4 Jul 2003
Multibase, a Dow Corning Company Announces Nylex™ for Exterior Automotive Application
CHICAGO, IL (June 22, 2003)—Multibase, a Dow Corning Company announces that Nylex™ 2185 HF UV has replaced talc-filled TPO for a cowl screen for an automotive OEM. Nylex 2185 HF UV is an alloy based on PP/PA chemistry offering greater strength with easier processability at a competitive cost than the alternative TPO used for this application. Additional benefits of this product are excellent resistance to abrasion, easy colorability, and UV resistance. Nylex grades feature melt flows from 0.6 to 11.0 grams per 10 minutes (cond. “L”.) They provide 1500-6500 psi tensile strength, unfilled and flexural modulus of up to 300,000 psi.
Nylex™ 2185 HF UV belongs to the Thermoplastic/Polypropylene/Polyamide family of products that Multibase offers. The product range is ideal of co-injection and co-extrusion with Multi-Flex™ TPE’s since they exhibit excellent adhesion to this plastic.
Processing Nylex™ 2185 HF UV presents excellent cost ratio providing significant wider processing window than TPO, ASA, and AES. Because the product family offers flexibility in part and tool design, molds can be designed with fewer gates and weld lines. Cost effectiveness is achieved by eliminating potential weak points as well as the combination of flexible/rigid materials in a single process enabling increased precision vs. mechanical or adhesive assembly.
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Notes for editors
Multibase (www.multibase.com), a Dow Corning Company, is a leading global supplier of differentiated thermoplastic/elastomeric materials and solutions. Multibase’s headquarters is located in France with manufacturing facilities in the US, France, and India, and commercial offices around the world.
Dow Corning (www.dowcorning.com), which develops, manufactures, and markets diverse silicon-based products, currently offers more than 7,000 products and services to customers around the world. Dow Corning is a global leader in silicon-based materials. Its shares are equally owned by Dow Chemical Company and Corning Incorporated. More than half of Dow Corning’s sales are outside the United States.
Nylex® is a tradename of Multibase, a Dow Corning company.