SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL OPTIONS

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

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

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

From Material Selection to Application Development
Selecting the appropriate ABS compound requires consideration of component geometry, impact and mechanical loads, operating temperature, color and surface requirements, UV and chemical exposure, emission targets, processing conditions, and applicable validation standards. Politem’s technical team supports customers in identifying the most appropriate MonolABS® solution and adapting formulations to application-specific performance, appearance, color, and processing targets.

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

FIND YOUR MonolABS® GRADE
Explore the MonolABS® portfolio according to impact and heat requirements, surface and color expectations, reinforcement level, functional technology, recycled content, processing conditions, and application.

PRODUCT RANGE

MonolABS®
General Purpose and Performance-Modified ABS Compounds

MonolABS® grades provide a versatile material platform combining impact strength, rigidity, dimensional stability, good surface quality, and efficient processing. High-flow, high-impact, heat-resistant, low-gloss, colored, and performance-modified solutions can be developed for specific application needs.

MonolABS® Reinforced and Filled
Glass Fiber and Mineral Modified ABS Compounds

Reinforced and filled MonolABS® grades combine ABS with glass fiber or mineral systems to provide increased stiffness, dimensional control, reduced shrinkage, and improved load-bearing performance. Different reinforcement and filler levels allow the material to be optimized for structural components, precision housings, appliance parts, furniture systems, and industrial applications requiring reliable dimensional and mechanical performance.

MonolABS® Functional Solutions
Flame Retardant Low Emission and Customized Compounds

MonolABS® formulations can be tailored through impact and flow modification, heat and UV stabilization, flame-retardant technologies, low-VOC and low-odor packages, antistatic or conductive functionality, laser marking, color development, and surface-performance technologies.

 

MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES

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

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

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

Performance Modification
High Flow • High Impact • Heat Resistant • UV Stabilized • Scratch Resistant • Low Warpage

Application-specific modification packages help optimize performance under impact, temperature variation, outdoor exposure, surface contact, cleaning agents, repeated use, and demanding processing conditions.

Functional Technologies
Flame Retardant • Conductive • Antistatic • Low VOC • Low Odor • Laser Markable • Special Effects

Functional additive technologies extend the MonolABS® portfolio into applications requiring fire safety, controlled conductivity, low emissions, traceability, special color or visual effects, and other specialized performance.

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

Selected MonolABS® formulations can incorporate Post-Industrial Recycled (PIR) and Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) raw materials, including Hybrid and Full Recycle concepts, according to appearance, color, performance, consistency, and sustainability requirements.

PERFORMANCE

Engineered Performance for Impact Surface and Design Requirements
MonolABS® compounds can be tailored to achieve the required balance of impact strength, rigidity, dimensional stability, heat performance, surface quality, color consistency, durability, and efficient processing.

Impact and Mechanical Performance
The ABS platform provides a balanced combination of toughness and rigidity, while high-impact and heat-resistant modifications support reliable performance under mechanical loads and application-specific temperature conditions.

Structural Performance
Glass fiber, carbon fiber, mineral, and hybrid systems enable increased stiffness, strength, load-bearing capability, and improved dimensional control for structural applications.

Dimensional Stability
Controlled shrinkage, optimized reinforcement or filling, and low-warpage technologies support dimensional accuracy, stable tolerances, and reliable assembly in complex molded components.

Surface Aesthetic and Environmental Performance
Application-specific solutions can be developed for components requiring UV resistance, scratch resistance, controlled gloss, color stability, low emissions, paintability, plating suitability, or resistance to selected cleaning agents and chemicals.

Electrical and Flame-Retardant Performance
Flame-retardant grades support housings and functional parts requiring application-specific fire-safety performance, including selected UL 94 requirements.

 

APPLICATIONS

Automotive
MonolABS® compounds provide material solutions for visible and functional automotive components requiring impact resistance, dimensional stability, low emissions, surface quality, and durable appearance.

Typical applications:
Interior trim components • pillar and console parts • display and instrument housings • covers • bezels • air-vent components • handles • functional brackets

Electrical & Electronics
Flame-retardant, antistatic, conductive, and surface-optimized MonolABS® formulations are available for housings and functional components requiring impact resistance, dimensional reliability, and application-specific electrical behavior.

Typical applications:
Electrical housings • switch and control components • meter housings • office-equipment parts • covers • bezels • structural electrical components

Home Appliances
MonolABS® materials provide impact resistance, surface quality, color consistency, dimensional control, and structural durability for functional and visible components used throughout household appliances.

Typical applications:
Control panels • front panels • electrical housings • handles • bases and covers • decorative components • visible and precision parts

Furniture and Industrial Applications
Reinforced, impact-modified, and functionally modified compounds support furniture and industrial components requiring durability, dimensional accuracy, surface quality, color consistency, and efficient processing.

Typical applications:
Chair and table components • drawer and cabinet accessories • machine covers • instrument housings • structural supports • storage systems • protective parts

Consumer Products and Advanced Mobility
Impact-resistant, colored, and functionally modified grades support compact product design while providing the mechanical, visual, surface, and environmental performance required by consumer and mobility applications.

Typical applications:
Device housings • protective covers • display bezels • mobility interiors • electrical housings • brackets • structural and decorative components

PROCESSING

Reliable Processing and High Surface Quality
MonolABS® compounds are developed for stable and repeatable industrial processing. Formulations are optimized according to impact, flow, surface, color, reinforcement, and application requirements to support consistent part quality and efficient production.

Injection Molding
MonolABS® injection molding grades are available for visible components, thin-wall housings, large decorative parts, precision components, and reinforced structural applications. Processing conditions are selected according to flow, surface and color requirements, component geometry, tool design, and application needs.

Material Handling and Drying
Proper storage and grade-specific drying where required help protect surface appearance, color consistency, mechanical performance, and process stability. Excessive heat history and residence time should be avoided.

Tooling and Temperature Control
Appropriate machine capability, wear-resistant tooling where required, controlled melt and mold temperatures, balanced filling and cooling, and careful residence-time control support surface quality, color consistency, 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.