What's New in MDB 2024.0

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

Changes to the Thermoplastics database since 2023 Update 2

• Total number of suppliers: 599

  • New suppliers added: 6

  • Suppliers deleted: 2

    Suppliers added to the database	Suppliers deleted from the database
    Andaltec Plastic Technological Center	Lanxess
    Burpol	Rehau Inc
    Envalior (former Lanxess materials)
    Shanghai Sunny Technology
    Sinochem Engineering Plastics (Yangzhou)

• Total number of grades: 12954

  • Grades added: 303

  • Grades amended: 152

  • Grades deleted: 101

  • Specific data:

    • Grades with Measured Shrinkage data: 5773
    • Grades with long-fiber length data: 266
    • Grades with specific Crystallization Morphology data: 41
    • Grades with Stress/Strain data: 1854