Although contact lenses have been very popular, people still tend to keep a pair of ordinary glasses at hand. Glasses with colored-frames have become a fashion gadget – even for people with normal eyesight. The glasses you are wearing reveal your personality and taste. BASF is now working with eyeglass frame makers to offer you more “support”.
BASF will showcase eyeglass frames made from Ultrason® amorphous thermoplastics. Compared to competitive plastic materials, the adoption of Ultrason in eyeglass frames provides higher stiffness while at the same time offering more flexibility, better transparency, and greater design and coloring freedom. The material’s excellent flexural strength and light weight also make the frames durable and comfortable to wear. Ultrason resins are especially suitable for highly stressed parts that must show substantial dimensional stability and good mechanical properties, and can substitute thermosets, metalsand ceramics.
Co-branded between BASF and STC, a leading manufacturer of eyeglass frames in Korea, the frames made of Ultrason are also expected to be exported overseas to China and other international markets.
Find more about Ultson® in our booth at Chinaplas 2014:
- Booth B41, Hall N1
-Shanghai New International Expo Center, 2345 Longyang Road
- 9:30 -17:30, April 23-26, 2014
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