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SABIC Showcased at Chinaplas Industry Leadership in Validating PCR Claims to Help Customers Achieve Sustainability Goals

SABIC Showcased at Chinaplas Industry Leadership in Validating PCR Claims to Help Customers Achieve Sustainability Goals
Receiving ULE certification follows Innovative Plastics’ fourth-quarter 2010 introduction of its rigorous new validation process for sustainable materials and applications. The program utilizes a Sustainable Product Scorecard, developed in partnership with GreenOrder – a third-party environmental sustainability consulting firm – and has already verified the environmental benefits of seven of the company’s sustainable product families.
“With growing demand for environmentally responsible products, customers are looking for exceptional materials that have been validated according to recognized standards,” said Tom Hartle, Noryl resin global marketing director, Innovative Plastics. “Innovative Plastics is being very proactive in this area by utilizing respected third parties such as GreenOrder and Underwriters Laboratories – together with our own methodologies – to validate those products that are critical to our customers’ success. It’s an excellent approach to ensuring that our sustainable materials continue to offer exceptional value and true solutions to tough environmental challenges.”
ULE’s methodology includes audits at the OEM manufacturing level and at the PCR supply chain level, including formula design, manufacturing control system, and sourcing practices to ensure credibility of the PCR content.
An Expanding Portfolio of PCR Resins
ULE-certified Noryl RN0401 resin, containing 20 percent PCR and meeting the UL94 V0 standard at 2.0 mm, is an excellent candidate for a variety of electronic housings, components and power adaptors. This grade is part of a planned family of Noryl PCR resins aimed at the electrical/electronics industry. Two brand-new Noryl resin PCR products are also on track for third-party validation.
In addition, Innovative Plastics showcased two new Cycoloy* polycarbonate / acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PC/ABS) resins containing open-loop PCR PC from water bottles, CDs and other sources. Cycoloy RCM6134 resin contains 35 percent PCR and meets the UL94 V0 standard at 1.0 mm and has a high stiffness of 3.1 gigapascals (Gpa) for thin-wall enclosures.
Cycoloy RCY6214 resin, also containing 35 percent PCR, meets UL94 V0 at 1.5 mm. They are suitable for laptop and consumer electronics housings. Up to four additional grades will soon be available, offering a variety of combinations of stiffness, flame rating and viscosity.
There are now four grades of non-flame resistant (FR) Lexan* EXL PC resin with PCR content ranging from 25 to 80 percent. All are based on Innovative Plastics’ high-performance Lexan EXL resin technology, which offers superior impact, improved low temperature ductility, and enhanced processability compared to standard PC grades. The grades offer carbon footprint reductions, in terms of cradle-to-gate greenhouse gas emissions, ranging from 20 to 64 percent compared to traditional Lexan EXL 1414 resin and a lower carbon footprint than non-PCR containing products, traditional PC and PC/ABS. Additionally, there is one new grade of FR polycarbonate resin – Lexan R9453 resin – containing up to 30 percent PCR with a UL94 V0 rating at 1.1 mm. Lexan R9453 resin is flame retardant with non-brominated and non-chlorinated FR technology.
Sustainability PCR Icons: Valox iQ* and Xenoy iQ* Resins
Innovative Plastics began its ongoing commitment to PCR products with Valox iQ* and Xenoy iQ* resins, which employ an advanced chemical process to up-cycle polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste into engineering thermoplastics. The company continues to invest in these two families. Today, the Valox iQ family of nearly 15 polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)-based grades, together with Xenoy iQ PC/PBT resins, offer PCR content ranging from 12 to 60 percent by weight and a wide range of properties similar to materials currently used in connectors, computer cooling fans, food service utensils, power tool housings, consumer products and automotive exteriors.
For additional information on Innovative Plastics’ sustainability portfolio, please go to www.sabic-ip.com. For technical product inquiries, please contact us at
www.sabic-ip.com/prtechinquiry.
About SABIC Innovative Plastics
SABIC Innovative Plastics is a leading, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics with an 80-year history of breakthrough solutions that solve its customers’ most pressing challenges. Today, SABIC Innovative Plastics is a multi-billion-dollar company with operations in more than 35 countries and approximately 9,000 employees worldwide. The company continues to lead the plastics industry with customer collaboration and continued investments in new polymer technologies, global application development, process technologies, and environmentally responsible solutions that serve diverse markets such as automotive, electronics, building & construction, transportation, and healthcare. The company’s extensive product portfolio includes thermoplastic resins, coatings, specialty compounds, film, and sheet. SABIC Innovative Plastics (www.sabic-ip.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).
About Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) ranks among the world’s top petrochemical companies, and is a global market leader in the production of polyethylene, polypropylene, advanced thermoplastics, glycols, methanol and fertilizers. SABIC manufactures with a global footprint in Saudi Arabia, the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. The company operates in more than 40 countries across the world with 33,000 employees worldwide. It has significant research resources with 18 dedicated Technology & Innovation facilities in Saudi Arabia, the USA, the Netherlands, Spain, India and China. SABIC recorded a net income of SR 21.59 billion(US$ 5.73 billion) in 2010, and sales revenues totaled SR 152 billion (US$ 40.5 billion).
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