Polybutylene Terephthalate

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• LANXESS strengthens ties with Asian automotive customers

  LANXESS is strengthening its ties with automotive customers in the growing Asia-Pacific region. The specialty chemicals company will open a new application development center in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park in the second half of 2012. The new center will have computer aided development an more

• Production milestone at LANXESS in China: 100,000 tons of high-tech plastics in Wuxi

  On April 24 LANXESS Semi-Crystalline Products business unit reached a milestone when production of high-tech plastics at the company’s compounding facility in Wuxi, China passed the 100,000-ton mark. The facility, which has been in operation since January 2006, compounds Durethan (polyamide 6 and 66 more

• Ashland expands relationship with Eurotec to Nordic region

  Ashland Distribution, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., has expanded its relationship with Eurotec Engineering Plastics of Corlu, Turkey, by signing a new agreement, to distribute their polyamide (PA), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) compounds and blends in Sw more

Publications Polybutylene Terephthalate

• Determination of crystallization parameters and occurrence of trans-reaction in a ternary polymer blend system

  Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results under non-isothermal cooling conditions of a blend consisting of polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT)/polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)/and polycarbonate (PC) in the ratio 25:25:50 wt% are reported. Kissinger and Matusita models were used to evaluate th more

• Nanocomposites based on aromatic polyesters and organically modified clay

  Abstract Milled polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) were mixed with organically modified clay and extruded to prepare nanocomposites by melt intercalation. The modifier of the nanofiller belongs to the group of trialkylbenzylammonium cations. Manufacturing of more

• Injection molding without prior drying process by the gas counter pressure

  Abstract A processing technology that facilitates quality injection molding without prior drying of polymer pellets has been proposed. The main idea is not to let the water evaporate to bubbles inside the mold. The polymer will be maintained hydrated as it was in the hopper of the injection moldi more

Market studies Polybutylene Terephthalate

• Germany Petrochemicals Report Q3 2012

  BMI’s Germany Petrochemicals Report looks at the opportunities for sector growth at a time when the economic environment in Europe is increasingly hostile, with production prices having fallen and demand stagnating. This report examines how German producers will achieve growth in the future – perh more

• Germany Petrochemicals Report Q2 2012

  The German petrochemicals industry is set for a sharp slowdown in 2012, but is unlikely to contract unless the eurozone debt crisis goes out of control and impacts unfavourably on the European and global economy, according to BMI’s latest Germany petrochemicals report. Sales generated by Germany-bas more

• Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Global Market to 2020 - Growth of Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronics Sectors in Asia-Pacific Boosts Global Demand

  Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Global Market to 2020 - Growth of Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronics Sectors in Asia-Pacific Boosts Global Demand” is an in-depth report from GBI Research which is focused on the demand side of the global ABS industry. The report provides the re more

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