Gabriel-Chemie: New Compounds and Additives

Being specialised in the colouring and refining of plastics GABRIEL-CHEMIE Group in Gumpoldskirchen/Austria (www.gabriel-chemie.com) presents a bunch of new additives and masterbatches at the Fakuma 2009.

Heavy weight and metallic look
Some products have to have a certain weight in order to perceive the product as having superior value for the end customer or to reduce vibrations. Gabriel-Chemie has now created a compound that combines heavy weight and appearance of metals with the technical properties and easy processability of plastic materials. Common applications are poker chips, door handles, furnisher, menu holders, flower pots, perfume bottle caps and cap inserts, etc.

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MAXITHEN® PET - Additives for PET processing
With the product group MAXITHEN® PET Gabriel-Chemie offers a series of new additive masterbatches for the processing of PET. The product range contains UV absorber masterbatch for PET packaging, used to protect the contents from damaging UV influences, flame retardant masterbatch with high thermal stability, lubricant, antiblock and inorganic nucleating masterbatches as well as special additive solutions for recycling applications to improve processing properties and mechanical properties of PET through a reactive, multifunctional influence on the molecular structure. Further customised special products and PET-Additives such as NIR (Near Infrared) Absorber, Optical Brightener for the optical clarification, Blue Toner for the colour improvement and Laser Marking Additives are also available.

MAXITHEN® BIOL - on a bio-degradable and renewable basis
The new MAXITHEN® BIOL range includes colour- and additive masterbatches based on Polylactide (PLA), a bio degradable, thermoplastic polyester made of renewable raw materials. The masterbatches offer transparency and high colour strengthm, can be well processed on existing machines and are compatible with a lot of other biogenic as well as conventional polymers. At a dosage rate up to 5% MAXITHEN® BIOL colour masterbatches comply with the composting regulations and the normative standard EN13432.

MAXITHEN® BIOL masterbatches can be used for the production of films, form parts, boxes, cups, bottles and other commodities. This new product range is mainly recommended for the colouring of short-dated packaging or thermoformed products (e.g. beverage- or yoghurt cups, trays for meat, fruits and vegetables); but also for the colouring and dressing of agricultural films (mulch and protective films) and auxiliary gardening articles (seedling trays, plant holders, single-use plant pots).

COLOUR VISION® 2010/2011 - trend colours of tomorrow
COLOUR VISION® is a colour concept in keeping with the spirit of the times. Through the use of special plastic lens plates, innovative colours, effects and surfaces are prepared in selected polymers. Experienced trend scouts und colorists actively work on the colour trends of tomorrow and together they create a new COLOUR VISION® collection every year. The COLOUR VISION® range 2010/2011 contains 36 new colours, blue and a light green, orange-, red- and yellow-shades, from a silvery
grey to black (foto). The selected colours are refined with special effect pigments, which enhance their value. Brand manufacturers, designers and plastics converters rate this colour range very high for new product concepts.

FAKUMA 2009, Friedrichshafen, 13.-17.10.2009, Hall B5, St. 5204

Gabriel-Chemie Ges.m.b.H, Gumpoldskirchen, Austria

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