Top 5 material technology developments of 2013
Throughout 2013, we saw myriad launches of a diverse range of new materials, with a cluster of introductions coming at K 2013. For this reason, selecting the “top five materials” was nearly an impossible task, so we decided to expand the list a bit by categorizing the new material developments by applications that are seeing increasing activity.
Throughout 2013, we saw myriad launches of a diverse range of new materials, with a cluster of introductions coming at K 2013. For this reason, selecting the “top five materials” was nearly an impossiblew task, so we decided to expand the list a bit by categorizing the new material developments by applications that are seeing increasing activity.
Included are biobased materials targeted to packaging and beyond; specialty resins for medical and healthcare uses; materials for the swiftly-growing LED lighting market; new materials for additive manufacturing; and, enhanced polyolefins for a broad range of applications.
Biobased materials:
- First Film Based on Nylon 410
- Cereplast Forms Subsidiary for Algae-Based Bioplastics
- First Biobased PBT Production Under Way
- New Nylons Produced with 100% Renewable Monomer
Medical-Grade materials:
- Aromatic TPU for Long-Term Medical Implantation
- Fully Fluorinated LSR is a first for Medical Implants
- New Easy-Flow Medical-Grade PC
- Transparent Nylon for Home Healthcare Applications
3. LED Lighting materials:
- High-Temperature, Reflective Resins for LED Packages
Novel Polyolefins
- Long-Glass PP Boasts Improved Impact & Lower Cost
- LDPE homopolymer produced with high-pressure tubular technology
- Second-generation olefin block copolymer (OBCs) Intune, PP-based OBCs for compatibilizing polar and nonpolar resins
Additive Manufacturing/Prototyping materials:
- First Nylon 6 Powder for SLS Rapid Manufacturing
- Nature Works Introduces PLA Filament to the 3D Printing Market (coming soon)
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