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POLITEM · DYNAMIC PLASTIC
Engineered Material Solutions
Materials designed around the application.
From circular compounds and lightweight structures to e-mobility, high-temperature polymers and functional surfaces, Politem develops engineering thermoplastic compounds around the performance, processing and application requirements they have to meet.
Sustainability
Recycled content is treated as an engineering parameter, not a sustainability label.
Circular & Virgin Replacement
Recycled and hybrid compounds engineered to replace virgin grades where the application allows.
Politem develops engineering compounds with PIR and PCR content up to 100%, combining circular material use with application-specific mechanical, thermal and processing performance. Recycled feedstock is characterised and re-compounded under controlled conditions, so a virgin replacement is judged on measured behaviour rather than on origin. Reducing virgin polymer use where technically feasible is a defined R&D focus.
Engineering value
- Move from Virgin → Hybrid → High Recycled Content → Full Recycle by the technical need of the part
- Recycled content up to 100% in selected Full-Recycle grades, confirmed in technical documentation
- Formulations built around viscosity, reinforcement, additive package and final-part performance
- Recycled or hybrid drop-in alternatives for existing applications with minimal processing disruption
Platforms, streams & applications
- Typical material platforms: recycled-content portfolio spanning PA6, PA6.6, PA6/6.6, PA6.10, PA6.12, PPA, COPA, PBT, PC, ABS and PP from PIR/PCR sources.
- Feedstock streams: post-industrial and post-consumer streams including automotive and industrial regrind, textile fibres, yarns and airbag fabrics.
- Typical applications: automotive, electrical & electronics, white goods, furniture, construction, industrial, extrusion.
Traceability & Circularity
Sustainability claims supported by supply-chain and production data.
Recycled content is only credible if it is measurable and traceable. Politem supports circular material solutions through GRS-certified recycled-content systems, ERP-integrated material and batch traceability, LCA studies, product and corporate CO₂-footprint calculations, mass-balance approaches and closed-loop material models. These let recycled-content claims rest on controlled data.
Engineering value
- GRS-certified recycled-content systems
- Batch-level traceability through ERP
- LCA and CO₂-footprint calculation at product and corporate level
- Mass-balance and closed-loop material models
Typical applications: Automotive · Electrical & Electronics · White Goods · Furniture · Construction · Industrial Applications · Extrusion Applications
Request the traceability and documentation overview →“ Sustainability, made measurable. “
Circular innovation in practice
What industries discarded, Politem engineered into a resource.
Silicone-coated PA6.6 airbag-fabric is a technically difficult stream to recycle. Through Politem’s recycling and compounding know-how it is re-engineered into RugoPA S15 001 BK02, used in durable composite manhole-cover applications in Europe. Not simply recycling a resource, but re-engineering it into a new engineering material.
Performance
Grades engineered to hold their properties under mechanical, thermal, chemical and fire-related demands.
High-Performance Polymers
PPA and PPS compounds for high temperature, high load and demanding environments.
For conditions beyond conventional engineering plastics, Politem develops reinforced PPA and PPS compounds where thermal performance, mechanical strength and dimensional stability are critical. The portfolio includes PPA compounds with up to 50% glass fibre and PPS compounds with 40% glass fibre.
Engineering value
- High-temperature mechanical strength and stiffness
- Dimensional stability under thermal load (HDT ISO 75, Vicat ISO 306, DSC ISO 11357)
- Chemical resistance and low moisture sensitivity (PPA)
- Reinforcement packages selected to the requirement
Typical material platforms: PPA up to 50% GF; PPS 40% GF.
Typical applications: under-the-hood automotive, high-temperature connectors, E&E and power electronics, structural parts, industrial components exposed to heat and chemicals.
Dimensional stability runs through the reinforced grades above — reinforcement type/level, control of differential fibre-orientation shrinkage and warpage, characterised via Flexural ISO 178 and HDT ISO 75.
Discuss a high-temperature or high-load requirement →Hydrolysis-Resistant Compounds
Engineered for hot water, coolant and humid environments.
Under hot water, coolant, steam or prolonged humidity, engineering plastics can lose properties through hydrolysis. Politem develops hydrolysis-stabilised compounds, including PA6.6 30% glass-fibre grades, engineered to retain mechanical and dimensional performance after aging under service conditions, not only at time zero. Recycled content and hydrolysis stabilisation can be combined where the application allows.
Engineering value
- Mechanical property retention after aging, the measure that matters, not time-zero values
- Stabilisation against hydrolytic chain scission in hot water, coolant/glycol and prolonged humidity
- Glass-fibre reinforcement and dimensional stability carried through the aged condition
- Hydrolysis stabilisation available in combination with recycled content
Typical material platform: RugoPA S60 007 BK60 1003 · PA6.6 30% GF, hydrolysis-stabilised
Typical applications: Automotive · E-Mobility · Thermal Management · Fluid-Handling Systems · White Goods · Industrial Applications
Share your service environment; we will advise on material and validation →Flame-Retardant & Electrical Safety
Flame-retardant compounds, including halogen-free, for electrical safety.
Electrification and the growth of electronic systems raise the fire and electrical-safety demands on engineering plastics. Politem develops application-specific flame-retardant compounds across several polymer families, including PA, PBT, PP and PC/ABS, evaluated in-house against recognised methods. These are in-house test capabilities, not third-party certifications; formal classification is carried out by the relevant bodies.
Technology areas
- Halogen-free and halogenated FR systems
- Flammability behaviour to UL 94; Glow Wire GWFI / GWIT (IEC 60695 series)
- CTI and electrical-insulation performance (formal CTI values via testing)
- Thermal durability and RTI-focused development
- Application-specific E&E formulations
Engineering value & roadmap
- In-house evaluation to UL 94 and the IEC 60695 series
- Halogen-free options where the application requires (confirm per grade)
- FR system chosen against the balance of flammability, electrical tracking (CTI), mechanical and flow performance
- R&D direction, not current catalogue: antimony-free FR technologies; low-smoke and improved environmental-profile formulations; next-generation sustainable FR systems.
Typical material platforms: FR grades across PA6, PA6.6, PBT, PP and PC/ABS, halogen-free and halogenated.
Typical applications: E&E, e-mobility, appliances, industrial.
Discuss a flame-performance target (behaviour, not certification) →Heat-Stabilised (Thermal Aging)
Grades formulated to hold properties through prolonged heat exposure.
Continuous heat drives thermo-oxidative degradation and gradual property loss. Politem formulates heat-stabilised grades, through stabiliser chemistry that slows that degradation, and pursues RTI-focused development so mechanical performance is retained under prolonged thermal exposure. Long-term endurance and any temperature rating are confirmed by testing per application.
Engineering value: heat-stabiliser packages for prolonged exposure; property retention as the goal; reinforcement combined with stabilisation where stiffness at temperature matters.
Platforms: stabilised PA and other families. Applications: under-hood, lighting, appliances, industrial heat.
Define your continuous-use temperature with our team →Complementary polymers combined for property sets a single platform cannot reach.
Some applications need a property combination no single polymer delivers. Politem’s JOBABLEND® family combines selected engineering polymers to create material solutions tailored to specific performance, processing and application requirements.
The portfolio includes PC/ABS, PA/ABS, PBT/PET, PC/PBT and PC/ASA based blends, with additional reinforcement, stabilization and modification options depending on the application.
Recycled-Content Polymer Blends. Politem also develops JOBABLEND® solutions with recycled and PIR content, combining the advantages of engineered polymer blends with reduced virgin material use. These formulations are particularly relevant for Automotive, Electrical & Electronics and Home Appliance applications.
Selected solutions: ASA/PC UV-Stabilized · PBT/PET 30% GF · Recycled/PIR-Content Blends
Typical applications: Automotive · Electrical & Electronics · Lighting · Home Appliances · Window & Building Systems · Water-Handling Components · Agricultural & Industrial Applications
Bring a multi-property requirement to our team →Mobility & Design
Less mass, and the combined demands of electrified components.
Lightweighting & Metal Replacement
Highly reinforced compounds for lightweight structures and metal replacement.
Weight matters in automotive, e-mobility, drones, UAVs and industrial parts. Politem develops highly reinforced compounds using glass fibre, carbon fibre and advanced reinforcement to enable lightweight structural design and metal replacement. Successful conversion needs the right balance of stiffness, strength, dimensional stability and thermal performance, not just lower density.
Engineering value
- Reinforcement up to 60% glass fibre and up to 30% carbon fibre
- Excellent stiffness-to-weight ratio, high mechanical strength, weight reduction, dimensional stability and low warpage
- Design attention to fibre orientation, weld-line strength and creep under sustained load
- Low thermal expansion · Fatigue performance · High surface quality
- Part consolidation, corrosion resistance and design freedom versus metal assemblies
- Conductive and EMI-shielding options where required
Typical material platforms: PA6 up to 60% GF; PPA up to 50% GF; PA6 up to 30% CF; reinforced PA6.6 and PP.
Typical applications: automotive & e-mobility, drones & UAVs, structural brackets, machinery components, E&E housings, construction and industrial parts.
Send the metal part or weight target you want to convert →E-Mobility · application hub
Compound technologies combined around the demands of electrified components.
Electrified vehicles create material challenges across battery systems, charging interfaces, power electronics and thermal management, often requiring electrical insulation, flame retardancy, thermal stability, dimensional control and mechanical performance in the same part. Politem approaches e-mobility not as a single grade but as a combination of compound technologies selected per application.
- Halogen-free and conventional flame-retardant systems for applications requiring enhanced fire safety
- CTI and electrical insulation performance for electrical and electronic components
- Heat-stabilized compounds for components exposed to elevated temperatures
- Hydrolysis-resistant grades for water/glycol-based thermal-management systems
- Glass- and carbon-fiber reinforced compounds for structural performance and lightweighting
- PBT, PPA and PPS platforms for specific electrical, thermal or dimensional performance
- Laser-markable and customized color solutions
- PIR/PCR-containing alternatives where recycled content fits the requirement
High-Voltage Color Solutions. Color is an important identification element for high-voltage components in electric vehicles. Politem can develop application-specific orange and other customized color formulations, integrating color directly into the compound while considering the required mechanical, electrical and flame-retardant performance.
Test context: development can take into account UL 94, Glow Wire (IEC 60695), CTI, RoHS and REACH, depending on application and grade. Applications: battery components, connector housings, busbar and electrical components, charging systems, power electronics, thermal-management, structural and lightweight parts.
Bring your e-mobility component requirements to our team →NVH
Material solutions supporting noise, vibration and harshness targets.
Politem supports NVH-related requirements through material and formulation choices at component level, developed with the customer.
Processing Technologies
Engineered for how the part is made.
High-Flow Grades
High-flow compounds for thin walls, long flow paths and complex parts.
Thin-wall and geometrically complex parts push the flow-length-to-wall-thickness the material has to fill. Politem’s high-flow grades raise melt flow so these parts fill reliably at lower injection pressure and clamp tonnage, while protecting the mechanical target, which is the core trade-off in high-flow design. Flow is characterised in-house (MFR/MVR, ISO 1133).
- Higher flow-length-to-wall-thickness for thin sections and long flow paths
- Lower fill pressure and clamp tonnage; better filling of complex, multi-cavity tools
- Flow raised while protecting mechanical and impact performance
- Melt flow characterised to ISO 1133
Platforms: high-flow PA, PBT and reinforced grades. Applications: thin-wall E&E, complex automotive, consumer.
Bring a thin-wall or long-flow challenge →Laser-Functional Materials
Compounds engineered for permanent, high-contrast laser marking.
Laser marking is Politem’s primary laser capability: laser-markable compounds that produce permanent, high-contrast marks for identification and traceability, using additive systems tuned for marking contrast across the required base colours. Laser-transmission formulations can be explored on request.
Typical applications: E&E identification, automotive part marking, industrial traceability.
Discuss a marking or laser-processing requirement →Functionality & Appearance
How a compound looks, feels and behaves at its surface.
Colour & Surface
Controlled colour and surface, including functional high-voltage colour.
For visible and functional parts, colour and surface are specifications. Politem develops colour and surface solutions with colour matching and gloss controlled in-house (Colour ISO 11664, Gloss ISO 2813), and can integrate application-specific colour directly into the compound, including high-voltage orange for EV identification, while accounting for the required mechanical, electrical and flame-retardant performance.
- Colour matching and consistency; gloss and surface control
- Functional colouring including EV/high-voltage orange
- Colour held across batches
Typical applications: visible automotive and e-mobility parts, appliances, consumer.
Bring a colour or surface target to our team →Application-Specific Solutions
Solutions developed around a specific application. Thermal Break is the flagship.
Thermal Break & Advanced Extrusion
A dedicated PA6.6 thermal-barrier platform, engineered for the extrusion process.
Thermal break profiles need more than mechanical performance: rheology, dimensional stability, surface quality and extrusion behaviour have to work together. Politem has developed dedicated PA6.6 compound technologies for both hot and cold extrusion, engineered around the process rather than offered as a single grade.
Hot extrusion
- Stable extrusion behaviour, high mechanical performance
- Controlled rheology, reduced deformation
- Dimensional stability, reliable bonding with aluminium profiles
- Consistent profile quality in continuous production
Cold extrusion
- Multiple material platforms rather than one formulation
- Select by performance and cost
- Surface smoothness, controlled flow, dimensional accuracy
- Stable geometry and repeatable extrusion behaviour
- Dedicated PA6.6 barrier platform, multiple glass-fibre levels
- Separate hot- and cold-extrusion technologies, matched to the process
- A solution family engineered around the customer’s process, not a single product
- Selected thermal-break grades can be developed with recycled content
Typical material platform: reinforced PA6.6 (RugoPA). Typical applications: aluminium windows, doors and façade systems.
Request the Thermal Barrier Series overview →Tailored Material Development
Engineered for the right fit.
Development starts from the application and its requirements, then moves through material selection, formulation, validation and optimisation to a grade that fits.
Application→Requirements→Material selection→Formulation→Validation→Optimisation→Right fit
Cross-cutting capabilities applied throughout: glass-fibre, carbon-fibre and mineral reinforcement (with conductive/EMI options), impact modification, and JOBABLEND® blends, used where they serve the requirement. The aim is not a grade for everything, but the right material engineered around the application.