?    SABIC and Cybershield are collaborating on projects involving electroless plating of high-temperature ULTEM? resins.
?    SABIC provided processing guidance to help Cybershield to expand molding capabilities.
?    Cybershield is helping to optimize plating quality and performance of various ULTEM resins and to potentially expand use in more applications requiring EMI shielding.
?    At NPE2024 and AIX, SABIC will display connector backshells molded and plated by Cybershield. 

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today announced its collaboration with Cybershield, Inc., a U.S. supplier of metalized plastic components, to advance the use of plated ULTEM? resins in aerospace applications. Through this collaboration, which will be featured at the upcoming NPE2024 and the 2024 Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), SABIC’s team shared with Cybershield their extensive expertise on injection molding of high-heat ULTEM resins. This training prepared Cybershield for successfully molding ULTEM 2310 resin into backshells for electrical connectors that are well suited for use in audiovisual (AV) control modules for commercial aircraft. 

“These collaborations are the latest in our longstanding, multi-faceted relationship with SABIC,” said Dr. Stanley Walton, director, R&D and Sales & Marketing, Cybershield. “For instance, we previously worked with SABIC on the development of glass fiber-reinforced ULTEM EPR resins, which offer enhanced plating capability. Today, thanks to SABIC’s invaluable guidance on all aspects of processing ULTEM 2310 resin, we have expanded our molding capabilities beyond lower-temperature materials. Our customer, Russtech Engineering Co., Inc., is very happy with the components we are molding and plating, and we are now well positioned to pursue other applications for their growing inFlite? Products Suite.”