Bayer MaterialScience LLC introduced several new eco-friendly grades of its Makroblend® and Bayblend® polycarbonate blend resins this month. The new resins are derived from post-consumer recycled content and plant materials.
“For more than a decade, Bayer MaterialScience has been at the forefront of offering environmentally responsible materials,” Gerry DiBattista, market segment leader of IT, electrical/electronic polycarbonates said. “These new grades are an extension of our already-strong commitment to manufacturing eco-friendly products that maintain aesthetics, durability and longevity while also meeting the needs of our customers who are increasingly looking to boost the sustainability of their products.”
These sustainable products include three new flame-retardant Bayblend polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (PC/ABS) blend resin post-consumer recycled content grades, a first for Bayer MaterialScience. These new Bayblend grades maintain the properties of a typical flame-rated PC/ABS product, including good rigidity, hardness, dimensional stability, impact strength and creep resistance. Bayblend grades are ideal for housing and other electrical and lighting components, as well as the IT, telecommunications and medical industries. In addition, an extra one or two points are possible in the U.S. Government’s Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) by selecting these grades.
Other eco-friendly products from Bayer MaterialScience are two bio-content polycarbonate blends containing polylactide (PLA), a polymer derived from plant materials. “The bio-content PC blends do not readily decompose like straight PLA and have very good impact and stiffness properties,” DiBattista explained. “They are the perfect solution for companies interested in promoting a strategy of using durable materials derived from renewable resources.” Uses for the bio-content grades include cell phones and smart phones, portable electronics, furniture, sporting goods and automotive interiors.
Bayer MaterialScience developed the new grades as part of its commitment to sustainability, which impacts the products it produces and the markets it serves. The company’s brochure about environmentally-friendly solutions and technologies offers more information. For a copy, call 1-800-662-2927 or visit www.bayermaterialscienceNAFTA.com.
