automotive | Update Techniplas buys Weidmann
US-based automotive plastics group Techniplas has acquired the Plastics Technology Automotive & Industrial division of Weidmann Interna- tional, including its headquar- ters and technical centre at Rapperswill in Switzerland and production sites in Germany, Brazil, China and the US. Weidmann Plastics
EV firm selects Makrolon
North American electric vehicle charging network provider ChargePoint is using fire retardant polycarbonate resins from Bayer MaterialScience to mould the top cap, plug holsters and front panels for its CT4201 bollard charging stations. ChargePoint selected a
Makrolon 6487 grade of PC for the charger unit cap and holsters, which was chosen for its UL94 V-0 at 1.5mm and 5VA at 3.0mm flame ratings. The clear 6557 grade used for the front panels offers a UL94 V-0 at 3.0mm rating. Both PC grades provide good impact resistance.
“Many of our 15,000 plus
charging locations are outside and in unattended public locations,” says Dimitrios Papadogonas, ChargePoint vice president of marketing. ❙
www.materialscience.bayer.com
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Technology Automotive & Industrial division is a leading producer of technical plastic parts and assemblies, including air/water separation components, lighting, and
under-hood functional components, as well as interior and exterior decorative parts. The cost of the deal has not been disclosed. However, Techniplas says the addition of the Weidmann business will take its annual sales from $234m to near $500m. It will also give the group a global footprint and extended technical capabilities. “We are very pleased to add
Weidmann Plastics Technology A & I division to the Techniplas group,” says George Votis, chairman and founder of
Techniplas. “ With an extensive global presence and a highly qualified management team, we believe the combination of existing Techniplas companies with Weidmann A & I creates a powerful new business entity.” The acquired business will
continue to operate as an independent company under the Weidmann name and will retain its Rapperswil head- quarters. However, it will coordinate activities in the future with existing Techniplas companies. ❙
www.techniplasgroup.com
Performance PA fuels up Ferrari
Italian automotive components supplier Dytech Dynamic Fluid Technologies has selected a flame retardant, bio-based PA4,10 from DSM for produc- tion of fuel vapour separators used by premium car makers Ferrari and Maserati. Fuel vapour separators
ensure liquid fuel cannot find its way from the fuel tank to the fuel vapour canister, where it would damage functionality. While the fuel lines in most cars are protected with a flame retardant sheath, the separa- tors have typically been moulded in non-flame retarded polymers.
Dytech, part of Japan’s
Tokai Rubber Industries, selected the 70% renewable EcoPAXX Q-KGS6 grade to meet demands for improved fire safety. The halogen-free flame retarded grade offers UL94 V-0 flammability at 0.7mm while offering the fuel
barrier required to satisfy automotive SHED tests (with standard E10 and E85 fuels). “We have been very
impressed by the perfor- mance,” says Mario Zasa, Research & Development at Dytech. ❙
www.dsmep.com
Valeo opts for Technyl eXten grade
Valeo has selected a specially- developed Technyl eXten PA from Solvay Engineering Plastics’ to manufacture radiator end-tanks for a new Renault-Nissan project.
INJECTION WORLD | June 2014 The Technyl eXten D 218CR
V33 grade, which as 33% glass reinforcement, has been developed for demanding auto- motive cooling system components,. The new grade
provides high resistance to hydrolysis and the more aggressive calcium chloride road salts used in countries such as Russia. ❙
www.solvay.com
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