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Metocene

"Who is the fairest of them all," asked Snow White. We might ask the same question for plastics. For it is through its visual characteristics that Metocene seeks to win over designers and architects. This high-quality and environmentally friendly plastic, which is produced using metallocene catalysis, is the result of many years of experimentation. It belongs to the family of polypropylenes, the PP plastics, which were first produced in the 1950s. The arrival of the new generation of PPs has meant that numerous improvements could be achieved, with both users and developers in mind. In combination with Pristene, Metocene offers the greatest transparency in the polyolefin product range. Its rigidity rivals that of a PP homopolymer. Its aesthetic characteristics include high gloss, shininess and an extraordinarily high degree of transparency. Because Metocene uses relatively little energy in its manufacture, it meets the demands of sustainability: Metocene is extremely fluid and can thus be worked more quickly. In addition, it is also remarkable for its low specific weight and impact resistance, even at low temperatures.

Today, a large proportion of plastics is used in the packaging industry. Only a very small proportion is destined for building/construction, an area of particular interest to the creative industries. It is in this area that Metocene seeks to become more firmly established in future; up to now its uses have been confined to such things as retail displays, confectionery and cosmetics packaging, as well as casings for data storage devices. The Metocene Edition, which Stylepark has developed in conjunction with the chemical company LyondellBasell, illustrates, with a variety of examples and products, the diversity of visual possibilities that this plastic offers: for example, its wide variety of surface textures, the technology for back injection moulding of textiles, as well as its abrasion-proof surface finish. As so often in the history of plastics, which began as cheaper alternatives to expensive materials but have, in the event, been largely responsible for the cult-status of, for instance, the Apple computer, it is the aesthetics of the material, which have become the source of inspiration and creativity.

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