Chinaplas: RadiciGroup focuses on e-mobility and solar industry

RadiciGroup, with its Specialty Chemicals and High Performance Polymers business areas, is taking part in Chinaplas (stand 17 A101).  The Chinese market is strategic for the Group, both for the expectations of strong business growth in the Asian area and for the possibility of developing innovative solutions to be made available on the global market.

China leads the way in terms of e-mobility, according to Erico Spini, Global Marketing Director of RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers. The Group has been collaborating with local customers, and has expanded the range with products particularly suitable for this sector: in particular to flame retardant materials that are usually used for applications that require high mechanical resistance over time, such as frames  and battery housings, IGBT supports, bus bar, housings for electronic components and high voltage connectors.

RadiciGroup has also collaborated in the development of wireless charging systems, making available its expertise in the selection and design of polyamide-based polymers. It is also working in China  on some innovative solutions for the electromagnetic shielding of electric car components, and testing solutions that it hopes to be able to make available soon.  

In China,  "innovation" is therefore the keyword for entering new markets and applications, together with "sustainability": in this direction, RadiciGroup already has consolidated experience in the use of products with recycled content, now known throughout the world with the Renycle® brand. In addition to this, it already offers a range of partially bio-based materials available under the PA610-based Radilon® D brand. These materials, in addition to offering excellent technical performance (high chemical resistance, high dimensional stability thanks to lower water absorption, excellent hydrolysis resistance compared to PA6 and PA66), represent an optimal solution for reducing the environmental impact thanks to the use of material from renewable sources.

Another rapidly developing market in China is that of the solar industry: flame retardant products (belonging to the Radiflam® family on a PA66 base) are used here with special characteristics that allow them to pass the approval tests envisaged for connectors for solar panels.