Engineering thermoplastics (ETPs) are advanced materials engineered for applications where standard plastics cannot meet performance or durability requirements. They maintain mechanical integrity under demanding conditions, making them ideal for functional components in automotive, electrical, industrial, and consumer applications.
Teknor Apex formulates ETPs using reinforcements, impact modifiers, flame retardants, lubricants, and conductivity additives to meet precise design requirements. This allows engineers to achieve the right balance of performance, manufacturability, and long-term reliability across diverse end-use environments.
What Are Engineering Thermoplastics?
Why Choose Teknor Apex as Your Engineering Thermoplastic Materials Supplier
Teknor Apex is recognized for its engineering-led approach to thermoplastic compounding, combining formulation expertise, application insight, and technical problem-solving to help OEMs and processors meet demanding performance and manufacturing goals.
We work collaboratively to develop custom thermoplastic solutions—not just off-the-shelf materials—tailored to specific mechanical, regulatory, and processing requirements across automotive, electrical, industrial, and consumer applications.
All compounds are produced under ISO-certified quality systems with strict formulation control and global manufacturing consistency, ensuring reliable supply and repeatable performance in critical end-use environments.
Featured Engineering Thermoplastics Brands
工程热塑性塑料 （ETP） 产品组合
Polyamides (Nylon Compounds)
我们全面的产品组合涵盖多个领域，从 PA 6 和 PA 66 等主力尼龙到高性能半芳烃和耐热特种 PPA。我们利用这种产品深度，结合创新的改性技术，为客户提供无与伦比的价值。
聚酯
我们的热塑性聚酯解决方案基于聚对苯二甲酸丁二醇酯 （PBT），具有出色的机械、电气和热性能以及耐化学性。我们的产品组合包括玻璃和矿物增强、阻燃和抗冲击改性等级，以及特种 PBT-PET 共混物和可交联解决方案。
Acrylic Compounds for Outdoor Durability
我们的定制丙烯酸化合物专为户外而设计，具有一流的耐候性、抗胭脂泛白性和低热量颜料技术，适用于深色涂料。
Specialty Thermoplastic Blends (PC+ABS, PBT+PP, PA+ABS)
Teknor Apex 可以将多种聚合物组合在一起，以实现单一树脂无法获得的混合特性。这些混合物可以与特种添加剂或增强剂复合，以提高最终使用性能。我们的特种共混物产品组合包括但不限于：PC+ABS、PC+PBT、PA+ABS 和 PP+ABS。
Cross-Linkable Industrial Thermoplastics
利用我们独特的交联技术，提高 PA 6、PA 66、PPA 和 PBT 等标准工程热塑性塑料的性能。Teknor Apex 的可交联材料易于使用标准热塑性注塑成型设备和工具进行加工，与 PEEK、PPS 和 LCP 等特殊树脂相比，可节省高达 40% 的成本。
Sustainable Thermoplastic Solutions
我们提供可持续的解决方案，包括回收、生物基和可再生成分，以及可生物降解的替代品。通过密切合作，我们开发定制的 ETP 解决方案，在不影响性能的情况下提供可持续的结果。
Applications of Engineering Thermoplastics
Engineering thermoplastics are selected when components must deliver strength, durability, heat resistance, and dimensional stability beyond what commodity plastics can provide. Teknor Apex formulates ETPs for demanding applications across multiple industries, helping OEMs and processors meet strict mechanical, regulatory, and environmental requirements.
Key Markets We Serve:
Automotive & Mobility
Used in connectors, housings, structural brackets, cooling system components, gears, and fasteners requiring heat and chemical resistance, dimensional stability, and long-term durability.
电气与电子
Ideal for switchgear, circuit protection, smart-device housings, plug-and-play connectors, bobbins, and terminal blocks, where insulation performance, flame retardance, and precision molding are critical.
Industrial & Manufacturing Equipment
Applied in mechanical housings, pump components, tool parts, gears, and wear-resistant elements that must withstand high loads, friction, and harsh operating conditions.
Consumer Products & Appliances
Used in power tools, appliance components, durable goods, sporting equipment, and precision mechanisms where toughness, feel, and repeatable performance matter.
Sustainability and Innovation in Thermoplastic Engineering
Sustainable design increasingly depends on advanced materials engineering, and Teknor Apex integrates both to help customers meet performance goals while reducing environmental impact. Our engineering thermoplastics are developed with long-term durability, lightweighting, recyclability, and resource efficiency in mind—supporting OEMs as they shift toward more sustainable product and manufacturing strategies.
Teknor Apex continuously invests in innovative formulations, including recycled-content and bio-based compounds, as well as solutions that extend product life, reduce material usage, and improve energy efficiency during processing. Every development is backed by our global R&D resources and strict formulation control, ensuring that sustainability never compromises performance.
常见问题解答：
Engineering thermoplastics (ETPs) are polymers formulated from high-performance base resins—such as polyamides (nylons), PBT, polyesters, or specialty blends—combined with additives and reinforcements that tune properties for demanding applications. Teknor Apex compounds ETPs with glass fibers, minerals, impact modifiers, lubricants, flame retardants, and conductive additives to achieve targeted mechanical, thermal, electrical, and processing performance for specific end uses.
Compared to standard commodity plastics, engineering thermoplastics deliver higher strength, stiffness, heat resistance, and chemical durability. They maintain dimensional stability and mechanical performance under load, at elevated temperatures, and in harsh environments, making them suitable for functional components rather than just cosmetic parts. Teknor Apex ETPs are selected when standard PA, PC, PBT, or ABS cannot meet performance, safety, or reliability requirements in automotive, electrical, industrial, or consumer applications.
Industrial-grade engineering thermoplastics offer a combination of mechanical performance, design flexibility, and processing efficiency. They can replace metal or thermoset materials in many applications, enabling weight reduction, part consolidation, corrosion resistance, and lower system cost. Because they are melt-processable, they support high-volume injection molding and extrusion, giving manufacturers a reliable pathway to scale production while maintaining tight tolerances and consistent quality.
Yes—leading thermoplastic suppliers like Teknor Apex provide custom-compounded engineering thermoplastics tailored to specific application requirements. Our teams adjust reinforcement level, impact resistance, friction/wear behavior, flame retardance, color, and processing characteristics to meet defined performance and regulatory targets. Rather than forcing a design to fit a standard material, Teknor Apex works collaboratively with OEMs and processors to engineer compounds around the application, from concept through production.
Most engineering thermoplastics are recyclable, because they can be re-melted and reprocessed—unlike many thermoset or crosslinked materials. This allows for in-process scrap recovery and supports circularity initiatives where feasible. Teknor Apex also develops sustainability-focused solutions, including grades with recycled content, bio-based components, and lightweighting or durability advantages that reduce overall resource use and environmental impact over the product life cycle. Our goal is to help customers combine performance, manufacturability, and sustainability in a single material solution.
