| |
FROM FREEZER TO MICROWAVE, PKN PPO/POLYSTYRENE ALLOY RESIN OFFERS EXTREME VERSATILITY
06 July 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
| With its extreme temperature resistance, GE’s Noryl PKN resin can handle the coldest freezer to the warmest microwave. This new addition to the Noryl resin family responds to increased market demands for cost effective, yet safe and attractive packaging products. |
With its extreme temperature resistance, GE’s Noryl PKN resin can handle the coldest freezer to the warmest microwave. The added benefits of aesthetic versatility, cost efficiency and environmental friendliness in combination with GE’s strong market reputation make this product a smart choice for consumer-focused food packagers. This new addition to the Noryl resin family responds to increased market demands for cost effective, yet safe and attractive packaging products. The PPO/polystyrene alloy resin family offers increased stiffness at higher temperatures, compared to polypropylene (PP) reducing the risk of food spills when used in microwaveable food trays. The new Noryl PKN materials offer excellent impact performance at freezer temperatures compared to common PP based materials. Linpac Plastics, a European manufacturer based in the United Kingdom, chose Noryl PKN resin for their revolutionary new Lincool single-use trays designed for microwave cooking. Food trays made with Noryl PKN resin are rigid enough to handle ready-meal dishes without flexing and allows the consumer to directly take the meal from the freezer to the microwave. The heat resistance of this resin allows Linpac to keep the outside of the package cool, thereby reducing burn potential, while keeping the food hot, allowing the consumer to fully enjoy the warm meal. 'Based on its exceptional property performance balance, Noryl PKN resin can be a great fit for many freezer-to-microwave packaging applications, ” said Rob de Jong, industry manager for GE Advanced Materials Plastics performance packaging segment in Europe. Due to their outstanding processing characteristics, Noryl PKN resins offer a lower cost alternative for PP and polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) materials. The Noryl PKN resin portfolio presently includes six commercial grades, both transparent and opaque, covering a wide heat resistance range. Noryl PKN resins can be applied in monolayer, multi-layer and foamed applications. Besides the single-use/microwave category, Noryl PKN resin is also durable enough for use in cookware/houseware and tableware applications. Noryl resins can also have a fit in non-food packaging applications where stiffness at elevated temperatures is required. Noryl PKN resin offers environmental advantages as well. It is recyclable and compliant with American and European food contact regulation/legislation. GE Advanced Materials, part of the diversified General Electric Company is a leading producer of engineering thermoplastics, with major production facilities worldwide. Through its LNP Engineering Plastics business, the company is a worldwide leader in the custom compounding of engineering thermoplastics.
http://www.geadvancedmaterials.com
About: GE Advanced Materials
GE Advanced Materials is a world leader in providing materials solutions through engineering thermoplastics, silicone-based products and technology platforms, and fused quartz and ceramics. Among its businesses are:• Silicones, which includes GE Toshiba Silicones in the Pacific region and GE Bayer Silicones in Europe, offers silanes, specialty silicones, urethane additives, adhesives, sealants, resins, and elastomers for a variety of industries such as personal care, automotive, tire and rubber, construction, healthcare, electronics, household and institutional, agriculture, textiles, appliances, bedding and furnishings, foam control, and consumer (http://www.gesilicones.com/gesilicones/am1/en/home.jsp); • Plastics is a global plastics materials supplier and distributor, which serves customers in a variety of industries including aerospace, appliances, automotive, building and construction, data storage and optical media, medical, electrical and electronics devices, telecommunications, computers and peripheral devices, outdoor vehicles and devices, and packaging (http://www.geplastics.com/); • Quartz produces high purity materials for the semiconductor, fiber optic, lamp making and water purification industries. GE Quartz is a leading supplier of quartz materials to the semiconductor industry (http://www.gequartz.com/en/index.htm); Established in 1968, GE Advanced Materials’ Specialty Film & Sheet business is a leading supplier of high-performance engineering film and sheet products to the United States, Europe, Africa, India, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and operates a worldwide network of sales, research, manufacturing and technical services facilities. Today, GE Advanced Materials, Specialty Film & Sheet employs about 600 people, and manufactures engineering sheet and film products at 12 facilities in 9 countries worldwide. Recent investments:
• 2003 New Roofing Structures Line in Italy, Europe
• 2003 New Coating Lines in China & Malaysia, Pacific
• 2002 Acquisition of Plastech, China
• 2001 New Film Lines in USA and Europe
• 2001 Acquisition of Carboron, Malaysia
• 2000 Acquisition of Matraplast, Canada
• 2000 Acquisition of Nim Plastics, USA Products:
GE Advanced Materials offers a variety of film materials are to meet different type of applications such as graphic film, coated products, electrical & electronic products, and specialties. The key film materials available today include:
• Lexan* Polycarbonate film
• Ultem* film
• Lexan* SLX film
• Valox* film
• Lexan* Illuminex* film GE Advanced Materials’ sheet product line includes a wide range of structures from solid sheet, multi-wall sheet and corrugated sheet through to coated sheet and laminates and combinations of each of these. The key sheet materials available today include:
• Lexan* Polycarbonate sheet
• Lexan* Solar Control IR sheet
• Margard* coated sheet
• Lexgard* laminated sheet
• Ultem* sheet
• Lexan EXL* sheet GE Advanced Materials, Specialty Film & Sheet, serves customers in a variety of industries including aircraft, appliances, automotive, building and construction, business machines, electrical & lighting, furnishing, greenhouse, industrial roofing, medical, electrical and electronics devices, telecommunications and packaging. In January 2004, in line with GE Corporate’ new brand architecture, GE Advanced Materials has announced the change of GE Structured Products business naming to GE Advanced Materials, Specialty Film & Sheet. |
More News:
• For July 2004
• From GE Advanced Materials
• For Engineering Plastics
|
