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Acrylic Monomers — Acrylic Monomers
MMA Monomers Methyl Methacrylate
MMA is the essential building block for acrylic-based products. It polymerizes easily to form resins and polymers with excellent performance characteristics. MMA is one of the key raw materials for acrylic based interior paint giving superior characteristics over alternative materials.
nBMA Monomers n-Butyl Methacrylate
nBMA is formed from the transesterification of MMA and is used in exterior decorative paints, automotive, wood finishes, specialty coatings and textiles where it provides durability, UV and moisture resistance as well as improved solvent solubility to the resin.
Film & Sheet — PET Films
Hostaphan™ Adhesion Promoting Films
Hostaphan® adhesion promoting film products provide excellent surface properties for a variety of applications. Our state of the art adhesion promoting coatings improve adhesion to inks, coatings, adhesives and primers that give destruct bonds for olefins and urethanes.
Polymers & Resins — Bio Plastics
DURABIO™
Bio-Based Engineering Polymer
DURABIO™ combines most of the properties of Polycarbonate (PC) and of Poly-methacrylate (PMMA), with additionally a bio origin raw material. DURABIO™ is partially bio-based and a truly durable engineering plastic. It is made from isosorbide, which is derived a widely available feedstock.
Polymers & Resins — Engineering Plastics
NOVAREX™ PC Resin
Polycarbonate Resin
NOVAREX is a well known polycarbonate resins that have been in the market for many years. Used in a wide range of industries, including sports equipment, medical equipment, automobiles, optics, machinery, office automation equipment, and electronics, they have a reputation for reliability with users.
XANTAR™ PC resin
Polycarbonate Resin
XANTAR™ is a well known linear polycarbonate resin that has been in the market for many years. Used in a wide range of industries, automobiles, machinery, office automation equipment, and electronics, they have a reputation for reliability with users.
Polymers & Resins — Performance Plastics
Linklon™
Functional Polyolefin
LINKLON™ is a silane crosslinkable polyolefin based resin. The post crosslinking reaction dramatically boosts material performance in terms of heat resistance and creep behavior at elevated temperature.
OLEFISTA™
Functional Polyolefin
Olefista are Halogen Free Flame Retardant (HFFR) olefin based compound with low smoke solutions (LSZH)
Polymers & Resins — Specialty Resins
DIAION™
Ion Exchange Resin
DIAION™ products include high quality ion exchange resins, chelating resins, and synthetic adsorbents produced by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and its subsidiary producers. Backed by over 70 years of experience, DIAION™ resins are known for excellent quality and come in a range of matrixes from gel to porous and highly porous structures, each ideal for a range of applications.
Polymers & Resins — Thermoplastic Elastomers
Trexprene™
Thermoplastic Elastomer Compound
Trexprene® TPV is a series of Vulcanized PP/EPDM based thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) that are heat and UV stabilized, ranging in harnesses from 45 Shore A to 50 Shore D.
Shapes & Composites — Advanced Part Design & Manufacturing
Advanced Injection Molded Solutions
Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials is dedicated to production of high-quality components for function critical systems through injection molding. They operate an extensive range of state of the art molding machines and auxiliaries, all aimed at reducing the time and cost of product assembly.
Full-Spectrum Engineering and Design
| Designing for the solution
Technology and craftsmanship blend together at Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM). Successful completion of your finished products starts with a thorough understanding of your application. As part of our 'Total Package' customer service philosophy, MCAM's design and engineering department offers full design and drawing review services for our customers at little or no cost. Our engineers have the industry experience to help design parts and conduct a comprehensive review for material selection, performance, manufacturability, and cost-effective production.
Quicksilver™/Tivar™
Truck and bulk handling liner solutions
Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials offers engineered plastic lining solutions to make the handling of bulk goods safer, faster, easier and more efficient. Our products are used in various kinds of storage and transport containers as well as in dump trucks.
Shapes & Composites — Carbon Fiber Materials
DIALEAD™
Coal tar pitch based carbon fiber
DIALEAD is a high performance coal tar pitch based carbon fiber, available from low to ultra high tensile modulus grades in the following formats: tow (High and Ultra High Tensile Modulus grades), chopped fiber (widely used in thermoplastic and thermosetting resins) or milled (widely used to improve electric and thermal conductivity in thermoplastic and thermosetting matrices).
Grafil™
PAN Fiber
Grafil PAN carbon fiber material is available in tow (continuous filaments bundled together and suitable for various processing techniques), precision cut (short/cut fiber suitable for compression molding) or milled (disoriented filaments suitable for compression molding).
Newport™
High Performance Carbon Fiber Composites
Newport Advanced Carbon Fiber Composites is supported with vertical integration includes processes from monomers to precursors, carbon fiber, resins and prepreg. We also have the ability to process nearly every high performance fiber including: carbon, glass, aramid, hybrid materials and more.
Pyrofil™
PAN Fiber
Pyrofil PAN carbon fiber material is available in tow (continuous filaments bundled together and suitable for various processing techniques), precision cut (short/cut fiber suitable for compression molding) or milled (disoriented filaments suitable for compression molding).
Shapes & Composites — Composite Thermoplastic Materials
KyronMAX™
Structural Thermoplastic Composite Materials
The KyronMAX materials are the strongest injection moldable thermoplastics available. Engineered for metal-replacement in the aerospace, automotive, medical and recreational industries, the portfolio combines chopped-carbon with a broad array of base resins to optimize tensile strength, stiffness, impact and fatigue performance. KyronMAX polymers can be compounded to excel in high heat, chemical, or water environments to expand their range of applications.
MultiQ™ GRP
Combination of GMTex and SymaLITE
MultiQ is a product line of thermoplastic composites in panel form whose specific properties make them particularly suitable as an environmental alternative to plywood in outdoor applications.
Shapes & Composites — Engineering Plastic Stock Shapes
Acetron, Ertacetal Shapes
Polyoxylmethelene Copolymer
Acetal provides high strength and stiffness coupled with enhanced dimensional stability and ease of machining. As a semi-crystalline material, acetal is also characterized by a low coefficient of friction and good wear properties -- especially in wet environments.
Altron™ PC 1000
Polycarbonate
Altron™ PC 1000 machine grade polycarbonate (PC) is a transparent amorphous thermoplastic which offers very high impact strength and high modulus of elasticity.
Armor-X™
Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene
Armor-X's™ non-marring, cushioned surface shields critical surfaces and heavy, expensive parts and equipment, including stainless steel, from gouges and scratches.
Delrin™
Delrin™
Acetron POM-H Delrin is a homopolymer acetal, manufactured and stocked in rod and plate. It offers slightly higher mechanical properties than Acetron® GP Acetal, but may contain a low-density center, especially in larger cross-sections. Copolymer acetal also offers better chemical resistance than homopolymer acetal. Delrin is ideal for small diameter, thin-walled bushings that benefit from the additional strength and rigidity of homopolymer acetal.
Duratron™ PAI
Polyamide-imide
With its versatile performance capabilities and proven use in a broad range of applications, Duratron polyamide-imide (PAI) shapes are offered in extruded, injection-molded, and compression-molded grades.
Duratron™ PBI
Polybenzimidazole
Duratron® CU60 PBI is the highest performance engineering thermoplastic available today. It offers the highest heat resistance and mechanical property retention over 400°F of any unfilled plastic
Duratron™ PEI
Polyetherimide
Duratron U1000 PEI is an amorphous polymer offering high strength and excellent flame and heat resistance.
Duratron™ PI
Polyimide
Duratron® D7000 PI machinable shapes are ideal starting points for designs that reduce weight, extend length of service before maintenance or replacement and reduce overall cost by increasing process uptime.
Ertalyte™ PET-P
Polyethylene terephthalate
Ertalyte® is characterized as having the best dimensional stability coupled with excellent wear resistance, a low coefficient of friction, high strength, and resistance to moderately acidic solutions.
Fluorosint™ Enhanced PTFE
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Fluorosint enhanced PTFE’s unique properties are the result of a proprietary process in which synthetically manufactured mica is chemically linked to virgin PTFE.
HDPE Stock Shapes
High density polyethylene
Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials' high density polyethylene (HDPE) is used in a variety of applications and industries where excellent impact resistance, high tensile strength, low moisture absorption and chemical- and corrosion-resistance properties are required.
Ketron™ PEEK
Polyether ether ketone
Ketron™ PEEK grades offer chemical and hydrolysis resistance similar to PPS, but can operate at higher temperatures. PEEK 1000 offers steam and wear resistance, while carbon-reinforced PEEK provides excellent wear capabilities.
LDPE Stock Shapes
Low density polyethylene
LDPE is more flexible than HDPE, which makes it a good choice for prosthetic devices, most of which are either drape formed or vacuum formed.
Nylatron™
Nylon Shapes
Nylatron is a superior wear material that offers exceptional stiffness. Nylatron can be modified to add additional characteristics that enhance performance and increase length of time in service.
Proteus™ LF PP
Lay Flat Polypropylene
Proprietary Stable Machine Grade (SMG) formulated homopolymer sheet that exhibits superior dimensional stability and flatness after aggressive fabrication.
Proteus™ PP
Polypropylene
Proteus® Co-Polymer offers excellent chemical resistance, has strong compliance footprint and is easy to fabricate. This Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials propelyne is perfect for tank applications because it is inexpensive, easy to fabricate and has strong resistance to cracking. Proteus® Co-Polymer also works well in orthotic devices that require a lower degree of rigidity.
Sultron™ PSU 1000
Polysulfone
Sultron™ PSU 1000 Polysulfone (PSU) is an amber semi-transparent, heat-resistant, high performance engineering thermoplastic. It offers excellent mechanical, electrical and improved chemical resistance properties relative to polycarbonate.
Techtron™ PPS Shapes
Polyphenylene sulfide
PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) products offer the broadest resistance to chemicals of any advanced engineering plastic. They have no known solvents below 392°F (200°C) and offer inertness to steam, strong bases, fuels and acids.
TIVAR™ UHMW-PE
Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene
TIVAR® UHMW-PE products meet FDA, USDA and 3A Dairy Sanitation guidelines for food processing and handling, making it the material of choice for tough food handling problems.
Coatings
Acrylic Monomers — Acrylic Monomers
MMA Monomers Methyl Methacrylate
MMA is the essential building block for acrylic-based products. It polymerizes easily to form resins and polymers with excellent performance characteristics. MMA is one of the key raw materials for acrylic based interior paint giving superior characteristics over alternative materials.
Polymers & Resins — Acrylic Resins
EMA Resin
Ethyl Methacrylate
EMA resins are used in various applications, from inks to coating. EMA resins are easily soluble in weak solvents.
iBMA Resin
Isobutyl Methacrylate
iBMA resins are soluble in aliphatic and alcohol solvents. Many have compatibility with long and medium oil alkyds.
MMA Resin
Methyl Methacrylate
MMA resins are used by themselves and copolymerized with other monomers to give properties from very high Tg and Mw, with excellent chemical and abrasion resistance lower Tg and Mw with soluble in a wider range of solvents.
Styrene Acrylic Resin
Styrene Acrylic Resins improve chemical resistance as well as gloss. They are hydrophobic which improves moisture resistance of the coating.
Polymers & Resins — Additives
Yoshinox™
Phenolic Anti-Oxidant Resin Additive
Yoshinox is a phenolic antioxidant used as a resin additive or resin chemical. It has excellent weather resistance as well as excellent viscosity stability with little discoloration. It can be used for ABS resins and latex as well as for PVC.
Polymers & Resins — Specialty Resin Solutions
ACRYSIRUP™ Floor Coating Systems
Rapid Curing Coating System
ACRYSIRUP is a reactive resin system, which consists primarily of methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer, acrylic polymers, mineral fillers and pigments, that under the correct application and curing conditions will give a durable and high quality finish which is 100% solids when cured.
Polymers & Resins — Specialty Resins
GOHSENX™ and GOHSENOL™
Specialty Polyvinyl Alcohol
A line of advanced polyvinyl alcohol resins which have been modified for a variety of special functions. GOHSENX’s water resistance or excellent dispersion properties are examples of characteristics that conventional PVOH do not possess.
High Acid Resin
Many of DIANAL's high acid resins can be used in solvent systems. They can also be dispersed in alkaline water systems.
Hydroxyl™ Resin
Our hydroxyl functional resins have an OH value from 8 to 90. These products are used in applications from adhesives to urethane coatings.
jER™
Epoxy Resin
jER™ epoxy resins are high-performance, multipurpose thermosetting resins that includes a reactive epoxy group at the end that offer tremendous material propertity adaptation freedom. jER™ resins feature a low coefficient of thermal expansion as well as low shrinkage at curing. The dimensional stability as well as chemical, heat and moisture resistance offer a wide range of applications and excellent adhesion to metal, porcelain, concrete and more. By adding various modifying agents such as fillers, flexibility agents and diluents, customers can attain specific application requirements, making jER™ epoxy resins ideal for a wide variety of applications.
Shikoh™
Urethane Acrylate Oligomer
UV-curable resins are garnering wide-spread attention for their low-polluting, energy-saving properties and high productivity. Shikoh™ UV curable urethane acrylate oligomers, feature a wide assortment of formulating options from hard coats to soft elastic coatings for the radiation curing market. Applications include electronic devices, glass and metal adhesion and under coatings for metalizing materials, plastics, ink, wood and adhesives. Mitsubishi Chemical's SHIKOH holds the key to the future of ultraviolet curable resin.