This book by JGA Corp. is a virtual catalog of ideas for inspired retail design. It features work that is international in scope in innovative in content. These 1,000 touchpoints of brand identity include ...
Basell is launching a new metallocene-based Metocene polypropylene (PP) copolymer, Clyrell EM248U, and will target this material to processors of clear, thin-wall, injection-molded (TWIM) food applications in the United States. (The grade was introduced in Europe last year under the developmental name of Clyrell EM1791.)
"Previously, processors have relied upon the need to add plastomers to conventional PP random copolymers in order to achieve the desired impact and clarity for TWIM applications," says Amit Gupta, customer project manager for Basell's Metocene global business unit. Although these blends were capable of meeting performance requirements, the use of the plastomer increased costs and added an extra production step. On top of that, inconsistencies in impact strength from batch to batch increased the chances of having part breakages."
Gupta added: "By using Clyrell EM248U, a lot of the guess work is eliminated from injection molded thin-wall applications because this grade delivers the clarity and stiffness of a random copolymer combined with the impact performance of a heterophasic copolymer—without the need for an additional plastomer."
The grade is produced using an exceptionally clean technology with low levels of volatiles and oligomers. It is a reactor-grade product which does not require vis-breaking or peroxides, and can be used in customer food applications which require low organoleptic properties. It also can be used in in-mold labeling (IML) and off-set printing applications that require consistent impact performance.
Did you enjoy this article? Click here to subscribe to the magazine.