MOSCOW (MRC) -- Trinseo, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, have presented its three new industry-changing product releases, setting new performance standards in Home Appliances, Automotive and Medical applications, as per the company's statement.
Thus, as a recognized, award-winning technology leader, Trinseo provides value to customers through a wide-ranging portfolio of competitive, high-quality and consistent products - each designed to customers’ application needs.
Trinseo’s Basic Plastics introduces STYRON X-TECH 2175 Polystyrene resin for home appliances: developed from proprietary technology and built on the foundation of industry-changing STYRON A-TECH 1175 Polystyrene resin, this next generation of polystyrene offers a unique performance combination for superior benefits, including improved rigidity and strength along with advanced down-gauging and up to 10% material savings for OEMs.
Trinseo Automotive expands its portfolio with its 85% Long Glass Fiber (LGF) Polypropylene (PP) concentrate product family for automotive semi-structural applications. ENLITE PP LGF 1851 and 1852 Structural Polymers are the latest innovation in Trinseo’s ENLITE Structural Polymers portfolio, built on the company’s in-depth market knowledge and polymer expertise. ENLITE Structural Polymers products are developed for instrument panels, door modules, front-end modules, tailgates, and other interior and semi-structural applications that require a balance of dimensional stability, heat resistance and weight optimization. A step-change improvement over the previous industry benchmark of 60% LGF concentrate, the new ENLITE Structural Polymer products have the highest glass fiber concentration (85%) of any PP LGF concentrate available commercially for automotive semi-structural applications, enabling lighter weight interior parts at lower total cost compared to steel and aluminum.
Trinseo Consumer Electronic Markets (CEM) expands its presence in the medical market with the introduction of a biocompatible polystyrene: STYRON 2678 MED Polystyrene resin. This enhanced resin meets a growing need, especially in medical packaging, for a medical grade polymer that offers the versatility of polystyrene, protects its contents and provides an added degree of assurance through ISO 10993 compliance and an extended notification of change. Besides being used for clear packaging, the material is suitable for diagnostic components and petri dishes and provides an alternative to general purpose food grade polystyrene.
As MRC informed previously, Trinseo and its affiliate companies in Europe increased prices for all polystyrene (PS), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and acrylonitrile styrene copolymer (SAN) grades in November. Effective as of 1 November, or as existing contract terms allow, the November contract and spot prices for the product listed below rose for Europe as follows:
- STYRON general purpose polystyrene grades (GPPS) - by EUR50/tonne;
- MAGNUM ABS resins - by EUR50/tonne;
- TYRIL SAN resins - by EUR45/tonne.
Trinseo is a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber. Trinseo's technology is used by customers in industries such as home appliances, automotive, building & construction, carpet, consumer electronics, consumer goods, electrical & lighting, medical, packaging, paper & paperboard, rubber goods and tires. Formerly known as Styron, Trinseo completed its renaming process in 1Q 2015. Trinseo had approximately USD4.0 billion in revenue in 2015, with 18 manufacturing sites around the world, and more than 2,200 employees.
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