Plastics News Show Daily - April 4, 2012 - (Page 43)

PLASTICS NEWS, April 4, 2012 • 43 Sabic IP features new applications By Robert Grace PLASTICS NEWS STAFF Sabic Innovative Plastics photo ORLANDO, FLA. — From trucks and agricultural sprayers to office equipment and lighting, Sabic Innovative Plastics displayed a diverse range of new applications for some of its materials at NPE. Its 8,800-square-foot booth (29000), said to be the largest for any resin manufacturer at the show, provides a showcase for these and other products: ● The gleaming white cab on a 2013 Volvo heavy-duty truck is said to feature “the trucking industry’s first injection molded roof fairing,” made using Sabic’s Cycoloy polycarbonate/ABS resin. The large part was made using proprietary in-mold coating technology from Montpelier, Ohio-based CK Technologies LLC, a unit of Cascade Engineering. The resin maker also touted the first use of post-consumer recycled material in a heavy truck. Its Valox iQ polybutylene terephthalate resin, which includes up-cycled PET water bottles, found its way into the brackets of the side air-deflection system for all seven models of the 2012 Volvo platform of heavy-duty trucks. Valox LG Chem prevails in lawsuit PLASTICS NEWS REPORT SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — LG Chem Ltd. has prevailed in a Korean lawsuit in which Dow Chemical Co. claimed violations of technology used to make ethylene-based elastomers. Midland, Mich.-based Dow (Booth 24048) had claimed that Seoul-based LG had violated intellectual property rights on metallocene catalyst technology used to make the materials. The decision was made Feb. 8 in Seoul Central District Court. In a statement, Dow officials said the firm “is disappointed by the decision ... [and] Dow believes that the District Court’s decision is improper and not supported by the facts or Korean patent law.” The firm “will now consider its options for appealing the District Court’s decision.” Officials added that Dow “has confidence that the decision will be set aside on appeal” and that the firm “will continue to vigorously protect and enforce its intellectual property rights.” Dow uses the technology to make such products as Engagebrand polyolefin elastomers. Prior to the District Court’s decision, key claims from Dow’s patent were held valid by the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Korean Intellectual Property Office, according to the Dow statement. iQ can contain up to 60 percent PCR content. ● The shiny red hood of a large, ride-on agricultural sprayer by Mooresville, Ind.-based Equipment Technologies shed some 140 pounds in weight by using a vacuum-formed thermoplastic sheet instead of the previous fiberglass version. AMD Plastics Inc. of Euclid, Ohio, formed Allen Extruders LLC’s Alextra-MV sheet made with Sabic IP’s Lexan SLX polycarbonate resin coextruded over Cycoloy PC/ABS resin. ● Tokyo-based Canon Electronics Inc. has chosen Sabic’s Xenoy iQ ENH resin with chemically upcycled post-consumer PET as the material for the housing on one of its new high-speed document scanners. Canon previously used a PC/ABS blend without any postconsumer recycled content for its scanner housings. Sabic claims the material offers “robust nonbrominated, nonchlorinated flame retardance” along with the ability to design the housings with thinner walls without sacrificing performance. ● Sabic also rolled out new grades of its Lexan CFR (clear flame retardant) copolymer and Lexan LUX resins. The CFR grades address demand in the consumer electronics and appliance sectors for a clear, sustainable, FR material, while the expanded LUX line is targeted at light-emitting diode lighting applications such as light guides and lenses. Keith Smith, the recently appointed executive vice president of Sabic Innovative Plastics, outlined these new products, and recapped a series of previously reported capital investments in his first media briefing since joining the Pittsfield, Mass.-based firm in December. New hood for Apache agricultural sprayers: Allen Extruders’ Alextra-MV sheet — a material made with Sabic’s Lexan SLX resin coextruded over Cycoloy resin — has slashed the weight of this major part by up to 140 pounds vs. previous fiberglass hoods. NEW For more than 4 decades, Sonics has been working with customers to assess applications and provide costeffective welding solutions. Call today to speak with one of our assembly experts. ULTRASONIC PLASTICS WELDER WITH TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL Color touch-panel technology for 40, 20 and 15 kHz ultrasonic welding systems brings user-friendly navigation and intuitive command flow to the welding process. Including digital time, energy and distance-based welding modes, this microprocessor-driven system’s vivid display highlights multiple menus designed for maximum weld control, monitoring and versatility. SmartPress +SmartControl =SmartSystem Plus a Full Product Line of Systems for: WELD SMARTER, CONTACT SONICS TODAY Booth # 1203 Visit us at 800.745.1105 www.sonics.com The Extrusioneers REIFENHÄUSER Maschinenfabrik REIFENHÄUSER KIEFEL EXTRUSION REIFENHÄUSER REICOFIL REILOY REIMOTEC POLYREMA Rubik‘s Cube ® used by permission of Seven Towns Ltd. w w w.rubiks.com REIFENHÄUSER EXTRUSION Each of these companies is a big player – together we are an outstanding force The Reifenhäuser Group multiplies the number of possibilities many times over. Under the strategic management of the corporate holding, six companies with the highest level of expertise and fully focussed on extrusion connect their interfaces to provide a range of products and services unique within the plastics sector worldwide. Visit us at NPE Orlando April 1– 5, 2012 West Hall Stand 4863 www.reifenhauser-group.com info@reifenhauser-group.com  http://www.sonics.com http://www.sonics.com http://www.rubiks.com http://www.reifenhauser-group.com

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