GM, MONTELL PURSUE NANOCOMPOSITE TPOS.

Plastics News,  December, 1998  by Pryweller, Joseph

Tags: clay, General Motors Corp.

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LANSING, MICH. -- Microscopic in size and forged from a mud slurry of silted clay, nanocomposites seem an unlikely choice to become the next shining star of the plastic resin world. But with a new boost from General Motors Corp., nanocomposites could play a leading role in cars and trucks as soon as the year 2000.

All this for a highly unusual additive dating back to prehistoric times that has virtually no track record in resins. Montell Polyolefins -- a top producer of polypropylene-based automotive resins -- is working with GM to develop the first commercial family of ...

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