
5 Sep 2005
Tough GE Lexan* EXL Resin Delivers Excellent Aesthetics & Impact Strength for New Amoi Mobile Phone Design
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — September 5, 2005 — Amoi Electronics designed its new M60 multimedia cell phone to deliver outstanding aesthetics, durability, and reliability, even under the roughest of handling conditions. The company achieved these design goals with help from a new grade of glass-fiber (GF) reinforced Lexan* EXL polycarbonate (PC) resin from GE Advanced Materials.
Amoi, a leading manufacturer in China’s electronics industry, selected Lexan EXL4419 resin to provide high stiffness in combination with excellent impact strength and good paintability for the cover of its M60 phone. Recently released alongside two other GF polycarbonates – GE’s Lexan EXL4016 and EXL4019 resins – the grade Amoi selected has high-flow, improved fatigue resistance and superior impact strength over a wide temperature range, when compared to other commercially available GF reinforced PC resins.
“The design of our M60 mobile phone presented several challenges that traditional materials could not meet,” said Letitia He, brand manager of Amoi Electronics Co., Ltd. “GE’s new Lexan EXL resin gave us a high-technology materials solution that addressed all of our concerns and helped us to develop this innovative new phone product to address consumer demand.”
The fiercely competitive cellular phone market is driven by consumer demand for more functionality without an increase in cost. Formulated from glass-fiber reinforced PC copolymers, Lexan EXL resins support both trends by delivering a lightweight, impact-resistant alternative to conventional material solutions. More specifically, GE’s Lexan EXL4016, Lexan EXL4019, and Lexan EXL4419 resin grades all deliver significantly higher levels of impact strength compared to conventional GF-reinforced polycarbonate materials at comparable stiffness levels.
For consumers, these qualities translate into cell phones with striking aesthetics and reliable long-term performance. For manufacturers, GE’s Lexan EXL resins offer improved design flexibility for battery covers, A and B cell phone covers, and frames.
GE’s new family of GF polycarbonates delivers different degrees of stiffness, facilitating internal and full architectures. Their excellent flow performance also enables thin-wall construction, reduced cycle times, and improved yields.
Like all Lexan resin grades, Lexan EXL resins demonstrate excellent paintability, although their molded-in color capabilities also offer the potential elimination of emissions and production steps associated with painting processes. GE’s new Lexan EXL4016 resin, EXL4019 resin, and EXL4419 resin products are available today.
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About GE Advanced Materials
GE Advanced Materials (www.geadvancedmaterials.com) is a world leader in providing high-technology material solutions. Headquartered in Pittsfield, Mass., its businesses include Plastics, Silicones, Quartz, Automotive, Specialty Film & Sheet, Polymershapes, and Sealants and Adhesives.
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About Amoi Electronics Co., Ltd.
In August 1981, Xiamen Solid Electronic Limited was founded as the first Sino-foreign Joint-venture company in Xiamen. In May 1997, Amoisonic Electronics Company Limited was incorporated as a public company with Xiamen Solid as its main sponsor. In June 1997, the shares of Amoisonic were officially listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange. (Code: 600057) In July 2003, Amoisonic was re-registered as Amoi Electronics Company Limited.
Headquartered in 45 Tiyu Road, Xiamen, Fujian, P.R. China, Amoi’s total assets is RMB 4.2 billion (approx. US$ 500,000,000), and by 2004, it has more than 20,000 employees. Amoi’s production base in Xiamen, covering an area of 400,000 square meters, has reached the annual production capacity of 10 million mobile phones and two million units of other products.
Aiming at becoming an innovator from China, Amoi has expanded its business towards 3C (communication, computer, and consumer electronics) diversification and internationalization. Currently, Amoi’s product range covers 2.5G/3G mobile phones, PHS handsets, LCD TV, DLP rear-projection TV, Laptop PC and other electronics equipments.
* Lexan is a trademark of General Electric Company.
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GE’s Lexan* EXL Resin for New Amoi M60 Mobile Phone Design
Amoi Electronics, a leading manufacturer in China’s electronics industry, has selected Lexan EXL4419 resin, a high-performance material from GE, to help design its new M60 multimedia cell phone. Lexan EXL resin is characterized by high stiffness in combination with excellent impact strength and good paintability that allow it to provide outstanding aesthetics, durability, and reliability, even under the roughest of handling conditions. Amoi also chose Lexan EXL resin for its high-flow, improved fatigue resistance and superior impact strength over a wide temperature range vs. other commercially available glass-fiber (GF) reinforced polycarbonate (PC) resins.
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