Plastics Maker Opens New Korean Line
Sabic Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield,
Mass., has opened a major production
line at its Chung-Ju, Korea facility.
The new line will produce LNP
Verton long-glass-fiber reinforced
thermoplastic composites which
are widely used in the automotive,
telecommunications, and appliance
industries. The company aims to reduce
delivery times for LNP Verton.
“This will let us quickly supply
manufacturers and molders in
Korea and Asia,” says Alan Leung,
Pacific president for Sabic. “These
high-performance materials are in
great demand as replacements for
metal and short-fiber-reinforced
plastics.”
The line will run 20 grades of the composite in a variety of resins including
polypropylene, poly amide,
and PPA. The Chung-Ju plant houses
a 40,000-ton high-tech manufacturing
system, material-properties testing
equipment, and color-matching
equipment.