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EASTMAN Eastar® Copolyesters

Eastar refridgerator drawers
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Eastar is used by manufacturers worldwide to make glossy, clear fabricated boxes, extruded profiles, and general purpose blister pack and shrink film. Eastars toughness and barrier properties improve the ability to downgauge materials and increase printing speed, while ensuring that your product will look and taste as good to the consumer as it did the day you packaged it.

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Advantages Grades Markets and Applications
  • Clarity : exceptional
  • Impact Strength : good
  • Food Contact Appropriate : meets FDA regulations
  • Chemical Resistance : outstanding
  • Gloss : high
  • Sealable and Bondable : by heat, solvent, or radio-frequency
  • Processability : by extrusion; injection molding; form, fill, and seal thermoforming
  • Colorability : excellent
  • Printable Surface : by hot stamping, pad printing, and silk screening
  • Machinable : easily cut into desired shape
  • Low Outgassing : far below industry standards for electrical/electronic components
  • Barrier Properties : effective
  • Sterilizable : by ethylene oxide, electron beam, and gamma ray without reduction in performance or discoloration
  • Resin ID Code #1
  • Stiffness : good
  • Injection molding, medium flow, FDA
  • Super impact, stress whitening resist, medium flow
  • For film & sheet, high melt strength
  • FDA, for film & sheet, high melt strength
  • Denesting concenterate for blister film
  • Aromatic oil resist, FDA
  • Mold release, chemical & aromatic oil resist
  • High flow, FDA, chemical resist
  • Mold release, high flow, FDA, chem resist
  • Injection molding : Floor care components; Personal care products; Medical devices; Appliance components; Pen components; Toothbrushes; Cosmetics packaging; Toys; Sporting goods
  • Extruded sheet : Lenticular imaging; Fabricated boxes; Graphic arts; Plastic cards; Furniture overlaminate films
  • Thermoformed sheet : Packaging; Medical parts; Electronic components; Food; Consumer goods; Personal care products; Sports helmet shells; Blister packaging
  • Extruded film : Shrink labels; Shrink film for packaging; Overlay films; Appliance touch pads;
  • Extrusion blow molding : Containers
  • Extruded profiles : Packaging; Point-of-purchase components; Shelving and dividers; Pricing channels Packaging for semiconductors; passive devices, and electronic; components

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Applications which have used Eastar

Important Notice: The information and statements herein are believed to be reliable but are not to be construed as a warranty or representation for which we assume legal responsibility. Users should undertake sufficient verification and testing to determine suitability for their own particular purpose of any information of products referred to herein. NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS MADE.

Eastar is a trademark of Eastman Chemical Company. Images and most verbiage copyright Eastman Chemical Company.

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