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Lucite Tufcoat
Lucite® TufCoat® is now the US construction industry's leading product for architectural capping (capstock) with sales growing eight times in the last 5 years.

Lucite TufCoat is extruded over substrate materials such as PVC to provide exceptional durability and performance characteristics to the siding. This includes UV weathering resistance, which means that manufacturers can offer a much wider range of color options safe in the knowledge that they will not fade or change color over time.  Tufcoat is also used as a capstock over pultruded fiber glass lineals for window and trim applications.  Capping applications including vinyl sidings, vinyl and composite windows.  Tufcoat is a superior acrylic polymer designed specifically for coextrusion.

LG Chemical ASA
ASA (Acrylate Styrene Acrylonitrile) is three-dimensional co-polymer SAN resin reinforced with acrylic rubber. It has excellent weather resistance, so it is best choice for outdoor applications.

Injection
General injection ASA from LG Chemical reinforced with acrylic rubber, is featured with weather resistance of acrylic rubber, processability of styrene, and chemical resistance, heat resistance, and glossiness of acrylonitrile.

Extrusion
Extrusion ASA from LG chemical is widely used for satellite antennas, and boat components owing to the typical properties as follows.

  • Excellent weather resistance
  • Well balanced mechanical properties
  • Superior chemical resistance
  • Good thermal aging stability
  • Good processability

Heat Resistant
Heat resistant ASA from LG Chemical has excellent weather resistance as well as heat resistance, so it is best choice for automobile rearview mirrors and radiator grilles. Its typical properties are as follows.

  • Excellent weather resistance
  • Well balanced mechanical properties
  • Superior chemical resistance
  • Good thermal aging stability
  • Good processability
  • Excellent heat-cold temperature resistance
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