Licence deal brings LFPT production to the USA
An
Owens Corning product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Feb 10, 2005
RheTech has been licensed to manufacture and sell in North America a proprietary long-fibre glass/polyolefin thermoplastic (LFTP) developed by Owens Corning.
To meet demand in the fastest growing segment of the worldwide composites market, Owens Corning has licensed RheTech to manufacture and sell in North America a proprietary long-fibre glass/polyolefin thermoplastic (LFTP) developed by Owens Corning.
RheTech intends to market these new products under the Rhemax trade name.
To date, the Owens Corning product has only been available in North America as an import from production in Europe by licensee Sabic EuroPetrochemicals.
RheTech will begin production of Rhemax products in the third quarter of 2005 at a facility in Michigan using PerforMax roving developed specifically by Owens Corning for LFTP compounding.
First introduced in the 1990s, LFTP has become the solution of choice for many semistructural automotive applications in Europe, with international demand growing 15% in the last year alone.
Applications in the automotive industry include front-end modules, dashboard carriers, door modules and under-body shielding.
Products using LFTP offer: improved impact performance and creep resistance; long- and short-term heat resistance; and lower weight and part consolidation.
"We're thrilled to align with RheTech for the production of our proprietary LFTP product in North America", says Gary Nieman, Vice President and General Manager of OC Automotive.
"The agreement allows Owens Corning to continue to drive the transformation of the North American composites market and deliver significant value to the automotive industry".
Richard Gall, President of RheTech, says: "We are pleased to be furthering a 20-year plus relationship with Owens Corning in manufacturing and selling this product in North America for the automotive and other end-use industries".
"This agreement will serve to grow both RheTech's and Owens Corning's businesses, while creating real value for our customers by both broadening our product line and providing a solution which truly offers superior performance".
"Additionally, we are extremely bullish about the benefits to be reaped through co-operation with both Owens Corning and Sabic".
"This will enable a timely and ultimately seamless access to these unique products for customers who operate on a global scale".
"Customers will enjoy the benefits of consistent, standardised product quality and performance, and also the innovations made possible through these companies' co-operative efforts".
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