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Honeywell Resins & Chemicals increases nylon resin capacity Honeywell Resins & Chemicals, a business unit of Honeywell Specialty Materials, has increased its nylon resin capacity by 10% through a series of productivity improvements at its facility in Chesterfield, Virginia, USA. The company has also gained capacity to supply higher viscosity resins used for packaging following
resins under the Aegis® brand for a variety of applications including food packaging and injection moulding. Consumer packaging films produced with the resins are said to offer excellent strength, tear and puncture resistance during transportation. Honeywell Resins & Chemicals also offers basic grade of nylon 6 polymer that can be modified to meet
the termination of an existing swap agreement. The nylon resin swap agreement has been in place with BASF since May 2003 as part of a transaction in which Honeywell sold its engineering plastics business to BASF in exchange for BASF’s nylon fibre business. The company produces nylon
the specific requirements for injection moulded applications. According to the company, these general purpose resins exhibit excellent moulding and extrusion characteristics, making them suitable for many applications. Contact: Honeywell Resins & Chemicals Website: www.honeywell.com
GE Plastics expands in Pacific region GE Plastics has expanded its production of LNP Faradex electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding compounds to the Pacific region. Amongst the compounds that are being manufactured at the
company’s Moka facility in Japan is GE Plastics recently launched LNP Faradex NS0031 grade. The compound is based on a blend of polycarbonate and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (PC/ABS) and provides flame retardance
without the use of brominated or chlorinated additives. LNP Faradex compounds are said to offer performance and processing similar to that of their unfilled base resins, which includes PC, ABS, polypropylene
and polyamide 6. Applications for the compounds include consumer electronics such as digital cameras and portable DVD players. Contact: GE Plastics Website: www.geplastics.com
Lati USA sells plant in South Carolina Lati USA Inc has sold its facility in Summerville, South Carolina, USA. The sale is part of the company’s North American market reorganization. Commercial activity will continue in the North American market,
with a new office in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Materials will be distributed from plants owned by the mother company in Northern Italy. As part of a new strategy, Lati USA Inc is concentrating its sales effort on high range
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compounds: special and high performance products. Production will be focused on high performance compounds, which Lati is developing with high performance resins based on polyetheretherketones, polyphenylene sulphide,
polysulphone, polyphenylsulphone, polyethersulphone, polyphthalamide and polyamide 12. Contact: Lati SpA Website: www.lati.com
Plastics Additives & Compounding July/August 2007
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Honeywell Resins & Chemicals increases nylon resin capacity Honeywell Resins & Chemicals, a business unit of Honeywell Specialty Materials, has increased its nylon resin capacity by 10% through a series of productivity improvements at its facility in Chesterfield, Virginia, USA. The company has also gained capacity to supply higher viscosity resins used for packaging following
resins under the Aegis® brand for a variety of applications including food packaging and injection moulding. Consumer packaging films produced with the resins are said to offer excellent strength, tear and puncture resistance during transportation. Honeywell Resins & Chemicals also offers basic grade of nylon 6 polymer that can be modified to meet
the termination of an existing swap agreement. The nylon resin swap agreement has been in place with BASF since May 2003 as part of a transaction in which Honeywell sold its engineering plastics business to BASF in exchange for BASF’s nylon fibre business. The company produces nylon
the specific requirements for injection moulded applications. According to the company, these general purpose resins exhibit excellent moulding and extrusion characteristics, making them suitable for many applications. Contact: Honeywell Resins & Chemicals Website: www.honeywell.com
GE Plastics expands in Pacific region GE Plastics has expanded its production of LNP Faradex electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding compounds to the Pacific region. Amongst the compounds that are being manufactured at the
company’s Moka facility in Japan is GE Plastics recently launched LNP Faradex NS0031 grade. The compound is based on a blend of polycarbonate and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (PC/ABS) and provides flame retardance
without the use of brominated or chlorinated additives. LNP Faradex compounds are said to offer performance and processing similar to that of their unfilled base resins, which includes PC, ABS, polypropylene
and polyamide 6. Applications for the compounds include consumer electronics such as digital cameras and portable DVD players. Contact: GE Plastics Website: www.geplastics.com
Lati USA sells plant in South Carolina Lati USA Inc has sold its facility in Summerville, South Carolina, USA. The sale is part of the company’s North American market reorganization. Commercial activity will continue in the North American market,
with a new office in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Materials will be distributed from plants owned by the mother company in Northern Italy. As part of a new strategy, Lati USA Inc is concentrating its sales effort on high range
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compounds: special and high performance products. Production will be focused on high performance compounds, which Lati is developing with high performance resins based on polyetheretherketones, polyphenylene sulphide,
polysulphone, polyphenylsulphone, polyethersulphone, polyphthalamide and polyamide 12. Contact: Lati SpA Website: www.lati.com
Plastics Additives & Compounding July/August 2007