Arkema Inc. will introduce the technology behind its Plexiglas\u00ae Rnew bio-based acrylic resins at the upcoming BioPlastek 2012 Forum to be held March 28-30, 2012 in Arlington, VA.<\/b><\/p>\n
Plexiglas\u00ae Rnew bio-based resins exhibit properties that often exceed the performance of traditional PMMA engineering resins, including acrylic or biopolymer components alone. In particular, impact properties, chemical resistance, and processability are significantly enhanced.<\/p>\n
Currently, material performance is often sacrificed in the transition from petro-derived polymers to those with higher bio-based content. Blending bio-based and conventional polymers, for example, often fails to significantly enhance material performance, which limits opportunities especially in durable product applications.<\/p>\n
Plexiglas\u00ae Rnew blends, on the other hand, actually benefit from the incorporation of a biopolymer in a standard petro-derived resin formulation and offers exceptional performance for both transparent and opaque durable goods.<\/p>\n
Wide Variety of Applications<\/b><\/p>\n
The Plexiglas\u00ae Rnew bio-based acrylic resin formulations can be custom tailored for a wide variety of applications and are especially well suited for use in durable applications.<\/p>\n
Arkema will discuss the technology behind the bio-based acrylic resins on March 29, 2012 at the BioPlastek 2012 Forum as part of an educational session titled “Advances in \u2018New-to-the-World\u2019 Bioplastics for Durables.\u201d The high performance bio-based resin will also be featured at the Arkema display table in the Forum\u2019s exhibition area.<\/p>\n
Plexiglas\u00ae Rnew bio-based resins are manufactured by Altuglas International, an Arkema Group that has developed and marketed Plexiglas\u00ae acrylic resin and sheet for over 75 years. For more information on Plexiglas\u00ae Rnew bio-based acrylic resins, visit www.plexiglas.com\/rnew<\/a><\/p>\n About Arkema<\/b><\/p>\n A global chemical company and France\u2019s leading chemicals producer, Arkema About Altuglas International<\/b><\/p>\n Altuglas International, a business unit of Arkema, is a global leader in PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate), manufacturing approximately 25% of the world\u2019s PMMA. The company employs 1,300 professionals and operates nine production facilities in six countries. It markets its acrylic resins and sheet under the Plexiglas\u00ae brand in the Americas and Altuglas\u00ae in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Arkema Inc. will introduce the technology behind its Plexiglas® Rnew bio-based acrylic resins at the upcoming BioPlastek 2012 Forum to be held March 28-30, 2012<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[2241,102],"class_list":["post-15587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-altuglas-international","supplier-arkema"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15587"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=15587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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