Celanese to Grow Engineered Materials Portfolio with a Nylon Platform
Thu, January 21 2016
Leveraging Celanese’s nylon technology for differentiated customer applications
“With the addition of these high performance products to one of the
world’s broadest, most technically proven engineered materials
portfolios, Celanese will leverage its technical capabilities to create
differentiated solutions for our customers and be positioned to deliver
greater value to molders, tier suppliers and OEMs in key industries
including automotive, consumer goods and electrical/electronics,” said
Celanese intends to develop nylon offerings to expand applications and support customers in a wide variety of industries using the following technologies:
- Celanese’s appearance technologies that leverage MetaLX® metal-effect capabilities, lasermarkable abilities, and pre-color compounding;
- Melt-impregnation technologies for structural applications to expand the company’s Celstran® LFT and Composites product offerings; and
- Blend technologies that combine different types of nylons with Celanese materials including Thermx® PCT, Vectra® and Zenite® LCP, Fortron® PPS, CoolPoly® thermally conductive polymers, and Fortron® Flex PPS for improved performance.
Celanese is committed to bringing value-added, differentiated technologies to its customers and expand the use of plastics in a variety of markets. Targeted applications of a new Celanese nylon offering would include both large and small consumer appliances such as washers, dryers and power tools; automotive parts and components including interior, exterior and under-hood applications; and E&E applications including mobile devices, data storage devices and home electronics. A nylon offering from Celanese will also support a manufacturer’s need to develop aesthetic Class A surface appearance parts and components that meet colorability, lasermarking and structural functions.
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