Major Auto Parts Supplier Chooses Victrex APTIV™ Film For Its Automotive Seat Motor Thrust Washers
When S&T Daewoo, a major Korean auto parts supplier, wanted a plastic film to replace the steel in its seat motor thrust washers for the company’s flagship automobiles, it chose Victrex APTIV™ film because of the product’s superb durability, wear-resistance and inherent lubricity. Victrex - March 26, 2008
Rulon® 123 Specialty PTFE Compound improves performance of EGR-Systems
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rulon® 123 has proven itself as the ideal sealing material for EGR-Systems. The combination of material characteristics and the expertise in material processing & assembly of the EPP Business unit, result in an effective sealing component. Saint-Gobain - March 24, 2008
DSM Engineering Plastics Increases Akulon® Prices
In an effort to offset the escalating cost of raw materials, energy, transportation and logistical costs, DSM Engineering Plastics will increase prices in North America for the following product families. DSM - March 18, 2008
Light-Diffusing Compounds and LED Technology Provide Interior Lighting Solutions for Ford Cross-Over SUV
When Visteon, a leading global automotive supplier, needed a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting solution for the interior of the Ford Motor Company's 2007 Ford Edge cross-over SUV, it specified the latest LED technology from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors that utilizes RTP Company's light-diffusing plastic compounds. RTP - March 13, 2008
Melt Rotation Technology Will Save Injection Molders $100 Million by Mid-2008
100 million dollars! That is the calculated (and conservative) amount of money that customers of Beaumont Technologies, Inc. (BTI), now celebrating its 10th year in business, projects they have saved injection molders worldwide by using melt rotation technologies as a business strategy over the past decade. Beaumont Technologies, Inc. - March 12, 2008
BASF to Increase Prices for Polyamide 6 Polymer and Polyamide 6,66 Copolymer in North America
BASF will increase prices for Polyamide 6 polymer by $0.10 per pound, or as contracts allow, effective March 14, 2008. This increase covers PA6 polymer for spinning, film and wire and cable applications, neat resin for compounding, as well as PA6,66 copolymers. BASF - March 7, 2008