
EN45545 Flame-Retardant Compound: Requirements, Materials, and Railway Applications
Recent innovations in LATI S.p.A.’s flame-retardant thermoplastic compounds have captured the interest of designers working in the railway transport sector.

Nanomaterials Risk Assessment: the GUIDEnano Method for Industrial Safety
GUIDEnano is a European research project funded by the 7th Framework Programme aimed at developing an online guidance tool that will help users of nanomaterial-containing products to design and apply the most appropriate assessments

Certified Drinking Water Compound: High-Performance Technopolymers for Safe Water Systems
The process of replacing metal with polymers is now well-established in the drinking water transport sector as well.

Self-extinguishing Compound for Technical Textile Applications: Performance and Safety for Advanced PPE
For the production of these zippers, General Zipp has opted for self-extinguishing thermoplastic materials in whose development and production LATI is a leader. In particular, LATAMID 66 H2 G/25-V0CT1 has been selected for teeth and sliders

PPS Compound for Food Contact: Performance and Safety in Fluidic Devices
LATI observes with great interest the evolution of sectors related to the food field, from vending to coffee machines, from drinking water transport to food processing.

Flame-retardant Compound for the Railway Sector: Safe and Certified Materials for Rail Transport
The railway sector is among the most active in the process of replacing metals and many synthetic thermoset materials.

Recyclable Flame-Retardant Compound: Sustainability and UL-certified Performance
Reducing the impact on the environment and human health: a cross-cutting and fundamental issue for products and processes across the entire industrial world

Lightweight Thermoplastic Compound without Blowing Agent: the New Frontier of Structural Lightness
Lightness and robustness are two characteristics that rarely coexist. For injection molded applications with thermoplastic compounds, it is difficult to conceive structural realizations capable of offering specific weights below 1.4-1.6 g/cc.

Self-lubricating Compound for Bushings: Efficiency, Durability, and Quietness in Mechanical Systems
A major forklift manufacturer has designed an innovative steering system where the steering column can be moved 30°, facilitating the operator’s entry and exit from the driver’s cabin.

Detectable Compound for the Food Industry: Prevention of Plastic Contamination
As is well known, the costs associated with recalling entire supplies of finished products from the market due to quality or safety issues can be truly substantial.

Antistatic Electrically Conductive Compound: Safety and Interference Control
Svantek, a leading company in the production of noise and vibration meters, has successfully decided to adopt LATIOHM electrically conductive compounds for the casing of its new professional dosimeter SV 104 IS.
Thermally Conductive Electrically Insulating Compound: the Balance between Performance and Safety
It is known that the highest-performing thermally conductive compounds are obtained by combining large quantities of selected graphite with the thermoplastic matrix.