Plastics benefits

In order to differentiate their products, manufacturers are constantly developing new concepts and designs by mixing shape, color, surface appearance and, more recently, the interaction with light. One clear trend observed over the last few years and expected to grow in the coming years is transparency.

This trend was initiated in lighting applications, and in cosmetic packaging to evoke purity and sophistication. Today transparent effects are expanding rapidly into a variety of industries - automotive, architecture, furniture, medical - thanks to fast moving developments in the field of artifical light sources and innovative new polymeric materials.

For many years glass was extensively used, however, nowadays it is being replaced more and more by transparent polymers providing much higher design flexibility, much easier processability, better colorability/decoration and significant weight savings.

Benefits of Plastics versus Glass

The combination of transparency with other performances such as gas barrier, flame retardancy, dimensional stability, and chemical resistance, raises the interest of many manufacturers.

In this Transparency Center, we offer a specific zone dedicated to transparency, with the aim to guide you in your material selection and to provide you Solutions and Innovations related to Transparency.