MOSCOW (MRC) -- Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, is once again extending its range of ForTii high performance polyphthalamides based on polyamide 4T, as per the company's press release.
Following the introduction earlier this year of the ForTii Eco family of partly bio-based grades, it is now launching the ForTii MX grades to provide a more cost-effective alternative than ever to die-casting metals.
Plastics have been gradually replacing metals in applications across consumer and industrial markets, especially automotive, for many years. But the potential for replacing die-cast metal parts still remains enormous. The market around die cast replacement is currently growing at close to 10% per year. DSM believes that the increasing availability of high performance materials like ForTii MX will ensure that high growth continues and possibly increases well into the future.ForTii MX grades, which like all ForTii types from DSM are partially aromatic, semi crystalline polymers, showing better properties than existing PPA materials in terms of mechanical strength and toughness across a broad range of temperatures. Grades are available with glass fiber reinforcement ranging from 30 to 50%.
Mr. Ponicki sees potential for ForTii MX in structurally loaded parts such as housings, covers and brackets in the automotive powertrain, air and fuel systems, chassis and suspension, as well as in industrial, pumps, valves, actuators, home appliances and fasteners.
DSM is continuing to develop new series of ForTii aimed at die-cast metal replacement. "We still have at least one ace up our sleeve," says Ralf Ponicki, Program Manager for die cast replacement. The company plans further announcements later this year.
We remind that, as MRC wrote previously, on 1 April 2016, as a result of increasing raw material prices Netherlands-based Royal DSM raised the price for its Akulon and Novamid polyamide 6 polymers and compounds. DSM increased prices in Europe by EUR120/tonne for polyamide polymer and by EUR85/tonne for polyamide compounds.
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