Material News Nissan Water Outlet Made of Solvay's Amodel® PPA Resin Captures SPE Automotive Innovation Award November 16, 2012 by plasticsinfomart ALPHARETTA, Ga., November 15, 2012 – Nissan Motor Co.’s 10-port water outlets for 1.6-2.5-L engines, which are injection molded of Amodel® polyphthalamide (PPA) from Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, were recognized with the powertrain award at the 42nd Annual Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Innovation Awards Competition. The award was presented to Nissan during […] Read more »
Breaking News Category Menu Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Selects SABIC NORYL GTX™ Resin for 2013 Outlander Sport and Industry-First 2-Cavity Injection Molded Fenders November 16, 2012 by plasticsinfomart SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today announced that Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has chosen SABIC’s next-generation NORYL GTX™ 989 resin for the front fenders of its 2013 Outlander Sport crossover. The vehicle’s fenders are the first to be produced using 2-cavity injection molding with NORYL GTX resin, allowing MMC to cut cycle times in half and […] Read more »
Product News U.S. Department of Agriculture lists DSM EcoPaXX polyamide 410 grades in “BioPreferred” Catalog of biobased products November 16, 2012 by plasticsinfomart Three grades of EcoPaXX® polyamide 410 from DSM have been given the “Certified Biobased Product” label awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The grades of this high performance engineering thermoplastic have a proven bio-based content of around 70%. This is because the polymer incorporates building blocks derived from castor oil obtained from […] Read more »
Industry ENGEL: the supplier to top them all November 16, 2012 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart Ten of the top 15 automotive suppliers in the world trust injection moulding technology from ENGEL – yet more evidence of the ENGEL’s commanding position in the international automobile industry. The ENGEL AUSTRIA analysis was based on the latest list of the Top 100 Automotive Suppliers in the trade magazine Automobil Produktion, which is published […] Read more »
Market News Lackluster demand, weaker feedstock costs pull down ABS prices in Asia November 16, 2012 by plasticsinfomart ABS prices in both China and Southeast Asia softened over the past week as unspectacular demand and declining feedstock costs weighed down on sentiment, as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Most players predict that ABS prices will continue to lose ground in the coming weeks as buying interest is not expected to see any […] Read more »
Industry New plastic skin self-heals after cutting November 15, 2012 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart A nickel-loaded plastic skin developed by Stanford researchers may have applications in prosthetic devices or electronic components, according to chemical engineering Professor Zhenan Bao. She says that the new compound is the first material that can both sense subtle pressure and heal itself when torn or cut. Results of the research were published this month in […] Read more »
Processes Lightweight CFRP engine hoods in a jiffy November 15, 2012 by plasticsinfomart IKV, the Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University in Germany has worked together with the Institute of Automotive Engineering (ika) based at the same university and a number of industry partners to prototype an engine hood made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) for the Ford Focus. Compared with a typical series-production steel hood, […] Read more »
Industry Polyamide scores in yet another turbo application November 15, 2012 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart The latest resin to benefit from of an auto industry-wide shift to increased adoption of turbochargers is a high-heat polyamide (PA) developed by Rhodia Engineering Plastics (Lyon, France), a member of the Solvay group. The Technyl PA grade has been chosen by molder Röchling Automotive for the manufacturing of turbocharger air ducts which have to […] Read more »
