Extrusion International 5-2024

37 Extrusion International 5/2024 Benchmark in Standard Compounds T he plastics specialists at LEHVOSS Compounds bring standards into series production at low cost. From a huge product portfolio, decades of expertise and a lot of industry experience, standard compounds have been developed in Hamburg that are clearly ahead of the market in terms of performance and price. "LEHVOSS is known as a border crosser in the area of what is technically feasible. For us, that alsomeans clearly assuming cost leadership in important segments - with unrestricted performance," says Dr. Thomas Oehmichen, Managing Director and Partner at LEHVOSS. Cost efficiency is the key competitive factor for modern industry. The current economic conditions have reinforced this trend again: only those who manage to strike a bal - ance between top performance and costs will survive in this challenging environment in the long term. For industries such as automotive, consumer or E&E, processability and uncompromising performance are important in addition to competitive material prices. Developing compounds to the point is the clear strength of LEHVOSS Compounds. In addition to the many successes in the 40-year history of the world's unique high-performance compounds, LEHVOSS Compounds has been active with selected customers for several months with the new STANDARD portfolio and in this short time has already realized sev - eral projects that are ready for the market. LEHVOSS Compounds invites customers and interested trade fair visitors to get to know the proven high-perfor - mance products as well as the new STANDARDS at the trade fair booth using selected application examples: LUVOCOM: Compounds that are specifically developed to meet customer requirements, in particular outstand - ing performance properties. They are used in demand - ing industries such as automotive, electronics or medical technology. LUVOTECH: Proven standard products such as PA66/ PPA, PP CF or LCP compounds from LEHVOSS are char - acterized by cost-effective prices, fast delivery times and outstanding personal service. Direct access to personal contacts is part of the service. LUVOTECH eco: PA6, PA66, PBT, PC/ABS, PPS GF, LCP and PEEK alternatives with different recycled content. LU- VOTECH eco compounds are characterized by the highest level of property consistency and high performance, are attractively priced and at the same time sustainable. LUVOCOM LFT: LEHVOSS offers cost-optimized alter - natives for commercially available long-fiber materi - als based on PA66, PA66/6 and PA66-6I/X. In addition, other technical LFT compounds are available, e.g. based on PA410, PA11. In addition to the commercially avail - able LFT with glass fiber reinforcement, LEHVOSS Com - pounds brings the existing practical expertise to the portfolio of carbon fiber reinforced LFT. Special modifi - cations, such as wear and friction optimization, coloring or flame retardancy are also available. At booth, LEHVOSS Compounds will demonstrate in - spiring exhibits that reflect creativity in finding technical solutions combined with high cost-efficiency. Lehmann&Voss&Co. KG www.lehvoss.de/compounds Fakuma: Booth B1-1106 Smart control boosts ef ciency Fakuma: Hall A1, A1-1005 www.hellweg-granulators.com/en/ Smart Control for optimized operation Ef cient, energy-saving plastics recycling Good ratio of throughput to energy consumption Material endurance test as part of the Xtreme Tech Expedition. Carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics from the LUVOCOM XCF product line are revolutionizing bicycle frame construction. Frames manufactured by V Frames