For more than 60 years, epsotech has been developing customized plastic solutions for a wide range of segments and markets. Each year, the group supplies more than 2,500 customers worldwide, combining the strengths of 6 European production sites. The materials are used in a variety of applications and markets, including automotive, bus and rail, aerospace, marine and medical.
For rail vehicles the group develops and produces high quality plastic solutions in strict compliance with the relevant standards and requirements. Here, epsotech offers a range of products for modern passenger coaches made of polypropylene as well as polycarbonate-based materials with a significant cost advantage compared to conventional materials and processes.
The polypropylene-based material solutions are available as extruded sheets or injection molding compound. These products are halogen free and also have exceptionally low heat release, smoke density and toxicity properties. Plus they offer excellent chemical resistance, making them the perfect choice in seat and table tray applications where parts need very frequent cleaning. Sheets are compliant to EN 45545-2 R6 HL3 and compound for injection molding up to R6 HL2, or to R21 HL3 on request.
epsotech also offers halogen-free polycarbonate-based material solutions, with excellent impact properties, available in a range of colours and textures. Suitable for wall, window frame and ceiling applications, these products have been certified according to EN 45545-2 R1 HL2.
With epsotech’s thermoplastic sheet solutions, the group offers their customers a significant advantage in terms of weight savings and thus actively supports CO2 reduction. In general, plastic sheets help conserve resources thanks to their long lives and multifaceted uses.
Additionally, epsotech is strictly committed to the reduction of plastic waste and the ideal of the circular economy. With a high recycling rate, the group actively contributes to a more economical and sustainable environment. epsotech’s mission is to develop innovative products that help customers reach their environmental goals. One of the overall group targets is to generally substitute non-recyclable solutions in the market.
epsotech’s thermoplastic material solutions help to make your everyday life even safer!
Railway-News magazine Issue 3, September 2022: epsotech – Lightweight, Safe and Durable. Tailor-Made Polymer Sheets for the Railway Industry.
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