Lighter – Stronger – Sustainable | Heading For New Shores

Plastics have evolved considerably since the first natural plastics, celluloid, was developed over a one hundred years ago as a substitute for ivory in billiard balls. It is safe to say that the consumer revolution of the past thirty years is basically a plastics’ revolution. Without plastics, consumers could not afford or even get, many of the products that are on the market today. Lightweight, fuel efficiency, energy saving, recyclable, smart materials are only a few keywords that describe the innovative capacity of todays plastics material.  

Lighter

The subject of metal replacement already engages the plastics industry for many years; this is because the use of plastic instead of metal implies economical and ecological benefits. Plastics offer weight reduction, freedom of design, sustainability, and last but not least high stiffness and strength values.

The TEREZ® GT3 line complements high glass fi ber reinforced PA6 and PA66 types and is based on PA66 + PA6I/6T with partially aromatic parts. Because of the potential glass fiber content of up to 60%, very high stiff ness and strength are achieved that keep their outstanding level of strength even after absorbing humidity. Dimensional stability also is increased compared to conventional polyamides.

Stronger

For years, plastics have been dedicated to the fields of lightweight construction, sustainability, efficient manufacturing processes and miniaturization. Lower weights and higher functional densities lead to greater functionality for the user. The necessary precision imposes extraordinary requirements on the plastic that is to be used. Demanding requirements in terms of dimensional stability and fluidity must be met. At the same time, high-modulus materials offer an outstanding range of properties and guarantee innovative solutions. 

But is a single plastic able to address both, aesthetic and functional design requirements? Whether it is clothing, household, automotive engineering or even industrial applications – they all have one in common: they must correspond to current trends in design.

Plastics must be able to form finely structured surfaces just as well as high-gloss surfaces. For many plastics, all these requirements are in direct contradiction to one another. Structural components require high degrees of reinforcement that can adversely affect surface qualities. The new TEREZ® GT2 product line offers an excellent basis for meeting these requirements. TEREZ® GT2 is a partially aromatic polyamide that offers an outstanding set of properties for structural components with high surface requirements.

Sustainable

Plastic plays a major role in delivering and sustaining the quality, comfort and safety of modern life-styles. Its impressive ratio of cost to performance also means that people of all income groups can enjoy these benefits. But meeting the needs of society is not just about ''today''. Future generations also have the right to products that will benefit their everyday life. Meeting the needs of tomorrow is the foundation of the concept of ‘Sustainable Development’. Plastic products are already helping to improve people’s lives every day, whilst conserving natural resources and helping to protect the environment for tomorrow, in a world with a growing population, and ever-increasing demands for water, food, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security. Ter Plastics offers recycled ECO grades with near to prime compound performance also for high end applications. 

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