PBT made from recycled PET.GE Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass., has developed a novel process to manufacture PBT PBT Provider Backbone Transport (networking technology adding determinism to ethernet) PBT Polybutylene Terephthalate PBT Profit Before Tax PBT Paper Based Test (education) 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 using 85% post-consumer PET waste to produce materials that are virtually identical to standard grades. Launched in Japan as part of its "eco-magination" program, new Valox iQ PBT and Xenoy iQ PC/PBT resins resins, n.pl complex, insoluble, sticky substances secreted by plants. Used as astringents, antimicrobials, and antiinflammatories, and are burned as incense. Can cause oral ulcers and epidermal irritations. are based on reclaimed re·claim tr.v. re·claimed, re·claim·ing, re·claims 1. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation: reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land. PET bottles and film. PET from the reclaimed products is depolymerized and the resulting oligomers are then polymerized with butanediol to make PBT. GE expects to commercialize four Valox iQ and two Xenoy iQ grades in the fourth quarter. They will be competitively priced but with some premium attached, GE says. GE is working with multiple customers, including Tier 1 automotive supplier Denso in Japan. Other potential uses are in consumer electronics. Tel: (413) 448-5700 * PTDirect: 132YT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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