As consumers become more environmentally aware, polypropylene (PP) has become extremely popular in automotive components. It is easier to recycle than acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate (PC), and provides lightweighting capabilities that reduce fuel consumption in automobiles. Because it is easy to reclaim and recycle, there is an increased use of PP in both automotive interior and exterior components as well as consumer appliances and packaging.
As PP becomes more widely used in various industries, the need for high-performance coating systems has never been greater. Sun Chemical Advanced Materials provides resin technologies from its parent company, the DIC Corporation, which can create a coating resin system for PP with high adhesion, chemical resistance and resistance to light surface scratching through a self-healing mechanism.