CODE FAMILY NAME COMMON TRADE NAME TYPICAL APPLICATION
ABS/PVC ABS/PV ALLOY PROLOY, PULSE, LUSTRAN,
CYCLOVIN
DOOR PANELS, GRILLES,
TRIM
BMC BULK MOLDING COM-
POUND
BMC FENDER EXTENSIONS
EMA EHTYLENE METHYL ACRY-
LATE/IONOMER
SURLYN, EMA, IONOMER BUMPER GUARDS, PADS
METTON METTON METTON GRILLES, KICK PANELS,
RUNNING BOARDS
MPPO MODIFIED POLYPHE-
NYLENE OXIDE
MPPO SPOILER ASSEMBLY
PA POLYAMID ZYTEL, VYDYNE, PA, MIN-
LON
FENDERS, QUARTER PAN-
ELS
PET THERMOPLASTIC POLYES-
TER
RYNITE TRIM
PBT/PPO PBT/PPO ALLOY GERMAX CLADDINGS
PBTP POLYBUTYLENE
THEREPTHALATE
PBT, PBTP, POCAN, VALOX WHEEL COVERS, FENDERS,
GRILLES
PBTP/EEBC POLYBUTYLENE
THEREPTHALATE/EEBC
ALLOY
BEXLOY, “M”, PBTP/EEBC FASCIAS, ROCKER PANEL,
MOLDINGS
PC POLYCARBONATE LEXAN, MERLON, CALIBRE,
MAKROLON PC
TAIL LIGHT LENSES, IP
TRIM, VALANCE PANELS
PC/ABS PC/ABS ALLOY GERMAX, BAY BLENDS,
PULSE
DOORS, INSTRUMENT PAN-
ELS
PPO POLYPHENYLENE OXIDE AZDEL, HOSTALEN, MAR-
LEX, PRFAX, NORYL, GTX,
PPO
INTERIOR TRIM, DOOR PAN-
ELS, SPLASH SHIELDS,
STEERING COLUMN
SHROUD
PPO/PA POLYPHENYLENE/POLYA-
MID
PPO/PA, GTX 910 FENDERS, QUARTER PAN-
ELS
PR/FV FIBERGLASS REINFORCED
PLASTIC
FIBERGLASS, FV, PR/FV BODY PANELS
PS POLYSTYRENE LUSTREX, STYRON, PS DOOR PANELS, DASH PAN-
ELS
RTM RESIN TRANSFER MOLD-
ING COMPOUND
RTM BODY PANELS
SMC SHEET MOLDED COM-
POUND
SMC BODY PANELS
TMC TRANSFER MOLDING
COMPOUND
TMC GRILLES
UP UNSATURATED POLYES-
TER (THERMOSETTING)
SMC, BMC, TMC, ZMC, IMC,
XSMC, UP
GRILLE OPENING PANEL,
LIFTGATES, FLARESIDE
FENDERS, FENDER EXTEN-
SIONS
EEBC ETHER/ESTER BLOCKED
CO-POLYMER
EEBC BUMPERS
EEBC/PBTP EEBC/POLYBUTYLENE
TEREPTHALATE
EEBC, PBTP, BEXLOY BUMPER, ROCKER PANELS
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