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2006-07-28 News Headlines
New plastics materials for automotive and non-automotive applications - See Photos The new GE plastics resins are designed for use in demanding automotive applications such as connectors, lighting bezels, energy absorbers, and body panels.
GE Plastics celebrates two significant additions to its ecomagination*
portfolio: Valox iQ* and Xenoy iQ* resins to complement Japan's environmental
leadership role in responsible automotive manufacturing. The new products
were developed as a result of a successful two-year initiative at GE Plastics
that examined the company’s manufacturing processes to redefine
how its products can be made to be cleaner and more environmentally responsible
than traditional materials. Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins are the essential
elements of an environmentally progressive resin portfolio developed as
part of GE’s ecomagination initiative. The focus of GE’s ecomagination initiative is on accelerating the company’s materials, energy, technology, manufacturing, and infrastructure capabilities to develop global environmental solutions. These include lighter and stronger materials, fuel cells, solar energy, hybrid locomotives, lower-emission aircraft engines, and water purification technologies. Through its ecomagination initiative, GE will more than double its research investment in environmentally responsible technologies from $700 million in 2004 to $1.5 billion in 2010. Out of this R&D effort, GE expects to launch a range of clean technologies which are projected to double the company’s current $10 billion in annual revenues from ecomagination products to $20 billion by 2010. For global automotive manufacturers, including industry-leading Japanese OEMs, the new resins offer options to address three critical environmental concerns: conserving energy, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, and reducing post-consumer waste.
Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins offer excellent performance and are created
with polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)-based polymers derived from 85 percent
post-consumer plastic waste. They consume less energy and yield less carbon
dioxide (CO2) in their manufacturing than traditional resins. Specifically:
“In terms of both eco responsibility and high performance, Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins represent one of the most significant technological breakthroughs coming out of GE Plastics in recent years,” said Greg Adams, vice president and general manager of GE Plastics’ Automotive business. “So it just made sense to launch the products in a country known for championing environmental responsibility, as well as for automotive leadership. Of particular significance, the new products are immediately available to global automotive and non-automotive manufacturers.”
The proprietary manufacturing process for these materials does not involve recycling, but rather, a novel way to regenerate and upgrade synthetic solid waste. The process also helps conserve non-renewable fuel resources while lowering CO2 released into the environment. GE’s Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ Resins . New Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins are the essential elements of an environmentally progressive resin portfolio developed as part of GE’s expanding ecomagination initiative to help customers solve their toughest environmental challenges. . The new resins were developed as a result of a successful two-year initiative at GE Plastics that examined the company’s manufacturing processes to redefine how its products can be made to be cleaner and more environmentally responsible than traditional materials. . Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins offer excellent performance and are created with polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)-based polymers derived from 85 percent post-consumer plastic waste. They consume less energy and yield less carbon dioxide (CO2) in their manufacturing than traditional resins, reducing CO2 emissions by at least 1.7 kg per kg of resin and saving up to 8.5 barrels of crude oil per 1,000 kg of resin. . The new GE resins have been designed for use in demanding automotive applications such as connectors, lighting bezels, energy absorbers, and body panels. They provide a competitive advantage by offering reduced CO2, post-consumer waste, and petrochemical use; reduced vehicle weight for greater fuel efficiency; chemical, thermal, and impact resistance; enhanced design freedom; and parts consolidation. . If all PBT was replaced in 2005 with the Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins, it would have created an outlet for over 562,000 metric tons/year of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste. This is equivalent to 22.5 billion bottles – enough to circle the earth 120 times if aligned end-to-end. It would also be the equivalent to planting a forest 650 square kilometers in area, which is greater than the area of Tokyo. . In addition to automotive applications, the new GE products are good candidates for applications within the consumer electronics and transportation industries.
In demanding automotive applications such as connectors, lighting bezels,
energy absorbers, and body panels, Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins give a
competitive advantage by offering: GE is working with leading global automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers
including DENSO "If all PBT was made using GE’s Valox iQ resin technology, it would represent an annual reduction of 1.4 million metric tons of CO2 emissions. This is equivalent to planting a forest 650 square kilometers in area, which is greater than the area of Tokyo," said Nicholas Eisenberger, managing principal of GreenOrder, an environmental strategy firm based in New York City, N.Y., that audited the GE Valox iQ resin claims. Derived from 85 percent post-consumer plastic waste, Valox iQ resins are made with PBT-based polymers. Xenoy iQ resin is an alloy of polycarbonate (PC) and PBT-based polymers, also derived from 85 percent post-consumer plastic waste. In addition to automotive applications, the new GE products are good candidates for applications in the consumer electronics and transportation industries. GE’s Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins are available for sampling immediately
through local GE sales representatives, and commercial quantities will
be available from GE Plastics in the fourth quarter of 2006. GE’s ecomagination initiative also targets reducing the company's
own greenhouse gas emissions one percent by 2012 and cutting the concentration
of its greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 30 percent by 2008. Read a recent press release from GE Plastics about - 'Resin customers can now quickly produce small, consistent resin lots in six business days or less with GE Plastics Custom Xpress color service.'
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