Stamax - PP - Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic)

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, General-purpose Plastics: Appearance Ever More Important
...rable and scratch-resistant interior linings with a high-quality appearance. This copolymer with 10% mineral filling has the same stiffness and a scratch resistance of up to 40% greater than other ExxonMobil PP grades containing 20% talcum. Stamax from Sabic is a PP with long glass fibre reinforcement intended for automotive front ends. The VW Golf and Smart ForFour are benefiting from its low weight. Borealis has developed two new "zero gap tolerance" grades of Daplen especially for t...

Kunststoffe international, 2005-11-21, SMC/BMC in the Automobile
...ility and, most important of all, the possibility of creating new design structures. The composite manufacturer Owens Corning, in conjunction with DSM Automotive Polymers, presented the new front end module of the BMW Mini Cooper, made of “StaMax P”, a glass-fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite (Fig.2). Dick Lantz, head of the composite solutions business at Owens Corning, announced that new initiatives are planned for OEM markets. Owens Corning, of America, expects up to 5% growth in the au...

Kunststoffe international, 2010-08-19, Grow Strategically
...density polyethylene (PE-HD) in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, with an annual capacity of 250 kt. Moreover, Sabic took over the Rhe-Max product line of Rhetech, Inc. ofWhitemore Lake, Michigan, USA, and integrated it into its own PP-LGF line (brand name: Stamax). The figures show that business is again improving this year. With first quarter sales in 2010 of almost EUR 1.1 billion, the materials manufacturer has already achieved more than half its sales for 2009 (approx. EUR 1.7 billion as of 12/31/200...

Kunststoffe international, 2016-02-17, Foaming with Little Fiber Fracture
...jection molding and the Profoam process were identical apart from the fact that the latter was using a blowing agent. For the MuCell process Trexel helped to adjust the conditions (screw, processing).Long glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene (grade: Stamax; pellet size: 12.5 mm) was used for the study, with the samples being taken at the machine nozzle (before the melt is injected into the cavity). The fiber lengths determined with the "Stamaxtat" method developed by Sabic cover an area between ...

Kunststoffe international, 2016-09-23, Having a Good Grip on Hot Laminates
...y distributed in the thermoplastic matrix. Starting with a nominal thickness of 0.25 mm, two laminates each with a thickness of 0.75 mm and one with a thickness of 3 mm were prefabricated.Injection overmolding was performed with PP-LGF (grade: Stamax 30YK270E resin with 30 wt. % long glass fibers, manufacturer: Sabic). Parts made from this material, which is supplied in the form of 15 mm long pellets, are distinguished by high rigidity and strength simultaneously combined with high dimensional s...

Kunststoffe international, 2016-10-17, Polypropylene (PP)
...of PP must be expanded, and it is necessary to gain a deeper understanding of the interaction between structure, processing and part properties. Materials reinforced with long glass fibers, such as Fibremod from Borealis or Stamax from Sabic, were the "ultima ratio" to date, even though tests with new and even more efficient reinforcing fibers have been continually performed.To allow the replacement of traditional materials such as metals or other plastics (polyamide, polyoxymethylene or acrylon...