Plastic goods are a vital part of everyday life but few consumers would consider the underlying technical challenges that need to be overcome.
Our consumer-related society demands continuous product improvement towards high quality colour and finish that lasts longer, and is able to withstand strong sunlight and everyday wear and tear. In addition, the ability to recycle plastic is of primary importance in our eco-friendly environment.

Applications requiring bright colour shades include:

• Power tools
• Safety products
• Road furniture and signs
• Chair Shells
• Cables
• Glass reinforced fibres
• Bottle crates
• Automotive parts and interiors

In order to achieve market needs, technology trends are towards high temperature polymers and processes, an important factor when it comes to coloured plastics and the pigment selection.

Many end uses are assembled from coloured metal and plastic parts, themselves made from metal or plastic, coated with wet or dry coatings or through-coloured. The challenge is to achieve an exact match, independent of polymer or process.

Solaplex™ Pigments are recommended for colouration of pre-coloured compounds, masterbatches and colour concentrates for all polymers and engineering resins.

Solaplex™ Pigments have unique benefits for plastic applications, allowing close colour match to coated components.

• Excellent thermal stability
• Excellent opacity
• Excellent chemical resistance, even in acidic and reactive environments
• Low metamerism when compared with Lead-based colour targets
• Excellent weatherfastness, colour and gloss retention
• A soft pigment, significantly less abrasive to plant, moulding barrels and extruders than conventional inorganic pigments
• High infra-red reflectivity, reducing heat build-up
• Non-migratory and non-distorting
• Wide compatibility in solvent and water-based coatings and polymers

Solaplex™ Pigments can be supplied as a powder, a colour-match powder blend or a free-flowing, dust-free, colour concentrate form.