SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL OPTIONS

Performance with Responsible Material Choices
Selected IngePet® product families are available with Post-Industrial Recycled (PIR) and Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) content, providing additional material options for applications with defined sustainability and circularity targets. Depending on technical and application requirements, Politem can offer Prime, Hybrid, and Full Recycle material concepts while maintaining a strong focus on processing consistency, mechanical performance, and application-specific validation.

Material Concepts: Prime • Hybrid • Full Recycle
Recycled Content: PIR • PCR

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

From Material Selection to Application Development
Selecting the appropriate PET compound requires consideration of component geometry, mechanical loads, operating temperature, crystallization behavior, moisture and chemical exposure, surface expectations, processing conditions, and applicable validation standards. Politem’s technical team supports customers in identifying the most appropriate IngePet® solution and adapting formulations to application-specific performance and processing targets.

Technical resources include:
* Technical Data Sheets
* Processing Recommendations
* Regulatory & Compliance Documentation
* Application-Specific Material Support
* Customized Compound Development

FIND YOUR IngePet® GRADE
Explore the IngePet® portfolio according to reinforcement level, mechanical and thermal requirements, functional technology, recycled content, processing conditions, and application.

PRODUCT RANGE

IngePet®
Unreinforced and Performance-Modified PET Compounds

IngePet® grades provide an engineering material platform combining strength, rigidity, dimensional stability, chemical resistance, and good surface quality. Performance-modified solutions can address specific impact, thermal, hydrolysis, crystallization, surface, and processing requirements.

IngePet® GF
Glass Fiber Reinforced PET Compounds

IngePet® GF grades combine PET with glass fiber reinforcement to provide high stiffness, strength, load-bearing capability, dimensional control, and resistance to deformation under mechanical and thermal loads. Different reinforcement levels, nucleation technologies, and stabilization packages allow the material to be optimized for structural components, precision housings, electrical parts, appliance components, and automotive applications requiring reliable dimensional, thermal, and mechanical performance.

IngePet® Functional Solutions
Flame Retardant Hydrolysis Resistant and Customized Compounds

IngePet® formulations can be tailored through reinforcement systems, impact modification, heat and hydrolysis stabilization, controlled crystallization, flame-retardant and halogen-free flame-retardant technologies, electrical optimization, low-warpage packages, laser marking, color development, and other application-driven technologies.

 

MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES

The IngePet® platform can be tailored through reinforcement, performance modification, crystallization control, and functional additive technologies. These technologies allow the compound to be optimized according to the mechanical, thermal, dimensional, electrical, environmental, surface, and processing requirements of the final application.

Reinforcement Technologies
Glass Fiber • Carbon Fiber • Mineral • Hybrid Reinforcement

Reinforcement systems can be engineered to achieve the required balance of stiffness, strength, dimensional control, creep resistance, surface quality, and processing behavior.

Performance Modification
Impact Modified • Heat Stabilized • Hydrolysis Resistant • Low Warpage • Chemical Resistant • UV Stabilized

Application-specific modification packages help optimize performance under impact, elevated temperatures, humidity, hot water, automotive fluids, chemicals, outdoor exposure, and other demanding service conditions.

Functional Technologies
Flame Retardant • Halogen-Free FR • Enhanced Electrical Properties • Conductive • Antistatic • Low VOC • Laser Markable

Functional additive technologies extend the IngePet® portfolio into applications requiring fire safety, electrical insulation, tracking resistance, controlled conductivity, low emissions, traceability, or other specialized performance.

Sustainable Material Options
Prime • Hybrid • PIR • PCR • Full Recycle

Selected IngePet® formulations can incorporate Post-Industrial Recycled (PIR) and Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) raw materials, including Hybrid and Full Recycle concepts, according to application performance, source quality, and sustainability requirements.

PERFORMANCE

Engineered Performance for Structural and Precision Applications
IngePet® compounds can be tailored to achieve the required balance of stiffness, strength, dimensional stability, thermal performance, surface quality, chemical resistance, electrical behavior, and processing consistency.

Mechanical and Thermal Performance
The PET polymer platform provides high strength and rigidity, while heat-stabilized, reinforced, and crystallization-controlled formulations support reliable performance under application-specific mechanical and thermal conditions.

Structural Performance
The PET polymer platform provides high strength and Glass fiber, carbon fiber, mineral, and hybrid reinforcement systems enable increased stiffness, strength, load-bearing capability, and improved resistance to creep and deformation.igidity, while heat-stabilized, reinforced, and crystallization-controlled formulations support reliable performance under application-specific mechanical and thermal conditions.

Dimensional Stability
Controlled crystallization, optimized reinforcement, shrinkage control, and low-warpage technologies support dimensional accuracy, stable tolerances, and reliable assembly in precision molded components.

Chemical and Environmental Durability
Application-specific solutions can be developed for components exposed to automotive fluids, oils, fuels, coolants, humidity, hot water, cleaning agents, and selected industrial chemicals.

Electrical and Flame-Retardant Performance
Flame-retardant and electrically optimized grades support applications requiring reliable insulation behavior and compliance with application-specific UL 94, Glow Wire, and CTI requirements.

 

APPLICATIONS

Automotive
IngePet® compounds provide material solutions for structural and precision automotive components requiring high stiffness, dimensional stability, surface quality, thermal performance, and resistance to automotive fluids.

Typical applications:
Structural brackets • sensor housings • actuator parts • lighting components • under-hood housings • covers • clips and fasteners • precision components

Electrical & Electronics
Flame-retardant, reinforced, and electrically optimized IngePet® formulations are available for structural and precision components where dimensional stability and electrical safety are critical.

Typical applications:
Connectors • terminal blocks • coil formers • relay and switch components • circuit-breaker parts • electrical housings • insulation components

Home Appliances
IngePet® materials provide mechanical strength, dimensional control, surface quality, and structural durability for functional components used throughout household appliances.

Typical applications:
Motor and coil components • fan and pump parts • electrical housings • switch components • structural supports • handles • precision mechanical components

Industrial Applications
Reinforced and performance-modified compounds support industrial components requiring high rigidity, dimensional accuracy, mechanical durability, surface quality, and chemical resistance.

Typical applications:
Pump and valve components • gears • machinery housings • electrical enclosures • structural supports • precision components • fastening systems

Drone and Advanced Mobility
Reinforced and functionally modified grades support lightweight and compact component design while providing the structural, dimensional, thermal, and environmental reliability required by next-generation mobility systems.

Typical applications:
Electrical connectors • sensor components • motor surroundings • battery and power-electronics peripherals • electrical housings • brackets • precision structural parts

PROCESSING

Controlled Processing and Reliable Crystallization
IngePet® compounds are developed for stable and repeatable industrial processing. Because PET is sensitive to moisture before melting, controlled drying, sealed material handling, residence time, and temperature management are essential for protecting molecular weight, melt quality, and final part performance.

Injection Molding
IngePet® injection molding grades are available for precision components, high-surface-quality parts, and complex reinforced structural components. Processing conditions are selected according to crystallization behavior, reinforcement level, component geometry, tool design, and application requirements.

Drying and Material Handling
Grade-specific drying conditions and moisture limits must be followed before processing. Proper storage, sealed transfer, and controlled residence time help protect melt quality, surface appearance, mechanical performance, and process stability.

Tooling and Temperature Control
Appropriate machine capability, wear-resistant tooling where required, controlled melt and mold temperatures, nucleation and crystallization behavior, and balanced cooling support complete filling, surface quality, dimensional control, and repeatable production.

Grade-specific drying conditions, melt temperatures, mold temperatures, residence-time limits, and other processing recommendations are provided in the relevant technical documentation.