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December 27, 2002

Asaflex™ from Asahi Kasei Chemicals is providing solutions for customers worldwide,
with function and performance in these and other fields of application.

Let Asaflex™ contribute to your solutions.

Please note that the following information is provided only as a basic guide, and not as any representation or warranty of suitability for a specific purpose or non-infringement of industrial property rights.

Collated Tables of Asaflex™ applications
Use the Asaflex™ blend simulator,
to estimate the balance between impact resistance and transparency.

Tabular index: Asaflex™ applications, functions, and recommended grades
Fabrication process	Typical end products	Blended polymers	Effects, enhancements	Recommended grades
Injection molding	Food containers	neat Asaflex™ GPPS Tufprene™	Transparency Impact resistance	805 825 840
	Clothes hangers
	Toys
	Sundries, cases
	Transparent appliance and OA parts
	Cosmetics overcaps		Transparency Push-lock properties
Sheet extrusion	Blister packs	SC* GPPS HIPS Tufprene™	Transparency Impact resistance	810 815 835 845
	Transparent drink cups		Transparency Impact resistance GPPS compatibility Deep drawing
	Food containers
	Frozen dessert cups, lids
	IC carrier tapes		Transparency Folding endurance
Films	Shrink films	SC*	Low-temp. shrinking Low natural shrinkage	825 830 840
Films	PSP**, HIPS laminating films	SC* GPPS HIPS	Elongation	810 825 840
Profile extrusion	IC magazine rails	SC* GPPS HIPS	Transparency Impact resistance	825 830
Blow molding	Gardening ampoules	neat Asaflex™	Transparency Impact resistance	825 840
	Glue containers
	Transparent megaphones

*SC:	Styrenic copolymer from PS Japan Corp. similar to Asaflex™ in refraction index; sheets produced from SC-Asaflex™ blends show transparency and impact resistance levels unattainable with GPPS;
*PSP:	Polystyrene paper (foamed PS)

Aaflex™ - Basic profile

Application, use, function - Elastomers

Contact us for information on the registered status or ratings of given grades for specific categories of use or application.
None of the grades or products described herein are intended or supplied for use in any medical device or pharmaceuticals-related application of the following nature.
-Any application involving implantation in the human body.
-Any application involving more than 30 days of continuous contact with the human body (or with blood and other bodily fluids).
Contact us before using any of these grades or products in any medical application or in any application involving food contact.

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