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An

tist

ats

an

d c

on

du

ctiv

e a

dd

itiv

es

|

ma

ter

ials

fe

atu

re

Lil

li S

he

rm

an

look

s at

th

e la

test

de

velo

pmen

ts in

con

duct

ive

and

an

tista

tic c

ompo

un

ds

Glo

ba

l d

em

an

d f

or

ele

ctri

call

y-co

nd

uct

ive

co

mp

ou

nd

s is

exp

an

din

g s

tro

ng

ly w

ith

glo

ba

l a

nn

ua

l g

row

th r

ate

s

est

ima

ted

at

mo

re t

ha

n 5

%.

Ke

y d

rive

rs f

or

this

gro

wth

incl

ud

e e

volv

ing

sa

fety

sta

nd

ard

s a

nd

ne

w t

ech

no

log

ies.

Ch

rist

ine

Va

n B

ell

ing

en

, pro

du

ct m

an

ag

er

at

Tim

ca

l

Gra

ph

ite

an

d C

arb

on

, sa

ys t

ha

t g

row

ing

ma

rke

ts

incl

ud

e e

lect

ron

ic p

ack

ag

ing

, po

we

r ca

ble

, au

tom

oti

ve

fue

l sy

ste

ms

an

d in

du

stri

al

eq

uip

me

nt

tha

t n

ee

ds

to

me

et

the

exp

an

din

g im

ple

me

nta

tio

n o

f A

TE

X n

orm

s.

Th

e p

oly

me

rs b

ein

g u

sed

in t

he

se a

rea

s in

clu

de

PC

,

PS

, HIP

S a

nd

PP

fo

r e

lect

ron

ic p

ack

ag

ing

pro

du

cts

such

as

carr

ier

tap

es,

ca

rrie

r tr

ays

an

d fi

lms.

Me

diu

m-

an

d

hig

h-v

olt

ag

e p

ow

er

cab

les

fea

ture

se

mi-

con

du

ctiv

e

scre

en

s m

ad

e o

f E

EA

, EB

A a

nd

PE

re

sin

s.

In a

uto

mo

tive

fu

el

syst

em

s, r

esi

ns

such

as

HD

PE

, PA

an

d P

OM

are

use

d in

fu

el

lin

es,

pu

mp

s a

nd

fill

er

ne

cks

tha

t n

ee

d t

o m

ee

t th

e S

AE

J1

64

5 n

orm

to

re

du

ce t

he

risk

of

da

ng

ero

us

spa

rks.

Sim

ila

rly,

ind

ust

ria

l e

qu

ip-

me

nt

use

d in

po

ten

tia

lly

exp

losi

ve e

nvi

ron

me

nts

su

ch

as

min

es

an

d c

he

mic

al

pla

nts

ne

ed

s to

me

et

the

AT

EX

no

rm, w

hic

h h

as

be

en

exp

an

din

g b

eyo

nd

Eu

rop

e.

Th

is

typ

ica

lly

imp

act

s o

n P

A a

nd

oth

er

en

gin

ee

rin

g p

last

ics

use

d in

dyn

am

ic d

evi

ces

such

as

fan

s, t

ran

spo

rt h

ose

s

an

d m

oto

rs.

On

th

e t

ech

no

log

y fr

on

t, t

he

re h

as

be

en

gro

win

g

inte

rest

in u

sin

g c

arb

on

na

no

tub

es

(CN

Ts)

to im

pa

rt

ele

ctri

cal

con

du

ctiv

ity

to p

last

ics.

Th

e m

ajo

r su

pp

lie

rs,

incl

ud

ing

Ark

em

a, B

ay

er

Ma

teri

alS

cie

nce

, CN

an

o,

Na

no

cy

l a

nd

Sh

ow

a D

en

ko

, ha

ve s

cale

d u

p p

rod

uct

ion

cap

aci

ty s

ign

ifica

ntl

y o

ver

the

pa

st f

ew

ye

ars

.

Th

is h

as

led

to

re

du

ctio

ns

in p

rice

by

as

mu

ch a

s a

thir

d, a

cco

rdin

g t

o N

eil

Ha

rdw

ick

, ma

rke

tin

g m

an

ag

er

for

con

du

ctiv

e c

om

po

un

ds

at

RT

P.

He

ad

ds

tha

t th

e

tim

ing

of

the

glo

ba

l ex

pa

nsi

on

co

inci

de

d w

ith

th

e g

lob

al

eco

no

mic

do

wn

turn

an

d h

as

resu

lte

d in

exc

ess

ca

pa

city

.

RT

P h

as

focu

sed

on

up

gra

din

g it

s C

NT

co

mp

ou

nd

s

ma

nu

fact

uri

ng

ca

pa

bil

itie

s, b

oth

in t

erm

s o

f ca

pa

city

an

d p

roce

ssin

g.

“CN

Ts p

roce

ss d

iffe

ren

tly,

so

we

ha

ve

aim

ed

to

imp

rove

th

e c

on

sist

en

cy o

f C

NT

-fill

ed

com

po

un

ds

we

pro

du

ce.

We

ha

ve f

ocu

sed

on

ho

w t

o

dis

pe

rse

CN

Ts m

ore

eve

nly

in a

co

mp

ou

nd

an

d h

ow

to

op

tim

ize

lo

ad

ing

le

vels

,” s

ays

Ha

rdw

ick

.

Alt

ho

ug

h C

NTs

are

ge

ne

rati

ng

inte

rest

in t

his

ma

rke

t, c

arb

on

-bla

ck-fi

lle

d c

om

po

un

ds

con

tin

ue

to

acc

ou

nt

for

the

ma

jor

po

rtio

n o

f co

nd

uct

ive

pla

stic

s

ap

pli

cati

on

s. T

he

y o

ffe

r si

gn

ifica

nt

cost

-pe

rfo

rma

nce

ad

van

tag

es

for

ma

ny

pro

du

cts.

De

velo

pm

en

ts in

spe

cia

lty

con

du

ctiv

e b

lack

s h

ave

be

en

de

sig

ne

d t

o

cou

nte

ract

th

e a

dve

rse

imp

act

th

at

tra

dit

ion

al

carb

on

bla

cks

can

ha

ve o

n a

po

lym

er’

s m

ech

an

ica

l p

rop

ert

ies.

“Th

ere

is s

till

a n

ice

fu

ture

fo

r tr

ad

itio

na

l co

nd

uct

ive

ad

dit

ive

s li

ke c

on

du

ctiv

e c

arb

on

bla

cks,

” sa

ys V

an

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|

ma

ter

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fe

atu

re

Be

llin

ge

n.

Sh

e a

dd

s th

at

Tim

cal

ha

s se

en

sig

nifi

can

t

de

ma

nd

fo

r it

s E

nsa

co 2

50

G c

on

du

ctiv

e c

arb

on

bla

ck

du

e t

o it

s h

igh

cle

an

lin

ess

an

d v

ery

go

od

dis

pe

rsa

bil

ity.

Fo

r a

giv

en

co

mp

ou

nd

co

nd

uct

ivit

y, t

his

ad

dit

ive

ha

s

be

en

sh

ow

n t

o p

rovi

de

eq

ua

l if

no

t b

ett

er

ove

rall

pro

pe

rtie

s th

an

lo

we

r lo

ad

ing

s o

f a

n e

xtra

-co

nd

uct

ive

carb

on

bla

ck w

hic

h is

inh

ere

ntl

y m

ore

pro

ble

ma

tic

to

dis

pe

rse

, acc

ord

ing

to

Va

n B

ell

ing

en

. It

ha

s sh

ow

n t

o b

e

pa

rtic

ula

rly

suit

ab

le f

or

use

in t

race

-se

nsi

tive

po

lym

ers

like

PC

an

d t

he

rmo

pla

stic

po

lye

ste

rs.

Tim

cal

is n

ow

inve

stin

g in

sig

nifi

can

tly

incr

ea

sin

g

con

du

ctiv

e c

arb

on

bla

ck c

ap

aci

ty a

t it

s W

ille

bro

ek

,

faci

lity

in B

elg

ium

in o

rde

r to

me

et

gro

win

g d

em

an

d in

bo

th t

he

po

lym

er

an

d b

att

ery

ma

rke

ts.

In a

dd

itio

n t

o C

NTs

an

d c

on

du

ctiv

e c

arb

on

bla

cks,

the

re is

als

o c

on

tin

ue

d in

tere

st in

oth

er

‘pe

rma

ne

nt’

an

d/o

r in

he

ren

tly

dis

sip

ati

ve p

oly

me

rs (

IDP

s).

On

e o

f

the

ma

jor

pla

yers

in I

DP

s is

Ark

em

a w

ith

its

Pe

ba

x li

ne

of

po

lye

the

r-e

ste

r b

lock

(P

EB

A)

cop

oly

me

r T

PE

s.

Use

d a

s a

mo

uld

ing

an

d e

xtru

sio

n m

ate

ria

l in

its

ow

n

rig

ht,

th

e m

ate

ria

l d

eli

vers

intr

insi

c st

ati

c-d

issi

pa

tive

cha

ract

eri

stic

s w

he

n b

len

de

d w

ith

a b

roa

d r

an

ge

of

pla

stic

s. A

rke

ma

’s t

rad

itio

na

l fo

cus

in t

his

are

na

ha

d

be

en

on

po

lyo

lefi

ns,

AB

S a

nd

PC

use

d in

co

nd

uct

ive

/

an

tist

ati

c p

last

ics

ap

pli

cati

on

s (1

09 O

hm

/sq

.ft)

. T

he

se

incl

ud

e in

term

ed

iate

bu

lk c

on

tain

ers

fo

r p

last

ic r

esi

ns

an

d a

re d

esi

gn

ed

to

re

du

ce t

he

sta

tic

bu

ild

-up

of

the

pe

lle

ts.

Oth

er

ap

pli

cati

on

s in

clu

de

art

ifici

al

gra

ss a

nd

pla

stic

mo

vin

g p

art

s fo

r p

rin

ters

.

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st y

ea

r A

rke

ma

la

un

che

d t

wo

ne

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rod

uct

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at

the

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du

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itie

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on

pro

pri

eta

ry t

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no

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ea

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as

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eir

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rfo

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nce

ha

s b

ee

n d

em

on

stra

ted

in

com

me

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l a

pp

lica

tio

ns

tha

t in

clu

de

pa

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g o

f

ele

ctro

nic

de

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sed

in p

rod

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as

we

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pa

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are

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pli

cati

on

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clu

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g P

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s

tha

t h

old

po

wd

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d in

po

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for

bu

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plo

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xpla

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ts a

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n

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t a

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ma

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s to

th

e

po

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at

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uld

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nd

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pa

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re is

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mis

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last

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