Press release
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Ultem* Foam Offers Lower Weight and Unmatched FST Performance to Aircraft Interiors
Aircraft Overhead Bins Can be Made with SABIC Innovative Plastics’ New Ultem* Foam
“As a longstanding supplier to the aircraft industry, SABIC Innovative Plastics continues to invest in helping customers succeed by developing new and innovative solutions for improved weight-out and FST performance,” said Randall Myers, program manager for High Performance Foam, SABIC Innovative Plastics. “Ultem foam is an exceptionally lightweight material with a host of other desirable properties, engineered with our customers’ requirements in mind. We expect it to make a significant contribution to overall fuel efficiency and to play an increasingly important role in the design of aircraft interiors.”
A Better Core Material Choice, Available in a Range of Densities
Ultem foam is based on Ultem polyetherimide (PEI) resin and has a density of 10 to 30 times less than the traditional resin. It exhibits the outstanding FST performance of Ultem resin with the light weight needed for aircraft composite skin/core/skin structures. The product line is being introduced in three densities: Ultem XP060 foam is 60 kg/m3 (3.8 lb/ft3); Ultem XP080 foam is 80 kg/m3 (5lb/ft3); and Ultem XP110 foam is 110 kg/m3 (6.9 lb/ft3).
All three grades will be manufactured as foam boards by SABIC Innovative Plastics for global customers. The boards are suitable for a number of composite manufacturing processes including machining, vacuum bagging, compression molding, and thermoforming. Ultem foam is compatible with metals and thermoset laminate materials, potentially eliminating adhesives and other secondary operations that are common to the aircraft industry.
The new Ultem foam meets Ohio State University (OSU) performance levels below 50/50, as well as offering excellent acoustic, dielectric and thermal properties. It has demonstrated noise reduction coefficients of greater than 0.3 and it also features low moisture absorption, which may eliminate edge filling in some interior applications. This eliminates secondary operations and further reduces weight, which is an important benefit in the aerospace industry where every kilogram of weight savings can add up to thousands of dollars in fuel savings.
For additional information on SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Ultem foam, please go to
www.sabic-ip.com.
About SABIC Innovative Plastics
SABIC Innovative Plastics is a leading, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics with a 75-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 25 countries and over 10,500 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), one of the world’s top five petrochemicals manufacturers.
# # #
* Trademarks of SABIC Innovative Plastics IP BV.
Media Note: The proper name of the company is SABIC Innovative Plastics, and excludes any abbreviations or variations when referring to the company. As an acronym, SABIC should be all caps whenever it appears in print.
SABIC Innovative Plastics Media Contacts
Global
Anne Clement
SABIC Innovative Plastics,
Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 164 29 3148
E-Mail: anne.clement@sabic-ip.com
The Americas
Christine Hartter
SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass.
Tel: +1 413 822 5916
E-Mail: christine.hartter@sabic-ip.com
Europe
Helen Vandebovenkamp
SABIC Innovative Plastics, Bergen op Zoom,
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 164 292 097
E-Mail: helen.vandebovenkamp@sabic-ip.com
Asia
Cecilia Siu
SABIC Innovative Plastics, Shanghai, China
Tel: +86 213 222 4500 Ext. 216
E-Mail: cecilia.siu@sabic-ip.com
Agency Media Contacts
The Americas
Jim Allison
AH&M Marketing Communications,
Pittsfield, Mass.
Tel: +1 413 448 2260, Ext. 25
E-Mail: jallison@ahminc.com
Brazil
Gabriela Bruschi
Edelman Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tel: 55 11 3017 5300, x221
E-Mail: gabriela.bruschi@edelman.com
Europe
Tessa Vroegop
Marketing Solutions, Bergen op Zoom,
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 164 317 013
E-Mail: tvroegop@marketingsolutions.be
Japan
Mitsu Sugino
Tokyo PR Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81 332 732 731
E-Mail: sugino@tokyopr.co.jp
China
Shona Liu
Edelman, Shanghai, China
Tel: +86 21 6289 2929 x470
E-Mail: shona.liu@edelman.com
This release was published on openPR.
Permanent link to this press release:
Copy
Please set a link in the press area of your homepage to this press release on openPR. openPR disclaims liability for any content contained in this release.
You can edit or delete your press release SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Ultem* Foam Offers Lower Weight and Unmatched FST Performance to Aircraft Interiors here
News-ID: 56211 • Views: …
More Releases from SABIC Innovative Plastics
SABIC Launches Portfolio of Antimicrobial Compounds at MD&M West to Help Custome …
According to a 2011 report by the World Health Organization, in 2002 in the United States alone approximately 99,000 deaths were linked to healthcare associated infections (HCAIs).1 Here at MD&M West (booth #1701), SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today introduced powerful new tools to help medical device manufacturers reduce HCAIs among patients and clinicians. SABIC’s nine new antimicrobial compounds featuring silver technology have been tested for log reduction values – the…
SABIC’s 3D-Formed LEXAN™ Sheet Increases Visibility, Safety, Comfort and Per …
Operators of logging equipment require exceptional visibility and protection against debris or large objects that may enter their cabin and cause serious injury in forest environments, such as tree limbs and other machinery parts. So when Rottne Industry AB needed a high-performance glazing material for the windshields and windows of its harvesters and forwarders, it turned to
SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business for support. Working with SABIC and its distributer, Vink…
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Selects SABIC NORYL GTX™ Resin for 2013 Outlande …
SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today announced that Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has chosen SABIC’s next-generation NORYL GTX™ 989 resin for the front fenders of its 2013 Outlander Sport crossover. The vehicle’s fenders are the first to be produced using 2-cavity injection molding with NORYL GTX resin, allowing MMC to cut cycle times in half and reduce tooling costs. Other major benefits of the SABIC material include weight savings vs. steel…
SABIC Makes a Splash at Fakuma with New NORYL™ Resin, Meeting Tightening Globa …
Here at the Fakuma trade fair, booth #B5-5506, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today announced a new NORYL™ resin that not only complies with current European and global sustainability regulations governing materials used in potable water systems, but also with new, tougher regulations slated to go into effect in 2016. Developed at SABIC’s Fluid Engineering Center of Excellence in the Netherlands, NORYL FE1630PW resin is a 30-percent glass-reinforced polyphenylene ether (PPE)…
More Releases for Ultem
SABIC’s new Ultem™ film UTF120 offers solutions for professional-grade diele …
Capacitors are ubiquitous in electrical products, and have many uses in electronic applications and electrical systems. To address the growing need for lightweight, compact, high energy density capacitors able to store large amounts of electrical energy for long periods of time without significant current leakage and loss of charge even at high temperatures, SABIC is launching a new polyetherimide (PEI) film - ULTEM™ film UTF120.
ULTEM™ film UTF120 is a high…
SABIC’s Tough, Lightweight Ultem* Resin Solution Replaces Metal in Intermestic …
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – March 21, 2012 – SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business’ world-class expertise and technology were further evidenced today with the company’s announcement that Intermestic Inc., a specialty retailer of eyewear and accessories, has chosen tough, lightweight Ultem* polyetherimide (PEI) resin for the frames of its new line of Zoff SMART eyeglasses. The tailored, aerospace-grade Ultem resin material solution helps meet Japanese consumer demands for fresh, new…
SABIC Innovative Plastics Wins Aviation Week Suppliers’ Innovation Challenge A …
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – January 12, 2011 – SABIC Innovative Plastics has won an award in Aviation Week’s first annual Suppliers’ Innovation Challenge competition, recognizing new and recent technology developments by tiered suppliers in the aerospace and defense industry. The company’s lightweight, rigid Ultem* polyetherimide (PEI) foam, used as the structural core in multi-layer systems for aviation interior components, won the Composites category. According to Aviation Week, winners…
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Ultem* Resin Composite Gives Crane Stellar Performa …
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – September 21, 2010 — At the Aircraft Interiors Expo Americas, Sept. 14-16, 2010, SABIC Innovative Plastics have launched a new breakthrough technology for semi-structural aircraft interior parts featuring its high-flying Ultem* polyetherimide (PEI) resin. New Ultem composite aerospace board (CAB) sheets, co-developed and manufactured with Crane & Co., the global leader in specialty paper, provide a superior alternative to thermoset aramid fiber-reinforced honeycomb composites.…
ABIC Innovative Plastics' Ultem for New Composite Aerospace Board
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – September 21, 2010 — At the Aircraft Interiors Expo Americas, Sept. 14-16, 2010, SABIC Innovative Plastics have launched a new breakthrough technology for semi-structural aircraft interior parts featuring its high-flying Ultem* polyetherimide (PEI) resin. New Ultem composite aerospace board (CAB) sheets, co-developed and manufactured with Crane & Co., the global leader in specialty paper, provide a superior alternative to thermoset aramid fiber-reinforced honeycomb composites.…
Vitality Foodservice Slashes System Costs with SABIC Innovative Plastics’ High …
BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands – November 11, 2009 – SABIC Innovative Plastics’ high-temperature Ultem* 1000 resin has been chosen by Vitality Foodservice, a leading provider of beverage solutions, to create a new low-dose bump pump for its latest coffee dispensing system. The high processing temperature, stiffness and dimensional stability of Ultem resin, combined with a new, highly efficient two-shot injection molding process helped Vitality achieve part consolidation, reduce cycle…
