Eastar® Copoliester Resins

Eastman’s Eastar® Copoliester Resins are ideally suited for a number of demanding applications.

Packaging
Consumer product manufacturers worldwide use Eastar Copoliester from Eastman for its unrivaled ability to put the sparkle in packaging for an impressive range of products.

Manufacturers and users of fabricated boxes, extruded profiles, and general purpose blister and shrink film packaging all have one exciting thing in common. They share the ability to outshine the competition by using Eastar Copoliester to develop appealing packaging that sells.

Medical Packaging
Eastar co polyesters are the preferred materials of choice in the medical industry. They are used to package medical instruments, devices and implants for protection against breakage and contamination. Eastman offers a spectrum of plastics to match your biological/regulatory, sterilization, and disposal requirements. For further information, please review our literature piece MBS-281 in our On-line Publications section or review individual application success stories in the above Related News section.

Packages made of Eastar Copoliester offer more than just aesthetic appeal. Their extraordinary toughness, superior chemical resistance, and barrier properties mean your product will look as good and taste as good to the consumer as it did the day you packaged it.

The stiffness and strength of Eastar Copoliester also improve the ability to down gauge materials and increase printing speed.

Consumer Markets
Eastar copolyesters provide value and utility to many consumer items including pen caps, pen barrels, children's toys, sporting goods, house wares, and much more. They offer molders plastic resins that deliver water-clear clarity, excellent impact resistance, and toughness. Specified for applications at day care facilities, in retail store displays, and in commercial Laundromats, Eastar copolyesters are tough and durable and perform exceptionally well in many different environments.

Appliance Markets
Eastar copolyesters are gaining wider acceptance in many appliance product categories as the trend to mold water-clear components continues. In floor care categories such as vacuum cleaners and rug shampooers, the design trend is to allow the consumer to see the "cleaning action." Our copolyesters are well positioned to meet fitness-for-use criteria in appliance markets because they:

• Are water-clear and will maintain excellent aesthetics over time.
• Are chemically resistant to common household cleaning agents.
• Enjoy outstanding impact resistance.

Cosmetics Markets
Eastar copolyesters enjoy wide acceptance with designers in the cosmetics industry because their aesthetic qualities help bring to life the unique and eye-catching packaging concepts created during the design phase of new product development. These aesthetic qualities include:

• Brilliant sparkle and glass-like clarity.
• Density that approaches the feel of glass.
• Decorative capabilities that include frosting, metallization, printing, and coloration.
• Environmental responsibility.

Processors active in the cosmetics industry value Eastar copolyesters for their:

• Excellent chemical resistance.
• Significant impact resistance.
• Ability to mold thick parts without haze.

Medical Markets
Eastman has been an active supplier of plastic resins to the healthcare industry for more than 65 years. Our Eastar copolyesters are used to injection mold medical devices such as:

• Filters.
• Syringes.
• Tubing connectors.
• Pump housings.
• Clamps.
• Dialysis components and other molded devices.

Our copolyesters exhibit exceptional properties including:

• Exceptional toughness to withstand stress and impact.
• Chemical resistance to withstand attack from a variety of medical solutions including IPA and lipids.
• Superb clarity.
• Ductility and flexibility, allowing snap-fit assembly to eliminate costly solvent bonding.
• Color stability after gamma sterilization.
• Gamma, EtO, and electronic beam resistance.
• Swag ability.
  

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