Ashland Composite Polymers is recognized as a leader in unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester, and low profile resins for the thermoset composites industry. Our resins are specified for all types of reinforced composite applications. Through our research and development efforts, various resins and components have been commercialized for the transportation market.
AROTRAN® Resins provide a complete package of technologies and solutions to the automotive market. From Class A body panels, structural, underhood, and molded in color, black, UV stable SMC formula for truck box applications, Ashland has a technology for your needs. Our “world class” technical service group provides custom formulating and process mold trouble shooting to insure a quality component that will meet or exceed OEM requirements. Our “best-in-class” marketing group in Detroit will work with your advance sales and engineering workforce to insure the right material choice for ultimate properties at the lowest cost.
The AROTRAN Resin Product Line Has These Technologies to Offer`:
- Phase Epsilon™ 50411 Premium Class A body panel resin offers exceptional paint, bonding and physical property performance.
- Phase Delta™ 50425 Class A body panel resin offers low moisture/e-coat capable, exceptional paint, bonding and physical properties.
- HIPPI 50418 High Performance Resin for Inners is a versatile resin that can take high loading of filler and glass and is a low cost system with zero shrink capabilities.
- Arotech™ 2000, 2002, 2005 high performance vinyl ester resins for structural and underhood applications offer consistent thickening.
- Envirez™ 5000 corn and soybean grain derived organic resin composition comes from renewable sources and has excellent surface quality, exceptional paint, bonding and physical property performance.
- Ekadure™ 2001 Structural, UV stable, black SMC resin which has molded in color that eliminates the need for paint in truck box applications, excellent weathering capability and mechanical properties. (Developed in technology partnership with Plasticolors Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio, USA)
- Low Profile Additives, such as polyesters, hybrid urethane, polyvinyl acetate, polymethyl methacrylate and polystyrene, offer a one stop shop for shrinkage control, fiber readthrough control and improved surface enhancements.