A. Schulman Plastics N.V. - Engineering Plastic Compounds

 

POLYOLEFINS
Polyfort® - Polypropylene and Polyethylene Compounds.

Provide the part designer and manufacturer exceptional structural and environmental capabilities. They are resistant to high temperatures, cold impact, high bending and tensile loads. Parts are durable under severe conditions. Polyforts are easy to process and are available in natural or a wide spectrum of matched colors.

 

Polytrope - TPO (Thermoplastic Olefins)
Elastomers with excellent weatherability and a wide range of flexibility. These compounds resist impact in extremely cold temperatures, are pigmentable as well as paintable and can be custom matched to meet any color specification. They lend themselves well to automotive applications and are available for injection molding, extrusion and blow molding.

Polyaxis® - Rotational Molding Compounds.

SchuLink® - Cross-linkable Rotational Molding Compounds.

PVC
Polyvin® - Flexible Thermoplastic PVC Compounds. These unique compounds are available in several injection molding grades and are custom formulated to meet the specifications of challenging applications. Properties include excellent weatherability and good economics with increased productivity through consistent viscosity control.

Sunfrost® - Low-gloss PVC Thermoplastic Elastomers.
These specialty injection molding compounds yield a flexible, soft-touch product with dry tactile handhold, controlled low-gloss and matte finish. They are available in custom and automotive color matches. Typical applications include interior automotive office furniture and consumer products. Blow molding grades are also available.

Sunprene® - PVC-based Thermoplastic Elastomers.
The Sunprene family is used successfully as high-performance, economic replacements for rubber and other thermoplastic elastomers in automotive, building and construction, wire and cable, and heavy industrial applications. Benefits include: excellent weatherability, consistency, ease of processing, reduced friction grades, and numerous automotive approvals. Processing applications include extrusion and calendering, with specialty grades available for blow molding and injection molding.

Vinika® - High-quality PVC Compounds.
Vinika extrusion compounds have become internationally recognized for their high-quality, near-perfect cosmetic appearance. They are favored for their consistency, ease of processing and outstanding weatherability. Vinika is frequently specified for automotive, furniture and architectural applications. Specialty high-gloss and injection molding grades are available.

ENGINEERED MATERIALS

Formion® - Ionomer Compounds.
Formulated ionomers offer excellent toughness, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance and outstanding weatherability. Certain grades can be vacuum metallized without a primer. These compounds offer polyolefin processability and ease of coloring and are formulated to meet exacting specifications in a wide array of applications and processes.

Polyflam® - Flame-retardant Thermoplastic Compounds and Concentrates.
Polyflam products are UL-approved and can be custom designed to your specifications. Polyflam is particularly useful in the electronics, appliance, automotive and construction industries.

Polypur® - Reinforced and Alloyed Thermoplastic Polyurethanes.
These award-winning compounds are directly paintable and offer low expansion and contraction properties. They lend themselves well to the automotive industry. They exhibit high flow, which facilitates molding into large, complex parts that maintain their original strength in extreme temperatures. Polypur compounds are impact resistant, abrasion resistant and have high tensile strength.

Schulamid® - Filled and Unfilled Nylon Compounds.
Available in reinforced and unreinforced grades, these compounds can be impact modified and heat or light stabilized. They have a low specific weight, high melting point, and excellent impact strength with chemical and abrasion resistance. These compounds are widely used in automotive, electrical, construction and recreational applications.

Superohm® - EPR Cable Insulation Compounds.
EPR electrical insulation compounds for low-, medium- and high-voltage cables. Unique manufacturing processes are used to produce Superohm products.

COMALLOY INTERNATIONAL - Application Engineered Thermoplastics.

Aqualoy® - Hydrolytically Stable Materials. For fluid-borne and hot-water applications.

Comshield® - EMI/RFI Anti-static Materials. With electrical conductivity properties.

Comtuf® - Impact-resistant Materials. These compounds provide chemical resistance as well as excellent surface appearance and secondary finishing ease.

Escalloy® - Environmental-, Stress- and Crack-resistant Materials. These compounds promote superior resistance in harsh chemical and solvent environments.

Foamspan® - Thermoplastic Foams. These compounds are lightweight, flexible, and have high strength.

Hiloy® - High-strength Materials. Combined with low specific gravities, these materials yield superior strength-to-weight ratio.

Lubrilon® - Lubricated Materials. Lightweight materials that are corrosion resistant.

Tempalloy® - High-temperature Materials. These materials also yield chemical resistance and a wide processing window.

Thermex® - Heat-dissipation Materials. Thermex eliminates heat-related application failures.