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September 10, 2005
Rhodia Engineering Plastics
Polyamide Partners With Ticona
Seattle, WA, USA--(Jobwerx News)--Partnership allows Rhodia to become
the first European engineering plastics polyamide producer to offer PPS
staple fibres.
Rhodia Polyamide announces the launch of new Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS)
staple fibres based on Ticona’s Fortron® PPS polymer. This partnership
allows Rhodia Polyamide to become the first European producer to offer
PPS staple fibres.
Specially designed for applications needing high temperature stability,
broad chemical resistance, stiffness, strength and creep resistance at
elevated temperature, these new PPS staple fibres are initially available
between Dtex 2.2 and Dtex 7, however Rhodia is already developing the
product range to include finer and coarser counts.
Rhodia Polyamide is an upstream integrated company providing intermediates
for polyamide and other applications, polyamide polymers, as well as a
complete downstream range of added value products including engineering
plastics polyamide 6.6 and 6 based, industrial polyamide yarns, technical
and consumer polyamide fibres and textile yarns.
Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) is a high-temperature resin that offers an
excellent combination of thermal, mechanical and chemical resistance.
Fortron® PPS is a high-temperature linear PPS that offers excellent dimensional
stability, inherent flame resistance, outstanding chemical and solvent
resistance. PPS is insoluble in all known solvents below 200°C (540° F).
It also shows tremendous stability in both typical and alternative automotive
fuels. Standard injection mouldable grades with glass fibres and/or mineral
reinforcements are available, but many speciality grades are available
for improved lubricity, low warpage, faster cycling and other areas of
enhanced performance.
Certain grades of Fortron® PPS comply with ISO 10993 and USP Class VI,
and Drug (DMF 14844) and Device (MAF-1097) Master Files have been created
for them. These grades also meet European Directive 2002/72/EC for food
contact applications and BfR (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment,
formerly BgVV, the German Federal Institute for Consumer Health Protection
and Veterinary Medicine) standards.
Processing and quality control
Staple fibres are manufactured by melt spinning process in Rhodia’s Neumünster
plant, Germany, where a strict quality management system is applied according
to the standards of ISO 9001:2000. Processes and products are continuously
supervised by several on-line devices. In addition quality is controlled
by laboratory chemical and textile testing. The Neumünster plant also
produces high-grade polyamide 6, 6.6, and 6.10 staple fibres for a variety
of highly demanding technical applications.
Expertise applied to new challenging applications and markets
Filter media are typical applications for PPS staple fibres as they require
a combination of high temperature, chemical and hydrolysis resistance.
PPS staple fibres are also utilised in applications where flame-retardancy
is essential and are often used for hot gas filtration in diverse sectors
such as power generation, stone and cement, chemical and allied industries.
Rhodia Polyamide is already market leader for polyamide 6, 6.6, and 6.10
staple fibres for nonwovens and technical applications such as interlinings,
paper machine clothing, abrasives, battery separators etc. The addition
of PPS to its extensive product portfolio allows Rhodia to apply technical
competencies for new highly demanding industrial sectors and the company
will initially focus on European markets where it is now the first producer
of PPS staple fibres.
Rhodia is a global specialty chemicals company recognized for its strong
technology positions in applications chemistry, specialty materials &
services and fine chemicals. Partnering with major players in the automotive,
electronics, fibers, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, consumer care, tires
and paints & coatings markets
® Fortron is a registered trademark of Ticona
Ticona, the technical polymers business of Celanese Corporation, produces
and markets a broad range of engineering polymers with production, compounding
and research facilities in the USA, Germany and Brazil.
Celanese Corporation, based in Dallas, Texas (NYSE:CE) is an integrated
global producer of value-added industrial chemicals with 2004 sales of
$ 5 billion. The company holds #1 or #2 market positions in products comprising
the majority of its sales and has four major businesses: Chemicals Products,
Technical Polymers Ticona, Acetate Products and Performance Products.
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