636.397.3309 Search Main menu Skip to primary content Home About Services 3D Printing / Prototyping FAQ Quote News Contact Us Materials As your plastic solution partner we take pride in assisting our customers on material decisions. We have extensive experience in processing many of the latest engineered resins. Whether you need a shop to run materials with fillers and additives, or general grade thermoplastic resins, Specialty Plastics can provide the solution for your injection molding needs. Below is a sample list of the materials we currently process. Trade Name Abbr. Chemical Makeup Typical Uses Cycolac, Lustran, Magnum ABS Acrylonitrile, butadiene & styrene Automotive, Business Equipment, Housings, Toys Bayblend, Celstran, Cycoloy ABS+PC Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene + PC Alloy Automotive, Business Equipment, Housings Delrin, Celcon, Iupital Acetal – POM Polyoxymethylene resins (Acetal resin) Automotive, Electrical, Gears Acrylite, Plexiglas Acrylic – PMMA Polymethyl Methacrylate (Acrylic resins) Lens, Windows Elvax EVA Ethylene-vinyl Acetate Footwear, Grips Crystal Styrene GPPS Polystyrene, General Purpose Medical Applications – HDPE High Density PolyEthylene Miscellaneous – HIPS Polystyrene, High Impact Miscellaneous Vectra LCP Liquid Crystal Polymer (Polyester resin) Medical Applications – LDPE Low Density PolyEthylene Miscellaneous – Nylon Polyamide – Nylon 6 Automotive, Electrical, Handles Ultramid, Vydyne, Minlon, Celenese Nylon 66 Polyamide – Nylon 66 Automotive, Electrical, Handles Valox PBT Polyester, butanediol & dimethyl terephalate Automotive, Appliance Components, Electrical Lexan, Apec, Calibre, Makrolon PC Polycarbonate Applicance Components, Lens, Medical Applications, Windows Xenoy PC+PBT Polycarbonate + Polybutylene Terephthalate Alloy Appliance Components Ultem PEI Polyetherimide Automotive, Electrical, Medical Applications Rynite PET Polyester Automotive, Electrical, Housings – PETG Polyethylene Terephthalate, Glycol Applicance Components, Medical Applications – Phenolic Phenol-formaldehyde (Thermoset phenolic) Appliance Components – PP Polypropylene Miscellaneous Noryl PPE+PS Polyphenylene Ether + Polystyrene (Polyphenylene Oxide) Appliance Components, Pump Parts Ryton PPS Polyphenylene Sulfide Appliance Components, Automotive, Electrical, Housings Udel PSU Polysulfone Automotive, Electrical, Medical Applications Mindel PSU+ABS Polysulfone + ABS Alloy Automotive, Electrical, Medical Applications – PVC Polyvinyl Chloride, Rigid Appliance Components – PVC Polyvinyl Chloride, Flexible Automotive – SAN Styrene – Acrylonitrile Automotive, Electrical, Medical Applications K-Resin SB Styrene Butadiene Block Copolymer Housings, Medical Applications, Toys – SBS Styrene Butadiene Styrene Block Copolymer Housings, Medical Applications, Toys – SEBS Styrene Ethylene Butylene Styrene Block Copolymer Medical Applications – SPS Syndiotactic Polystyrene Automotive, Electrical, Industrial Components Hytrel TEEE – Automotive Alcryn, Santoprene TPE Thermoplastic Elastomer Miscellaneous Elastollan, Estane TPU-Polyester Polyurethane Thermoplastic Elastomer – Polyester Type Miscellaneous Specialty Plastics, Inc. 145 Brown Road St. Peters, MO 63376 636.397.3309 ©2016 Specialty Plastics, Inc.