Enhancing performance with sustainable polymers Like many industries around the world, automotive producers are increasingly expected to step up their efforts in the fight against climate change. As customers become better informed, they are putting more pressure on manufacturers to not only become more sustainable and reduce emissions, but do so while also creating higher-quality products. At Polyscope Polymers, a member of RAI Automotive, this challenge dovetails perfectly with our mission to generate environmental and societal value for all stakeholders. We do this by providing innovative solutions in the chemicals and technical plastics industries.
Most of our solutions aim to meet the world’s needs in five global trends: sustainability, digitalization, mobility, energy and economics and demographics. We are the global leader in styrene maleic anhydride (SMA) solutions – a functional, high glass-transition, amorphous polymer that enables innovations in every single one of these areas. Our specialty polymers range feature a variety of products from our extended portfolio. These products are incredibly versatile and are low in residual volatiles. One of the most promising uses of our polymers is as a high-quality performance enhancer for thermoplastics. Thermoplastic materials are in high demand because of their versatility, and manufacturers in a wide range of industries are using our polymers to improve these materials. For example, our SMA solutions enable sunroof guiderails to be made from thermoplastic composites. This offers much greater dimensional stability, as well as making them lighter, recyclable, easier and more flexible to install and adhere.
Why Polyscope Polymers? There are three key reasons that allow you to trust that when you use a Polyscope product, you are not only using the best components, but you are also helping the industry become more sustainable.
ring process efficiency, but it has also set new performance standards. As a result, thermoplastic guardrails are now preferred over aluminum across the industry. This innovation earned us the SPE Automotive Award for Parts & Components last year and a GIA Award this year.
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Our compounds are developed with the guarantee that tools will not have to be modified, from the engineering design to production. We achieve this using modified ABS, modified polypropylene and modified polyamide.
Polyscope is a founding member of the circular automotive platform CLAUT. Through this platform, we are working to facilitate the transition to the circular economy in which the reuse of raw materials is maximized and value destruction is minimized. Our ambition is to collaborate with all our partners in the supply chain to make the world a better place by accelerating the reuse, remanufacturing and recycling processes in the industry.
Our sunroof guiderails are again an example of this: not only has our thermoplastic composite (GR-SMA/ABS) opened up new horizons for manufactu-
The FAST guarantee Polyscope is also a member of the FAST Automotive Group – an alliance of automotive supply specialists throughout Europe. Many of these suppliers offer complex products with high-quality specifications, lightweight solutions and safety-related products in a range of materials, including from-metal-to-plastic developments, hybrid products and composites. Working together with leaders in related fields, we can consistently deliver demonstrably improved products in a faster, more efficient way.
For more information about Polyscope Polymers, please visit our website WWW.POLYSCOPE.EU.
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