Cycoloy - PC+ABS - Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic)

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Strong Upturn: Polycarbonate (PC)
...lant in Caojing for compounding Makrolon, Makroblend (PC+PET and PC+PBT) and Bayblend (PC + ABS). The company also has production sites in Europe and in the Nafta region. Other global manufacturers of (PC+ABS) blends are GE Advanced Materials (Cycoloy) and Dow (Pulse and Emerge). The Asia-Pacific region also features such major producers as Teijin (Multilon), Mitsubishi (lupilon), Cheil (Staroy), LG (Lupoy) and Chi Mei (Wonderloy). Process Advances and Service Some 90% of PC is produced by the p...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, Styrene Copolymers (ABS, ASA, SAN)
...copolymer business from DSM, the brand name Ronfalin will continue. In ABS blends, seven different products from four manufacturers are significant on the market (Table 2). Blends with PC include Terblend S (BASF), Bayblend (Bayer), Pulse (Dow) and Cycoloy and Geloy (GE Plastics). (PA+ABS) blends are marketed by BASF as Terblend N and by Bayer as Triax. Market Segments Thanks to their versatile applications and processing properties, styrene copolymers have been able to compete very effectivel...

Kunststoffe international, 2008-09-23, Plastics, Electronics and the Environment
...olidate materials and restrict the selection of plastic products to those that fulfill performance requirements without the use of bromine or chlorine containing flame retardants. Sabic Innovative Plastics offers a variety of plastics, including the Cycoloy (PC+ABS) blend, the PC Lexan, the PEI Ultem, the Noryl PPO blend and the LNP special compounds. Flexible PVC: Flexible PVC cable insulations traditionally have lead-based heat stabilizers. Although there is now unleaded PVC for cable,...

Kunststoffe international, 2011-10-17, Styrene Copolymers (ABS, ASA, SAN, MABS, and ABS Blends)
...ABS and polycarbonate, for example, still have considerable market importance. Large suppliers are Bayer Material Science AG, Leverkusen, Germany, (Bayblend) and Sabic Innovative Plastics, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, (Cycoloy). The main field of application for the amorphous thermoplastic (ABS+PC) blends is the automotive sector; experts estimate the volume of the European (ABS+ PC) market for automotive applications alone at about 50,000 to 60,000 t/a. In the exterior, the material is used, fo...

Kunststoffe international, 2012-02-24, Portable Medical Devices
... used in the bathroom where it might onto a hard tile floor, the company wanted a tough, impact-resistant resin. For ease of use, PWB Health wanted relatively thin walls (2 mm) to make the housing lightweight, which required a high-flow resin. Cycoloy, a PC+ABS blend, was selected for the housing components of the Breastlight. This specific healthcare grade, which is assessed to the ISO10993 standard for biocompatibility, offers excellent impact resistance for durability and high flow for thin-w...