Even though plastics have made our lives more comfortable, the widespread adoption of plastics accompanies various problems relating to flammability. To comply with the public's demands for flame retardant polymers, we have devoted itself to the development of Starex flame retardant ABS. Even if ABS with its high impact strength, chemical resistance and good appearance can be used in electric and electronic components (interior and exterior parts), its use in electric and electronic components requires a high degree of heat resistance as well as balanced impact resistance and fluidity. Flame retardant grades of Starex ABS, with its outstanding heat resistance, offers an optimized balance of properties while minimizing the deterioration of its original properties, which can be achieved by adding various flame retardants. Also, with many Starex flame retardant ABS resins to choose from, you can select one that matches your design needs.

• Blooming and plating-out During injection molding, flame retardants can diffuse out to the surface and cause mold contamination. Since this phenomenon becomes worse with darker colors, it is recommended not to use flame retardant ABS grade resins with dark color shades. However, blooming is not observed while using all Starex flame retardant ABS grade exceptVH-0853. Starex flame retardant ABS grades with their excellent qualities allow for flexible product designs.
• 4) Heat resistance Heat resistance implies that the product is not prone to deformation while being exposed to a wide temperature range.The excellent heat resistance of Starex flame retardant ABS makes it possible to increase the reliability of injection molded products. However care must be taken to select the proper grade of Starex flame retardant ABS for final use. For cost reduction and improved injection productivity,the VE-series can be the best choice as an engineering plastics substitute,while the VH-series is suitable when processability is more important design factor than heat resistance.
• Weather resistance Since ABS contains butadiene to enhance impact strength, it can be discolored if exposed to sunlight for a longtime. And this prevents its usefulness with such O.A. applicances as computer monitors, printers, and photocopying machine. As one of the leading companies in the production of ABS resin. Cheil has made the effort to solve these problems, and it has successfully produced a flame retardant ABS series with excellent weather resistance. Among the series, VH-0853, VE-0812,VE-0855 or VE- 0856 can be the best choice for applications demanding weather resistance.