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NEW PC/ABS RESIN FOR AUTOMOTIVE INSTRUMENT PANELS
23 April 2004 - GE Advanced Materials
| Improved hydrostability and heat-aging properties characterise new automotive material grade. |
GE Advanced Materials has launched Cycoloy CY8620 resin, adding a new and important grade to its family of Cycoloy PC/ABS high-impact amorphous resins. Developed specifically for automotive interior applications, Cycoloy CY8620 resin has a particular fit in instrument panel components, bringing a new level of performance over earlier generation materials. The instrument panel represents one of the most challenging automotive interior components. It demands a unique balance of properties to meet styling, processing, performance, and, in a highly competitive environment, cost criteria. Cycoloy resin has proven to be one of the foremost materials in meeting automotive OEMs’ stringent specifications for these applications. Moreover, as evolving interior environments and the introduction of more complex designs have placed greater demands on the materials used, GE Advanced Materials has progressively fine-tuned its Cycoloy resins to help ensure that they continue to deliver cost-effective solutions to the industry. Cycoloy CY8620 resin is today’s next-step development, delivering significantly improved hydrolytic stability and impact robustness when compared, for example, with Cycoloy IP1000 resin, which has been an established industry standard in instrument panel applications. Cycoloy CY8620 resin builds on the foundation of this earlier resin grade to offer world-class heat-aging performance and physical properties. In laboratory testing, the new level of hydrostability achieved by Cycoloy CY8620 resin has enabled it to reach far outside the industry’s test window and shows substantially less degradation from long-term hydrolytic aging compared to previous resins. Robert Nelson, market director for Interiors and Structures at GE Advanced Materials, says, “This performance profile makes Cycoloy CY8620 an ideal candidate for components subject to high-temperature/high-humidity environments and offers an excellent balance of properties for many interior and instrument panel applications.” Improved hydrolytic ageing and high-heat performance, combined with Cycoloy resin’s inherent impact strength, rigidity, and ease of processing, give Cycoloy CY8620 resin a superb balance of properties that are demanded for current instrument panel developments, as well as those foreseen for the future. The launch of Cycoloy CY8620 resin reflects GE Advanced Materials’ ongoing product and new technology development program to help ensure its The launch of CYCOLOY CY8620 resin reflects GE Advanced Materials’ ongoing product and new technology development program to help ensure its Cycoloy resins will meet the automotive industry’s demands as they continue to evolve.
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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. |
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