GE PLASTICS INTRODUCES NORYL PPX™ RESIN

New Alloy Creates Market Niche Between Engineered Plastics and High Performance Polyolefins

12-Mar-2001
Product designers looking for a material that fills the gap between the basic properties of high-end polyolefins and the stronger performance characteristics and attributes of engineered plastics have a new alloy to work with - NORYL PPX™ resin - now available from GE plastics. It can be an ideal replacement for traditional materials such as TPO, nylon and steel due to its high stiffness, toughness and heat resistance that allow for new design freedom across a number of markets. "Prior to this development, design engineers requiring a wide range of moduli, toughness and temperature extremes had to play a balancing act, sacrificing one material attribute for another," said Keith DuPont, product manager, NORYL® resin business. "NORYL PPX's new family of high performance alloy resins can give them more design freedom without sacrificing these critical benefits for applications such as automotive bumper fascias and front end modules, food trays, fluid handling parts and power tools. This product truly fills the gap between high-end polyolefins and engineered plastics." The NORYL PPX portfolio presently includes four commercial grades, featuring two unfilled and two filled grades. Additional NORYL PPX grades are in development and are expected to be available shortly for sampling.

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