Trade show notes, product launches, academic technical articles and news from the composite thermoplastic world — Hightech Polimer's industry blog. Field notes from PlastEurasia to Chinaplas, from HIGH-STRAN PEEK to large format 3D printing.
At the 30th Fakuma we brought our long glass and long carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics to European manufacturers on a joint stand with our manufacturing partner Xiamen LFT (LFT-G®) — Hall A7, Booth 7512-4 — presenting our path from grade selection and mould review to trial support and serial production.
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At 3D Expo Istanbul we presented our HIGH-STRAN® pellets for large-format printing: PP, PETG, PETG-PC, PA6 and PPS matrices with glass and carbon fiber reinforcement — and explained why pellet printing beats filament on speed and cost.
At PlastEurasia Istanbul 2024 at Tuyap we showcased our flagship HIGH-STRAN PEEK LCF40, our 3D printing pellet range and our project-based compounding, and discussed Türkiye's composite thermoplastic market live on Bloomberg HT's Business Time.
Chinaplas 2026, the world's largest plastics and composites show, was held in April 2026 in Shanghai, China. We were present in the Xiamen LFT joint booth area, introducing our next-generation LFT-G formulations and large-format 3D printing pellet innovations to international visitors.
We participated in Chinaplas 2025, held April 15–18, 2025 at the Shenzhen World Exhibition Center, as the sole authorized distributor of Xiamen LFT in Türkiye. At the trade show featuring over 4,000 companies worldwide, we observed the latest trends in the long fiber reinforced thermoplastic market and established key contacts with OEM engineers and tier-1 suppliers.
With 40% long carbon fiber reinforcement on a PEEK matrix achieving 260 MPa tensile strength, 40 GPa elastic modulus and 340°C HDT, HIGH-STRAN PEEK LCF40 is our flagship product developed for aerospace, defense and semiconductor industries. Mechanical values rivaling metal come with the lightness and corrosion resistance of polymer.
During the PlastEurasia 2024 trade show, we were guests on Bloomberg HT's Business Time program. We discussed our growth story in Türkiye's composite thermoplastic market, our Xiamen LFT distributorship, and the application areas of long fiber reinforced thermoplastics spanning from automotive to aerospace.
Long fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFT-G) deliver 121% higher tensile strength, 100% higher elastic modulus, 200% higher notched impact, and 250% greater fatigue life compared to their short fiber (SFT) counterparts. In this article, we examine the fiber length–performance relationship, pultrusion process, and fiber preservation during injection with academic references.
The industrial pellet extrusion-based large format additive manufacturing market is growing over 30% annually. As Hightech Polimer, through our Avenco technology partnership, we offer a pellet portfolio with carbon and glass fiber reinforcement on PA6, PA66, PPS and PEEK matrices, ready for direct use in large format 3D printer systems.
The electric vehicle transition in automotive, fuel efficiency in aerospace, weight reduction in home appliances — all these trends point to the same goal: lighter, stronger, easier-to-form materials. Long fiber reinforced thermoplastics present the winning alternative against aluminum and steel. We examine it with 5 real field examples.
We signed the sole authorized distributorship agreement for Türkiye with Xiamen LFT Composite Plastic Co., Ltd., China's largest long fiber reinforced thermoplastic (LFT-G) manufacturer and a reference player in the global market. This partnership means Türkiye's industry gains rapid access to over 40 LFT-G products.