Specialties
SABIC Specialties Business serves advanced technology spaces with high performance polymers, specialty compounds and additives, and advanced materials. Our materials help address complex thermal, mechanical, optical, and electrical performance requirements.
SABIC specialty materials serve applications ranging from emerging technologies associated with the 4th industrial revolution, such as artificial intelligence, 5G infrastructure, net zero solutions and electric mobility, to smart electronics, medical devices, and robotics.
Through chemistry and engineering, we push the boundaries of physical properties of our materials to help our customers solve hard problems. We create value for our customers through a personal collaborative approach, leveraging our expertise in materials, design, engineering, application development and testing.
Our portfolio includes the high heat families of ULTEM™ resins – polyetherimide (PEI), SILTEM™ resins – copolymer of polyetherimide and siloxane, and EXTEM™ resins – thermoplastic polyimide (TPI); LNP™ resins and compounds, LNP™ PC copolymers, and NORYL™ resins and compounds – polyphenylene ether (PPE).
Explore SABIC’s Material Finder, a user-friendly platform created for designers and specifiers, to conveniently search, compare, and evaluate over 2,000 of our specialty thermoplastic materials for a wide range of applications.
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Leveraging SABIC’s resin technologies and process capabilities to develop material solutions for various additive manufacturing processes; including filament production and pellet-fed 3D systems.
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Specialty building blocks and reactive additives that impart unique balances of properties in thermoset systems. Offerings include functional NORYL™ oligomers, specialty dianhydrides, unique monomers, and thermoplastics in forms suitable for thermoset formulation. Potential application areas include electronics, electrical, composites, and adhesives.
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Dielectric films for film-foil and metalized electrode professional grade capacitors exhibit stable properties through a range of temperatures (-40 °C to +150 °C) and frequency, including stable capacitance, good insulation resistance, stable dielectric constant (Dk) and low dissipation factor (Df).
View All ProductsLNP™ COMPOUNDS AND PC COPOLYMER RESINS
Cutting edge engineering applications may require thermoplastic components with enhanced properties. Through our advanced compounding capabilities and unique copolymer resin technologies, we can support customers to expand their possibilities.
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The NORYL resin family consists of SABIC’s polyphenylene ether (PPE) blended with: HIPS, PP, PA, or TPE, select additives and fillers. These resins exhibit a broad range of properties for application in water management, automotive, electrical, solar, energy storage, b&c, appliances and more.
View All ProductsULTEM™ RESIN FAMILY OF HIGH HEAT SOLUTIONS
ULTEM™ resin is a Polyetherimide (PEI), which offers a unique combination of thermal performance, high modulus, dimensional stability, near-infrared transparency, and non-halogenated FR for a wide range of demanding applications. EXTEM™ resin is well-suited for applications that require a higher thermal performance, such as co-packaged optical components. SILTEM™ resin is an easy extrudable amorphous copolymer with no intentionally added PFAS for potential use in applications such as high-performance wires and cables.
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