New high-performance polymer cuts component weight by over 30% while maintaining strength and premium aesthetics
Syensqo, a global leader in advanced materials and specialty chemicals, announces the launch of Kalix® LD-4850 BK000, a new low-density high-performance polyamide (HPPA) developed to address the evolving demands of the consumer electronics industry.
Kalix® LD-4850 enables manufacturers to achieve substantial lightweighting of structural components in devices such as smartphones, AR/VR headsets, and other smart electronics. The new grade delivers over 30% weight reduction compared to conventional structural polyamides and polycarbonates, while maintaining excellent mechanical strength and premium surface aesthetics.
Engineered for applications where reduced weight is essential, such as brackets, frames, speaker housings, and AR/VR glass legs, Kalix® LD-4850 combines high stiffness and strength with minimal warpage and low dielectric properties. This unique balance supports the development of slimmer, lighter, and more comfortable devices, in line with current hardware trends.
With Kalix® LD-4850, Syensqo is empowering our customers to redefine what’s possible in consumer electronics design. By enabling significant weight reduction without sacrificing durability or visual appeal, this new HPPA grade helps manufacturers meet consumer expectations for portability and performance.
Kalix® LD-4850 BK000 is now commercially available worldwide and has already been adopted by leading smartphone manufacturers.
Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates in 30 countries.
Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and healthcare applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
Learn more at www.syensqo.com.
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Kalix® HPPA
Kalix® HPPA products are highly glass-filled compounds that can replace metal in structural mobile electronic components where strength, rigidity and aesthetics are important such as housings, covers, chassis and frames.