Automotive

Materials: Advances in PC-Based Composites
Covestro is moving ahead on a couple of fronts to advance its offerings in polycarbonate composites.

Materials: High Performance Nylon Powder for 3D Printing
Evonik’s newest nylon 12 powder for SLS targeted to automotive and electronics. 

Additives: Conductive Black Concentrates for Broad Range of Thermoplastics
Orion Engineered Carbons XPB 633 Beads are well suited to thermoplastics requiring conductivity and antistatic properties.

Materials: "Anti-Squeak" ABS, PC, and PC Blends
Albis’ new Alcom MS Anti Squeak compounds targeted to automotive and consumer electronics. 

Materials: Long-Fiber EMI/RFI Shielding Formulations
PolyOne rebrands conductive thermoplastic materials to Surround EMI/RFI shielding formulations for ADAS and beyond. 

Additives: Patented Anti-Counterfeit System for Plastics
Polyfil now offers Kafrit’s Tracer technology in the Americas.

Injection Molding: Korean Servohydraulic Presses with European Controls
Woojin Plaimm introduces HD-A5 series with web-enabled B&R controls.

Materials: Nylon 66 for Automotive Lightweighting
Ascend’s new nylon 66 Vydyne R433H is targeted to reinforcement of down-gauged steel & aluminum used in vehicle BIW structures.

Materials: Multi-Resin & Process Economical Purging Compound
Slide Products’ new Econo-Purge also works on hot runners ahd thoroughly purges manifolds with small gates. 

Materials: Extrusion PPS Series Launched for Automotive
Solvay’s new Ryton extrusion grades for flexible, lightweight coolant lines, brackets and connectors advance complex auto thermal management assembly systems.