Automotive
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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Super High-Flow TPEs for Sustainable Large-Scale Moldings
Hexpol TPE’s new Dryflex HiF TPS-SEBS family boast very high melt flow and scratch resistance.
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Antiviral Additive Reportedly Kills Coronavirus on Plastics in Auto Interiors
In response to COVID-19, automotive Tier 1 molder and compounder CpK has developed an antiviral additive for auto interiors and other applications.
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Modified PBT Offers More Clarity for Automotive Radar Sensors
BASF’s new Ultradur RX PBT meets the high requirements of sensors for automated driving
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Eastman Partners with Compounder Gruppo Maip to Formulate Biobased and Molecular Recycled Content Plastics for Automotive Interiors
Eastman’s Tritan Renew copolyester and Treva Renew engineering bioplastic to play key role in new Eastman-Gruppo Maip partnership.
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