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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