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comparable strength,” says Martin Klocke, responsible for Technical Marketing and Business Development for Tepex automotive applications in the company’s High Performance Materials (HPM) business unit. This month, Celanese a nnounced an expansion of its


Above: The e-fl oater electric scooter will use Ultracom composite technologies from BASF


the e-fl oater combines stability, durability and safety with an exciting, functional design. Various grades of glass fi bre reinforced Ultramid


polyamide will be used for most of the e-fl oater’s structure. The reinforcement for front body and deck will be made with the new Ultracom composite materials to ensure stability. BASF says the most critical requirement of the


e-floater is the need to withstand high loadings without cracking. “The reinforced front body therefore requires a material solution with high stiffness as well as strength and fatigue under high frequent loading at daily usage,” it says. Its Ultracom continuous fi bre- reinforced composite solution combines a semi-finished laminate product, Ultralaminate, with Ultramid COM, a specially adapted polyamide for over-moulding. Meanwhile, Lanxess has expanded its Tepex Dynalite


continuous-reinforced composite sheets to include multi-axially reinforced types (previously reinforcement layers could only be applied with fi bres oriented in or across the direction of production. “This means lami- nates can be built up with multi-axial reinforcement to precisely meet the specifi c load requirements of the component, fully exploiting the potential of fi bre direction results in thinner - and therefore lighter - designs at


engineered materials product portfolio with the addition of polyamides 6 and 66 that will use what it calls “differentiated technology” developed in-house. Some grades will be available immediately and some will be available beginning in the third quarter of 2016. The company says it intends to develop offerings to expand applications and support customers in a wide variety of industries. The new introductions will use a number of different Celanese technologies, including its melt- impregnation knowhow that will expand its Celstran LFT portfolio for structural applications. Celanese exited PA production in 2003 when it sold


the global PA66 of its then subsidiary Ticona to BASF. At the time it said it did not have the critical mass in that business to achieve its strategic objectives. The company has not confi rmed where it will source the PA for this new engineered materials expansion but has confi rmed that its recently announced PEEK grades are to be produced from commercially-available base resins.


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