EXATEC - EXATEC Expands Advanced Technology Capabilities to Offer One-Stop Shop for Auto Glazing

Engel DUO 2300 Metric Tons Molding Machine with Two Shot INglass Made Backlite ToolStore this angel in big sizeWIXOM, Mich. — April 7, 2008 — To advice accommodated chump appeal for added fuel-efficient vehicles, the automotive industry is absorption on addition ceramics solutions that can lower car weight and advice advance ammunition economy. EXATEC LLC, a wholly endemic accessory of SABIC Innovative Plastics, is adorning its ambit of blanket technologies to action designers new capabilities in avant-garde car ceramics with Lexan* polycarbonate (PC) resin. In abutment of this, EXATEC’s Wixom, Mich. all-around address has broadcast its accessories to action added action development and ancestor fulfillment, decidedly for large, across-the-board roof systems. This investment in new action technologies will accredit EXATEC to accommodate automotive barter with beat artefact solutions and outstanding abstruse support.

EXATEC, which acclaimed its 10th year in business on March 8, is introducing its latest technologies and capabilities, including an upgraded wet blanket lab, new Engel bang abstraction machine, and a unique, all-encompassing claret arrangement for continuously blanket polycarbonate windows.

Weight abridgement is a key charge for all-around car manufacturers. CAFÉ legislation in the United States and broader CO2 abridgement targets in assorted auto markets about the apple are active change. Lightweight, coated PC ceramics not alone provides cogent weight reduction, but aswell offers a characteristic actualization because of greater architecture freedom. Coating systems, including plasma-enhanced actinic breath degradation (PECVD) and wet coats that add aegis and aesthetics, are key to acknowledged polycarbonate ceramics solutions.

The American Plastics Council letters that for anniversary 10 percent abridgement in the weight of a car or truck, gas breadth increases by seven percent. Plastics, which action top achievement and backbone as able-bodied as lighter weight compared to steel, aluminum, and glass, may advice lower ammunition consumption, according to the Council. In some vehicles, the use of plastics in bumpers, anatomy panels, lighting, ammunition tanks, and added apparatus has helped cut absolute car weight up to 200 pounds.

“EXATEC is abnormally positioned to accommodate the a lot of beat ambit of blanket solutions with Lexan polycarbonate resins for automotive ceramics applications,” said John Madej, admiral of EXATEC LLC. “This amplification to our Michigan ability enables EXATEC to serve as a one-stop boutique for the a lot of beat automotive ceramics solutions available.”

New capabilities for across-the-board roof glazing

Automotive apparatus such as ample across-the-board roofs account abundantly from the use of PC glazing. The accession of a across-the-board roof about doubles the weight aloft the beltline vs. a acceptable roof, acute added car suspensions and added compensatory engineering for the car to advance its performance. When that aforementioned appliance is complete application cellophane PC ceramics technologies, the weight of the roof arrangement is bargain by 40 to 60 percent. At the aforementioned time, Lexan polycarbonate ceramics makes it accessible to actualize affecting roof designs and absorb functionality that cannot be accomplished with acceptable bottle while creating a audible signature apparent that can advice accomplish brands angle out from the crowd.

EXATEC operates a all-around technology development centermost amid in Wixom, Mich. Key technology development includes 2K molding, silicone hardcoat development, and appliance methods; PECVD coatings to enhance weathering and abrade resistance; and development of enabling technologies including defrosters, fractal antennas, and electroluminescence.

The Wixom ability offers bang compression abstraction with two colors; a wet blanket lab for analysis and ancestor programs in a apple-pie allowance environment; the alone all-encompassing claret blanket system; ample (up to 52 in x 98 in) flat-screen press machine, and a abounding testing class for PC glazing.

EXATEC works with several actual suppliers, including Engel for 2K bang compression abstraction machines, InGlass for applique acceptable for PC ceramics applications, and Momentive Performance Materials for silicone hardcoats.

For added advice on EXATEC ceramics solutions, amuse appointment the company’s website at www.exatec.biz.

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About EXATEC

EXATEC LLC (www.exatec.biz), a wholly endemic accessory of SABIC Innovative Plastics, develops beat polycarbonate ceramics systems for the automotive market. Headquartered at its advanced Advanced Technology Development Center in Wixom, Mich., EXATEC has developed patented polycarbonate blanket systems that ensure market-leading weathering, backbone and glass-like abrade performance. In 2005, the US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) accepted that EXATEC’s signature product, Exatec® 900-coated polycarbonate, may be acclimated in car areas defined for Item 2 ceramics (safety ceramics actual for use anywhere in a motor car except windshields), provided that the artefact satisfies the absolute achievement standards for Item 2 glazing. EXATEC was aswell accustomed with a Frost & Sullivan Technology Award for Exatec® 900 technology.

About SABIC Innovative Plastics

SABIC Innovative Plastics is a all-around supplier of artificial resins broadly acclimated in automotive, healthcare, chump electronics, transportation, achievement packaging, architecture and construction, telecommunications and optical media applications. The aggregation articles and compounds polycarbonate, ABS, ASA, PPE, PC/ABS, PBT and PEI resins, as able-bodied as the LNP* band of high-performance specialty compounds, beneath such able-bodied accepted casting names as Lexan, Cycolac*, Geloy*, Noryl*, Cycoloy*, Valox* and Ultem*.

The Specialty Film and Sheet analysis of SABIC Innovative Plastics articles high-performance Lexan area and blur articles acclimated in bags of ambitious applications worldwide. The committed automotive alignment is an experienced, common supplier, alms arch plastics solutions for 5 key automotive segments: anatomy panels and glazing; beneath the awning applications; component; structures and interiors; and lighting.

SABIC Innovative Plastics is allotment of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), one of the 10 better petrochemicals manufacturers in the world.

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