MOSCOW (MRC) -- Saudi Arabia’s National Petrochemical Industrial Co. (NATPET), has developed several polypropylene (PP) resins, including two new grades, which it is going to present at the K 2016 trade fair in Dusseldorf, Germany, during the Oct. 19-26 show, said the company in its press release.
Haitian is molding cosmetic caps using NATPET’s new Teldene R25MLT-MG random copolymer resin. Another machine builder also successfully ran this same grade at Chinaplas 2016 this past spring in Shanghai to produce syringes and needle caps. Additionally, a converter processed R40MLT-MG, another random copolymer grade, at its site and has proven the grade suitable for syringe and sample packaging articles. Both R25MLT-MG and R40MLT-MG grades have been designed specifically for healthcare applications, and are in compliance with ISO 10993 standard (Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices). NATPET packs this peroxide-free grade in a dust-free environment and stores it in temperature-controlled conditions. The use of Milliken’s’ Millad NX 8000 clarifier in this resin grade helps to yield highly transparent, well-shaped finished products.
NATPET plans to showcase its previously introduced Teldene R40MLT grade at the K show in the form of a finished product - storage containers in different colors. R40MLT, which also contains Millad NX- 8000, is especially suited for highly transparent housewares and household appliances and offers better fluidity for the thin-wall injection molding process. It offers excellent aesthetics, dimensional stability and isotropic shrinkage control for finished products. In addition to injection molding, R40MLT is also suitable for injection stretch blow molding.
As MRC informed previously, in December 2015, NATPET presented an enhanced PP impact copolymer grade, Teldene B20ML for injection molding applications. B20ML is upgraded by replacing NaBz with Milliken's nucleating agent Hyperform HPN-20E, which offers better shrinkage control and improved stiffness without affecting impact performance.
National Petrochemical Industrial Co. (NATPET) is a Joint Saudi Joint Stock Company, established in 1999 and producer of 400,000 MT/year propylene/polypropylene located at Yanbu Industrial City (Madinat Yanbu Alsenae’a), on the west coast of Saudi Arabia. Alujain, Xenel and GOSI are the major stockholders.
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