Brands in Other Automotive & Transportation Applications

Addiplast Group has developed suitable formulations for chrome plating polypropylene & polyamide with a perfect surface quality. The target is to have a good electroplating capability as efficiently as the ABS material. One of the advantages using a PP compound is its excellent chemical and physical properties (no stress cracking due to alcohol, perfumes.

Styrene-butadiene block copolymers are polymerized in solution and present different structures, linear, radial and multiarm. They are free flowing materials that show different viscosities to adapt their properties to the multiple applications where they can be used in. Lower linear molecular weight grades offer very good flowability, are appreciated for their transparency and easy processability. Radial grades show higher melt strength, and offer higher mechanical properties with a high modification performance. Multiarm grades show a combination of low viscosity with temperature resistance. This performance make them suitable for a wide range of applications such as technical compounding, adhesives and sealants, bitumen modification for road pavements and waterproofing membranes. They are also used in shoe sole applications and polymer modification. They comply with different food contact applications. Typical physical aspects can go from fluffy crumbs to powder versions.

"Our additives and ingredients enhance manufacturing processes and the performance of products. Thomas Swan has developed a range of viscosity-reduction additives for the rubber processing and polymer industries, providing time, energy, cost and environmental benefits. Pepton® chemical peptisers catalyze the mastication of rubber, providing time, energy, cost and environmental benefits. The dibenzamido diphenyl disulphide (DBD) chemistry used to produce the active ingredient within Pepton® is widely considered by the rubber processing industry to be more environmentally acceptable than traditional pentachloro thiophenol based peptisers. Thomas Swan’s DBD is the only fully REACH registered chemical peptiser. A range of formulated Pepton® products is available, each having different concentrations of the active ingredient combined with a range of complementary proprietary additives that enhance peptising performance."

SpaceAge Synthetics’ Thermo-Lite Board® is a unique lightweight composite product, manufactured with closed cell polymer foam and fiberglass, that offers high specific strength and toughness. The non-absorbent material is extremely durable, provides an excellent bonding surface, has good impact strength, sound and thermal insulation, and is resistant to contamination. Offered in sheets or cut into parts, our material is built for lifetime performance, and is ideal for endless coring applications subjected to static and dynamic loads.

Aktifit is an activated Silfit Z 91 produced by modifying the surface with functional silanes. The by-products split off during the treatment reaction are largely removed during the production process which firmly attaches the silane to the filler surface. This helps minimize undesirable side effects, as they are potentially encountered with in-situ mixing (direct addition of silane to the compound).