Solvay introduces LTM 350, a next-generation carbon fiber epoxy prepreg tooling material designed to deliver significant time and cost savings for the industrial, aerospace, automotive, and race car markets. The carbon fiber epoxy tooling material offers a fast, low-temperature cure cycle (three hours at 60° C) and can be cured at temperatures as low as 45° C…

Build sheets or plates are used in additive manufacturing processes as basic surfaces on which the extruded additive manufacturing (AM) filament layers are built upon or 3D printed. Solvay is introducing a new portfolio of AM build sheets marketed under the umbrella of the company’s Ajedium brand products. Ajedium Build Sheets are compatible with 3D […]

  Univar Solutions Inc., a global chemical and ingredient distributor, recently announced an expanded distribution agreement with Solvay Group‘s Novecare Coatings and Industrial Process Solutions business units to distribute their coatings products in the U.S. and Canada. Novecare Coatings chemistries are used in products including adhesives, paints, and architectural coatings. Applications for the industrial product lines…

  Solvay has been awarded a new five-year material supply contract by Lockheed Martin to supply structural adhesives for its F-35 defense aircraft. The new contract extends Solvay’s long-standing partnership on the F-35 program and underlines the company’s leadership in composite and adhesive technologies for defense platforms. “It is a privilege to be the principal supplier of structural…

Printing equipment is increasingly open – allowing materials from diverse suppliers to be used on more additive manufacturing machines. The FDA is working with manufacturers, service bureaus and material suppliers on best practices. With strong support from all corners of the industry, healthcare device designers are gaining new resources that can expand additive manufacturing’s horizons […]

In response to urgent needs by medical professionals for protective equipment to combat COVID-19, Solvay is supplying high-performance, medical-grade transparent film to Boeing for its production of face shields. Boeing approached Solvay due to its experience in the use of advanced composite and adhesive materials on multiple commercial and defense programs. Manufactured by Solvay’s Ajedium…

Solvay adds 10% carbon fiber filled KetaSpire polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and neat Radel polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) to e-Xstream engineering’s latest release (2019.0) of Digimat-Additive Manufacturing (AM) software. These products complement the neat KetaSpire PEEK AM filament already available for simulation on e-Xstream engineering’s Digimat-AM platform. The e-Xstream software offers accurate, predictive modeling data for Solvay’s AM filaments […]

Solvay launched three specialty polymer filaments that promise to introduce game-changing performance for 3D-printed parts. Based on the company’s KetaSpire PEEK and Radel PPSU polymers, the three filaments were unveiled at RAPID + TCT 2018 and represent the first products in what Solvay plans to become a broader portfolio of specialty polymer filaments and powders […]

Solvay announced that high-performance KetaSpire PEEK AM filament will be the first polyetheretherketone polymer included in e-Xstream engineering’s Digimat simulation software due for launch in June 2018. Said Christophe Schramm, business manager for additive manufacturing at Solvay’s Specialty Polymers global business unit, “Solvay is building on its long-standing partnership with e-Xstream engineering to expand the […]

Solvay will begin producing high-performance polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) polymers in the United States early next year, to support its composite materials business in meeting growing aerospace demand. “Solvay further affirms its unique position in lightweighting materials by joining the forces of its high-performance specialty polymers and composite materials to produce its own PEKK resin,” said Roger […]

Solvay, a leading global supplier of advanced composites, process materials and specialty polymers, will showcase its broad portfolio of products and technologies at CAMX 2016 (Booth F14), along with updates on successful application and business developments the company has recently announced in support of the aerospace and automotive markets. CAMX 2016 is scheduled to run…

Germany’s Aventics, a manufacturer of pneumatic components and systems which was created out of the former pneumatics business unit at Bosch Rexroth, uses Kalix®9000 high-performance polyamide (HPPA)resin from Solvay Specialty Polymers for production of one key component of its new AV pneumatic valve systems. The semi-aromatic HPPA delivers a strong combination of high mechanical performance,…

Solvay Specialty Polymers has introduced a new family of Kalix® high-performance polyamides (HPPAs)for structural components used in mobile healthcare (mHealth) electronic devices. The new products, which include the Kalix® HPPA 5000 halogen-free series and bio-based Kalix® HPPAs, deliver exceptional strength, stiffness, and significantly improved chemical resistance versus traditional polycarbonate (PC) or PC/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) materials typically…

Solvay Specialty Polymers has expanded its family of Cogegum® cross-linkable, halogen-free flame retardant (HFFR) compounds for cable jacketing for the railway, shipboard, industrial, and oil and gas industries….

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Solvay’s Engineering Plastics business unit announced Sinterline™ the first range of PA6 powders developed specifically for laser sintering (LS). This 3D printing/additive layer manufacturing technology allows the rapid creation of complex parts. “Laser sintered parts manufactured using Sinterline™ display a thermal resistance and stiffness similar to those injection-molded in polyamide 6,” said Ralph Rissé, Business […]

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