Using Ultramid® Advanced N allows customers to design lighter, smaller and stronger plastic components for challenging environments where other materials reach their limits. The special properties of the new BASF PPA can be combined to create unique product profiles. The material is able to solve application problems in a wide range of different uses: Ultramid® Advanced N is suitable for small connectors and function-integrating housings in white goods, consumer electronics and mobile devices.

It can be used in automotive components and structural parts near the engine and the gearbox in contact with hot, aggressive media and different fuels. Applications like gear wheels and other wear parts can be implemented, too. Ultramid® Advanced N possesses lead-free soldering properties that find application within the electronics and electrical industry, e.g. to assemble circuit boards using SMD (SMD: surface mounted device) technology.

"We will actively approach our customers to understand their specific requirements and offer them solutions based on BASF's expertise in application development and product know-how," says Abdullah Shaikh, Head of PPA Business, Performance Materials Europe. "We are looking forward to providing more insight into our portfolio and discuss applications with our customers during the K fair in October 2016."
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