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Toray BASF PBT Resin Sdn. Bhd., a 50-50 joint venture between Toray Industries Inc., Japan, and BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Germany, has successfully started commercial production on schedule in April 2006, at its newly built world-scale Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT) plant in Kuantan, Malaysia.
The PBT plant has an annual capacity of 60,000 metric tons and involved capital expenditure of approximately US$40 million. The new plant is operated using the most advanced polymerization technology from Toray. While the raw material, butanediol (BDO), is procured from BASF’s subsidiary BASF PETRONAS Chemicals, which is located next to the plant.
Toray is the first Japanese company to establish a PBT polymerization plant outside Japan. Along with the new plant in Malaysia, Toray is setting up its supply system in response to the global demand by organizing the PBT division at its ABS resin production site, Toray Plastics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (TPM), Penang, Malaysia.
Together with the expansion of the company’s compound bases; Toray is going to organize the most appropriate worldwide operation system for the highest global competitiveness and expansion of PBT resin business.
Toray PBT (Polybutylene Terephthalate) resin TORAYCON® is a polyester-based thermoplastics resin developed by combining Toray's technological expertise in polyester polymerization and resin-reinforced composites.
TORAYCON® base resin is widely used in compounding, optical fibre loose tube, synthetic fibre and monofilament sectors.TORAYCON® compounded resin, on the other hand, is widely used in connectors and other automobile parts, bobbins, coil cases and other electronic and electrical components, and precision parts for office equipment.
Both TORAYCON® base resin and compounded resin have outstanding long-term heat-resistance, chemical-resistance, weather-resistance and electrical characteristics.
Features of TORAYCON® PBT
- High cycle qualities based on high crystallization rate.
- Outstanding surface gloss.
- Superior dimensional stability.
- Superior anti-abrasion and wear resistance characteristics.
- Outstanding chemical resistance.
- Good electrical properties.
- Easy improvement of properties with glass-fiber reinforcement.
- Superior anti-creep properties and anti-fatigue properties.
- Can be used continuously at temperatures between 120 and 140 C.
- Easy to make flame retardant.
- Low water absorption.
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External Certification and Declaration
Japan Hi Polymer Certificates
TBPR ISO9001 Cert
Non Inclusion of SVHC Declaration
RoHS Declaration
Non-Inclusion of Chemical Substance in Toraycon PBT Resin
FDA Compliance Test Results 1100M , 1200M
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