Nanocor teams up with PolyOne in nanocomposites. (In Brief: Your Business).Nanocor Inc., Arlington Heights Arlington Heights, village (1990 pop. 75,460), Cook county, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; founded 1836, inc. 1887. Its manufactures include machinery, drugs and medical equipment, and metal fabrication. Arlington Park racetrack is there. , Ill., has forged a strategic alliance with compounder PolyOne Corp. of Cleveland in order to speed market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" of polyolefin- and PVC-based nanocomposites into automotive, appliance, wire/cable, and other durable-goods markets. The latest alliance is one of several recently initiated by Nanocor, a supplier of nanometer-size clay particles. Nanoclays give thermoplastics higher strength, stiffness, gas barrier, and fire-resistance while adding little to part weight. PolyOne would contribute its compounding know-how far-flung production assets, and broad access to end-use markets. The partners also plan to coordinate R&D activities on nanocomposites based on polyolefins and vinyl vinyl /vi·nyl/ (vi´nil) the univalent group CH2dbondCH—. vinyl chloride a vinyl group to which an atom of chlorine is attached; the monomer which polymerizes to polyvinyl chloride; it is toxic . PolyOne will take control of sales, marketing, and manufacturing of nanocomposites, including concentrate forms. For Nanocor, this alliance represents one more move to accelerate nanocomposite commercialization. In mid-2002, the company formed an alliance with Mitsubishi Gas Chemical of Japan (U.S. office in N.Y.C.)for use of MCC's high-barrier MXD MXD Mixed MXD Mixed Mail (US Postal Service) MXD Mixed Cell Count (blood) MXD Multiple XML Documents (file) MXD Maximum Diadic 6 nylon resin resin, any of a class of amorphous solids or semisolids. Resins are found in nature and are chiefly of vegetable origin. They are typically light yellow to dark brown in color; tasteless; odorless or faintly aromatic; translucent or transparent; brittle, fracturing in combination with nano-clays. Last year, Nanocor also formed an alliance with Gitto Global Corp., Lunenburg, Mass., a supplier of flame-retardant compounds. Gitto will develop FR polyolefin nanocomposites for automotive, appliance, electronic, and wire/cable uses. |
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