MOSCOW (MRC) -- Velox GmbH, a European distributor of raw material specialities for the plastics, composites, rubber, paints and coatings industries, has announced its extended distribution partnership with Topas Advanced Polymers, reported GV.
Velox will be distributing Topas COC and Topasblend series in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Topas Cyclic Olefin Copolymers (COC) belong to a new class of polymers with a property profile that can be varied over a wide range, says the company. In contrast to the semi-crystalline polyolefins PE and PP, Topas are amorphous, transparent copolymers.
According to the manufacturer, the property profile of these copolymers include low density, high transparency, good water vapour barrier properties, low water absorption, high rigidity, strength, and hardness, low birefringence, variable heat deflection temperature (HDT/B) up to 170 C, good biocompatibility as well as resistance to acids and alkalis.
Thus, Topas copolymers are of particular interest for primary packaging of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostic disposables.
Topas grades can be sterilised by gamma rays as well as electron beams and ethylene oxide. The steam sterilisation can be possible for Topas grades with corresponding higher softening point. Topasblend resins offer the benefits of polyolefins plus the high heat resistance of engineering plastics and can be considered for applications with multiple steam sterilisations, says the company.
We remind that, as MRC informed previously, in 2013, The Hamburg-based German company Velox GmbH was chosen to be the preferred distributor for the ABS/SAN-based modifier product range from Spanish company Elix Polymers, S. L., Tarragona, and licensed distributor in Germany, France, Italy, Austria, as well as Switzerland. The modifier range offers various advantages, including improved impact resistance for PC, PBT, PVC and SMA blends, increased mechanical properties of ABS and PC/ABS, improved flow and dimensional stability, superior heat distortion and thermoformability to opaque PVC as well as ABS compounds, as anti-dripping additive for flame retardant ABS, PC/ABS, and HIPS, as intermediate for the production of polymer blends, and as base resin for colour concentrates (ABS, SAN, PVC, PC).
Besides, in 2013, Arkema appointed Velox GmbH, as its exclusive distributor for the medical business development in Europe.
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