GE introduces resins with post-consumer content for auto industry.GE Plastics has added two plastics with post-consumer content to its ecomagination portfolio: Valox iQ(1) and Xenoy iQ(1) resins. The new products were developed as a result of a two-year initiative at GE Plastics that examined the company's manufacturing processes to make cleaner and more environmentally responsible materials. Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins are created with polybutylene terephthalate Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) is a plastic that is used as an insulator in the electrical and electronics industries. It is a thermoplastic crystalline polymer, and a type of polyester. (PBT PBT Provider Backbone Transport (networking technology adding determinism to ethernet) PBT Polybutylene Terephthalate PBT Profit Before Tax PBT Paper Based Test (education) ) polymers derived from 85 percent post-consumer plastic. Making these resins uses less energy and produces less carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. (C[O.sub.2]) than traditional resins, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. GE Plastics. The company adds that if all PBT made in 2005 was replaced with Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins, more than 562,000 metric tons of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate Ter`eph´tha`late n. 1. (Chem.) A salt of terephthalic acid. (PET), or 22.5 billion bottles, would have been used. "The proprietary manufacturing process for these materials does not involve recycling, but rather, a novel way to regenerate re·gen·er·ate v. re·gen·er·at·ed, re·gen·er·at·ing, re·gen·er·ates v.tr. 1. To reform spiritually or morally. 2. To form, construct, or create anew, especially in an improved state. and upgrade synthetic solid waste," according to a press release from GE Plastics. The materials are suitable for use in connectors, lighting bezels, energy absorbers and body panels. In addition to automotive applications, Valox iQ and Xenoy iQ resins are good candidates for applications in the consumer electronics and transportation industries, according to the company. 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. Additional information on these products can be found at www.geplastics.com. |
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