Polykemi will be celebrating 50 years as a compounder at Fakuma 2018.
The company will showcase its technical compounds, high tech compounds and recycled materials, with a special focus on electro-vehicles, demanding various light weight compounds and autonomous vehicles with new demands for the interior design.
A translucent polycarbonate with or without glass fibre reinforcement is under development for the lighting design in the instrument panel and the door panels.
This new material will allow designers to have increased creative freedom for the interior design through the aspired autonomous driving of the future.
The company says the development of flame retardant compounds has been intensified at Polykemi this year, with investments of € 1 million (approximately £891,591.97) in machinery and surrounding equipment.
This investment is part of the strategic expansion of flame retardant compounds to meet higher future customer demands, says Polykemi.
The product range of the high-tech POLYfill PP HC has been expanded to include glass fibre grades with up to 25 per cent filler content in combination with flame retardancy, complying with the corresponding specifications of the UL.
An exclusive new PBT V0 with glass fibre, suitable for thin-wall components is also under development.
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Polykemi at Fakuma 2017
The high-tech light weight POLYfill PP HC fibreglass family is known as an alternative to PA6 and PA66 as well as PBT with glass fibre.
For external usage, there is a new ASA/PC development, which meets requirements from the commercial vehicle sector, focusing on stability of the colour pigments as well as durability of the properties of the plastics under difficult environmental influences.
The REZYcom, a mix of selected, quality-tested recyclates and partly 1A virgin material, is positioned between a general recyclate and a 1A virgin.
The product range has also been extended with a REZYcom PP R15000FR V0 that complies to a fire protection class to withstand the challenges within the railway industry.
Polykemi will be at Fakuma 2018 at Stand A3 – 3110
