Material Database Changes in 2023

Ongoing internal testing, and changing material supplier offerings, require the material database to be continuously updated.

Changes to the Thermoplastics database since 2021.2

• Total number of suppliers: 589

  • New suppliers added: 12

  • Suppliers deleted: 7

    Suppliers added to the database	Suppliers deleted from the database
    CITSALP	DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers
    DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.	DuPont Transportation & Industrial
    FCC	Eastman Chemical Co
    Foster Corporation	Hoechst (France)
    Guangdong Great Materials	Hoechst (Germany)
    LG Chem Huizhou Petrochemical	Hoechst Iberica SA
    LX MMA	Sumitomo Chemical Singapore
    MJ MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY SDN. BHD.
    Rajiv Plastics
    TotalEnergies
    TriValence Technologies
    Yanfeng International Automotive Technology

  • Total number of grades: 12442

    • Grades added: 480
    • Grades amended: 192
    • Grades deleted: 154

  • Specific data:

    • Grades with long-fiber length data: 180
    • Grades with specific Crystallization Morphology data: 49
    • Grades with Measured Shrinkage data: 5259
    • Grades with Stress/Strain data: 1311