Degussa To Present Comprehensive Range Of Products for Plastics Production, Processing At K 2007
K 2007 is the world's largest trade show for plastics and rubber. More than 2,900 exhibitors from 57 countries worldwide will be presenting their latest developments at this leading trade show in Dusseldorf between October 24 and 31, 2007. Among them is Degussa, which will be represented with innovative plastics as well as products for plastics production.
"Specialty plastics is one of Degussa's growth drivers" says Dr. Manfred Spindler, a member of the Management Board of Degussa GmbH. In fiscal 2006, the company generated sales of around 1.7 billion euros from specialty plastics. In this forward-looking market, customer orientation plays a pivotal role. Degussa focuses on providing customer-specific solutions: Direct dialog with customers is as important as novel products and solutions in applications technology. "For this reason, we develop a large proportion of our specialized products in close collaboration with our customers," says Spindler.
Degussa's activities focus essentially on two different target groups: processors and manufacturers of plastics. These target groups operate in different market structures; their needs are fundamentally different, and they have little in common. At its 600 sq m stand, therefore, Degussa has organized its entire plastics business according to customer and market requirements, with a division into two sections: plastics and for plastics.
plastics is itself divided along the lines of the six largest customer markets: Design, Optics, Communication, Construction, Lifestyle, and Mobility. Degussa's specialty polymers cover a wide range of applications: in buildings and in industrial applications, as constructive elements in aerospace engineering and the automotive industry, in the electrical engineering industry and medical technology, and in sporting goods and the lifestyle industry. At the trade show, Degussa will be presenting in the plastics section a series of innovative solutions for plastics processors. These include
- the new polyamide 12 molding compound VESTAMID® LX9020 for supply lines in the oil extraction industry,
- EUROPLEX® PPSU, the virtually indestructible high-performance polymer for fire helmet visors,
- a system solution from PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds and an acrylate-based reactive system for production of molded parts with a scratch-resistant coating, and
- PLEXIGLAS® with heat insulating properties for reducing energy consumption in greenhouses and private buildings.
In industrial applications, Degussa's processing aids facilitate or improve polymer or monomer production. They include catalysts for polymerization, initiators as radical starters in polymerization, and additives for improvement of the properties of polymers and optimization of the manufacturing process for plastics. The innovations that Degussa will present at K 2007 include
- NEROX®, a comprehensive range of new pigment blacks for liquid components of soft PVC, PUR, and UP resins,
- TEGOMER® H-Si 6440 P, organomodified siloxanes to improve the scratch resistance of PP-talc mixtures,
- DEGALAN® 40 F, a new PVC processing aid for foam applications, and
- DEGALAN® 75 F, processing aid with external lubricating effect for PVC sheet and film applications.
Degussa is continually pursuing innovations for the plastics market, notably in its project houses, each of three years' duration. The Functional Polymers@Surfaces and Interfaces Project House has now been successfully wound up. Building on its findings, the new Functional Films & Surfaces Project House will develop further expertise in the area of production and modification of functional films. The research will focus on value-adding functionalities for mono- or multi-layered films. Working on the improvement of scratch resistance, electrical conductivity, dynamic optical effects, and special barrier properties, the Project House is strongly oriented toward the requirements of the end customer market.
SOURCE: Degussa GmbH