Sabic Innovative Plastics

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — April 6, 2010 — Lee Spring, a leading global manufacturer of mechanical springs since 1918, has leaped past its competition with a totally new technology – LeeP™ plastic composite springs molded from SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Ultem* resin. Among the first springs ever made with high-performance, engineered plastic, LeeP compression springs provide critical advantages over traditional metal alloy springs, enabling this valued SABIC Innovative Plastics customer to expand its business for greater potential success. SABIC Innovative Plastics provided a range of specialized services for this project, including predictive analysis, material characterization and mold optimization, clearly illustrating how the company helps its customers succeed through its 75-years of materials technologies expertise and innovation. View more and related images

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — March 31, 2010 — SABIC Innovative Plastics’ mission to help customers drive down system costs while achieving exceptional performance with high-end thermoplastics has led to another industry game-changer – Lexan* XHT clear, high-temperature polycarbonate (PC) copolymers. This innovative family of advanced PC resins features new polymer chemistry with an optimal balance of high heat resistance and high flow, enabling it to offer greatly expanded design options for molding thin-wall parts such as medical devices and electrical fuses. Lexan XHT copolymers also offer excellent clarity and colorability, making them top choices for applications like consumer and industrial lighting and heat shields. They are part of SABIC Innovative Plastics’ growing Lexan copolymers portfolio built on the technology foundation laid by Lexan PC resin’s 50-year track record. View more and related images

MEXICO CITY — March 23, 2010 — At Plastimagen Mexico 2010, SABIC Innovative Plastics is showcasing high-performance materials that can help accelerate growth in Mexico’s major manufacturing sectors and also provide a competitive advantage to smaller, local customers. At booth #4500, the company is exhibiting a broad range of highly advanced materials targeting Mexico’s vibrant automotive, aerospace and electronics industries, as well as solutions to replace traditional materials in re-emerging sectors such as furniture and lighting. SABIC Innovative Plastics offers Mexico an unmatched value proposition: a diverse product portfolio, local manufacturing in Tampico (Cycolac*, Cycoloy* and Geloy* resins) and San Luis Potosi (Valox* resins and LNP* specialty compounds), as well as distribution centres in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Laredo, Texas and a dedicated, in-country team of experts providing support to customers across the country. View more and related images

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — March 18, 2010 — SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Ultem* polyetherimide (PEI) resin offers the highest performance across a balance of properties of virtually any thermoplastic in the global plastics industry. Time and time again the material proves to be the ideal recipe for top-end food service and food processing applications. This advanced PEI technology consistently gives manufacturers superior performance vs. competitive materials and easily meets global regulatory agency requirements for food contact, as well as UL 94 flammability ratings. As SABIC Innovative Plastics continues to deliver Ultem resin grades with enhanced performance characteristics – such as transparency, colorability and extreme high-heat performance – food service and food processing OEMs can rely on Ultem resin is a top choice for their specific new product requirements. View more and related images

MANNHEIM, Germany — March 17, 2010 — SABIC Innovative Plastics today announced here at the VDI conference the opening of its new Exatec Research & Development (R&D) Center in Bangalore, India. The new center is dedicated to the development of scratch- and abrasion-resistant technologies for high-performance automotive glazing applications. Simultaneously, the company launched its newest scratch and abrasion evaluation capabilities to be housed at the state-of-the-art center. These technologies include new methods and processes to differentiate, measure, test and prevent surface damage to polycarbonate (PC) glazing. Applications showing various Exatec coatings that address the industry’s scratch and abrasion challenges are on display in booth #74. View more and related images

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — March 3, 2010 — SABIC Innovative Plastics will exhibit at Plastimagen Mexico 2010 in Mexico City, March 23-26 where the company will showcase in booth #4500 the advanced thermoplastics technologies and dedicated on-the ground support it is delivering to its customers in this important growth region. The company will feature a broad range of high-performance and sustainable products for the Mexican market for industries ranging from automotive, appliances, and building and construction to aerospace, electrical, transportation, and emerging sectors. SABIC Innovative Plastics will also formally introduce Juan Signoret, regional general manager, Mexico, based in Mexico City, who leads the company’s team serving customers in Mexico. View more and related images

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — March 2, 2010 —Rugby and football enthusiasts at Dublin’s new Aviva Stadium may find their attention focused on the structure instead of the score. The stadium’s transparent, curvilinear walls are constructed from SABIC Innovative Plastics’ tough and virtually unbreakable Lexan* Exell D polycarbonate (PC) sheet, which adds incredible elegance, high performance and environmental benefits. Recognizing the strategic contribution of Lexan sheet technology to the stadium, the European Polycarbonate Sheet Extruders (EPSE) honored SABIC Innovative Plastics with its 2009 Best Project and Innovation Award. This is the second EPSE award for SABIC Innovative Plastics. In 2008, the company won the Best Innovation category for the Metro Station Carmes in Toulouse, France – whose roof is also made from Lexan Exell D sheet. SABIC Innovative Plastics continues to invest in new materials like Lexan Exell D sheet to help building and construction customers achieve success. View more and related images

ANAHEIM, Calif.— Feb. 9, 2010 —Patients and medical device OEMs can now breathe easier thanks to SABIC Innovative Plastics’ new breakthrough anti-static compounds for inhalation devices. Here at MD&M West in booth #1783, the company today launched three major additions to its family of high-performance LNP* Stat-Loy* specialty compounds. The new transparent materials provide permanent anti-static properties, eliminating the need for expensive secondary operations, and help ensure repeatability of dosing and potentially lower drug costs through more-efficient aerosol and powder dispensing. The new LNP Stat-Loy specialty compound grades are also pre-assessed for biocompatibility according to ISO 10993 to help manufacturers expedite compliance and time to market. SABIC Innovative Plastics’ ongoing investment in these and other leading-edge healthcare technologies illustrate the company’s commitment to its customers by actively addressing mounting medical industry demand for improved patient safety and lower manufacturing costs. View more and related images

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jan. 13, 2010 — SABIC Innovative Plastics today announced it will exhibit at MD&M West in Anaheim, Calif., Feb. 9 - 11, at booth 1783, showcasing medical devices that have capitalized on the company’s proactive healthcare product policy which includes more than 50 medical-grade materials. Among other benefits, the policy provides pre-assessment of biocompatibility for SABIC Innovative Plastics’ materials to improve regulatory compliance. The impressive product portfolio continues to expand to give healthcare OEMs and designers greater choices. For example, at MD&M West the company will introduce three new bio-assessed, clear, inherently antistatic LNP* Stat-Loy* specialty compounds that will improve the efficiency of pharmaceutical inhalation devices. SABIC Innovative Plastics offers the medical device industry the broadest product portfolio, the highest standards of quality and unmatched innovation. View more and related images