Amite PBTP

In the USA producers included Eastman Kodak (Tenite PTMT), General Electric Corporation of America (Valox), and American Celanese (Celanex). In Europe major producers by the end of the decade were AKZO (Amite PBTP), BASF (Ultradur), Bayer (Pocan) and Ciba-Geigy (Crastin). Other producers included ATO, Hills, Montedison and Dynamit Nobel. With the total Western European market at the end of the decade only about 7000 tonnes other companies at one time involved in the market such as ICI (Deroton) withdrew. 

Poly(butylenes terephthalate), often abbreviated to PBT or PBTP, is manufactured by condensation polymeri2ation of dimethyl terephthalate and butane-1,4-diol in the presence of tetrabutyl titanate. The polymer is also known as poly(tetramethylene terephthalate), PTMT in short. Some trade names for this engineering thermoplastic are Tenite PTMT (Eastman Kodak), Valox (General Electric), Celanex (Celanese) in America and Amite PBTP (Akzo), Ultradur (BASF), Pocan (Bayer), and Crastin (Ciba-Geigy) in Europe. 

Amite PBTP Poly(butylene terephthalate), reinfOTced or not Akzo/DSM... 

Amite PBTP Akzo Poly(butylenes terephthalate)... 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

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