two problems. Here’s how they were solved.

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polyolefins

Novel Class of Engineering Thermoplastic for High-Heat Capacitor Films

Borealis’s Stelora is thermal performance gap between PP capacitor films and films based on high-temperature PPS, PTFE and PEEK.

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