(Source: Business Wire)
Producing vinyl window profiles remains a highly competitive contest
that pits increasing performance against decreasing manufacturing costs.
Dow Plastics Additives, a division of The Dow Chemical Company
(NYSE:Dow), is now providing answers for both of these contrasting
demands with their recently introduced Paraloid
KM-X100 Pro impact modifier. Even while rigid vinyl demand for
construction applications is forecast to be weak until housing starts to
rebound, Dow believes that this new product's attributes will
nonetheless immediately win new converts. Trials by extruders now bear
them out and window profiles produced with the new material should be
available by the fourth quarter of this year. Paraloid
KM-X100 Pro is now available in North America and Latin America.
"Our new all-acrylic, weatherable impact modifier for vinyl window
extrusion is a profound step-change in producing higher impact
resistance in combination with providing high gloss," said Rob Martin,
Dow market manager for Plastics Additives. "Early trials have
demonstrated a marked improvement over competitive offerings, as well as
against a series of additives that we launched just 18 months ago. The
high gloss / high impact efficiencies achieved with this KM-X100 Pro
product surprise everyone who tests it." Paraloid
KM-X100 Pro is a fully formulated impact modifier with processing
aid functionality; however, individual compounds can be augmented with
additional processing aids, or a lubricating processing aid where the
need exists. At lowered use levels, it may be possible to reduce overall
or external-type levels of lubricant in the compound.
Dow reports that new Paraloid
KM-X100 Pro achieves significantly higher Gardner Impact results
over a wide processing temperature range even at low use levels, and
that vinyl window profiles produced with this impact modifier attain the
highest drop dart efficiency of any current vinyl window profile.
To learn more, please visit us @ go.rohmhaas.com/kmx100pro
About Dow
Dow is a diversified chemical company that combines the power of science
and technology with the "Human Element" to constantly improve what is
essential to human progress. The Company delivers a broad range of
products and services to customers in approximately 160 countries,
connecting chemistry and innovation with the principles of
sustainability to help provide everything from fresh water, food and
pharmaceuticals to paints, packaging and personal care products. In
2008, Dow had annual sales of $57.5 billion and employed approximately
46,000 people worldwide. The Company has 150 manufacturing sites in 35
countries and produces approximately 3,300 products. On April 1, 2009,
Dow acquired Rohm and Haas Company, a global specialty materials company
with sales of $10 billion in 2008, 98 manufacturing sites in 30
countries and approximately 15,000 employees worldwide.
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