Nilit Plastics, one of the world’s largest polyamide compounders, is introducing Nilamid XT semi-crystalline polyphthalamides for injection molding customers who need purpose-designed high performance materials in small-to-medium-sized quantities. The company intends to play an important part in a market that continues to exhibit double-digit annual growth.

作为全球最大的尼龙符合材料生产商之一，屹立塑料引进Nilamid XT半晶态PPA，用于需要定制的、需求中小量高性能材料的注塑成型客户。本公司欲在市场中扮演重要的角色，继续赢得两位数的年度增长。

Polyphthalamides are partially aromatic polyamides that have superior resistance to high temperatures in combination with excellent mechanical properties, high dimensional stability, and very good chemical resistance. Nilit Plastics will aim Nilamid XT compounds at two segments in particular, for which it expects strong demand in Europe: automotive/transportation and general industry (including appliances).

PPA是半芳香族尼龙材料，抗高温性能强，而且具有优秀的机械特性、较高的尺寸恒定性，以及良好的耐化学性。屹立塑料欲将Nilamid XT复合材料瞄准两个具体的子市场，因在欧洲该子市场预计需求强劲：汽车/运输和一般工业(包括电器)。

“For a materials supplier to succeed in this field, there is limited value in offering ‘me too’ products,” says Arno Wolf, Vice President, Performance Polymers, at Nilit Plastics. “The supply side is already populated by established polymer suppliers who have been in the market for many years. So we will differentiate ourselves. With Nilamid XT, we will play to our strengths creating compounds that meet very specific requirements. Nilamid XT is a specialty brand for specialty applications.”

“对于想要在这个领域取得成功的材料供应商来说，如果提供‘我也有’的产品，那么只能获得有限的价值，”屹立塑料负责高性能聚合物的副总裁，Arno Wolf 说。“在该市场存活多年的知名的聚合物供应商已经分割了供应端。所以我们要标新立异。凭借Nilamid XT，我们将利用优势力量打造能够满足特定需求的复合材料。Nilamid XT是能够满足特定应用的特定品牌。”

Polyphthalamides are already used in a number of components in the key markets being targeted by Nilit Plastics. These include automobile fuel line components, bushings and bearings, often as substitutes for metals that weigh and cost more on a part volume basis. Savings are also being achieved in appliances, where PPA has often replaced brass in such parts as water heater manifolds, valve bodies and coolant pumps.

屹立塑料现已将PPA应用于主要目标市场的多种零部件。其中包括汽车燃油线路零部件、轴衬和轴承，常以占据部分体积的方式，替代重量和成本较高的金属。在电器产品中也能实现节省，PPA常用来替代黄铜制作零部件，比如热水器多头导管、阀体和制冷液泵。

“Many of these are established applications, but specifier needs are changing and becoming more refined,” says Wolf. “This can result in a lower demand for individual grades, and this is where we come in. Nilit Plastics has dedicated significant resources to R&D and to manufacturing equipment in Germany and Italy, and we are ideally positioned to develop tailor made PPA compounds with very specific properties”

“其中很多是已经成型的应用，但是需求越来越具体，越来越精致，”Wolf说。“这对于个别的等级来说，可能导致需求降低，这就是我们所要迎合的契机。屹立塑料已经向研发部门和德国及意大利的生产设备注入了大量资源，我们期望能开发非常特别的定制PPA复合材料”。

Wolf points out that Nilit Plastics already has considerable experience in developing application-specific compounds with its Nilamid range of polyamide 6 and 66 compounds, as well as flame retardant Frianyl variants. “But with high performance, high temperature resistant polymers like polyphthalamides, we think this ability will be even more appreciated,” he says. “In fact, discussions we have already had with key customers have confirmed that this is the service that the market will value.”

Wolf指出，屹立塑料在开发特定应用的复合材料方面经验丰富，其中包括尼龙6和尼龙66系列符合材料，以及阻燃Frianyl复合材料系列。“但是凭借高性能、耐高温的聚合材料，比如PPA，我们认为这种能力将会做出很大贡献，”他说。“实际上，在我们跟主要客户进行的讨论中，已经确定这种服务在市场上将会受到青睐。”

The Nilamid XT family will complement existing families of high performance polyamide-based compounds that Nilit Plastics has introduced in recent months. The company already offers “enhanced polyamide 66” branded as Nilamid XS, for example, intended principally for metal replacement applications. In addition, first applications for the Frianyl XT family of flame-retardant polyphthalamides that Nilit Plastics introduced in late 2014 are now being commercialized. These materials have helped reinforce Nilit Plastics’ position as a leading supplier of materials tailor-made for applications in the electrical and electronics sector. “Nilamid XT will enable us to further expand into new application spaces,” Wolf says.

Nilamid XT家族将会丰富加强现有的高性能尼龙复合材料，后者是屹立塑料在最近几个月引进的。公司可提供“升级版尼龙66”品牌产品，比如Nilamid XS，主要用于金属置换的应用。另外，屹立塑料在2014年年末引进的阻燃PPA Frianyl XT族产品的首批应用目前已进入商业化阶段。这些材料已经增强了屹立塑料作为电子电气领域定制应用材料的领头羊地位。Wolf 说：“Nilamid XT将有助于我们进一步拓展新的应用领域”。