Luminaires and LED modules combine optical, thermal, and mechanical requirements; covers, diffusers and lampholders are made from engineering plastics – and their material prices are a central cost driver.

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Lighting products use optical and engineering plastics in large volumes; where unit numbers are high, price movements in polycarbonate and PMMA feed straight through to production costs.
Specialised optical plastics: covers and diffusers call for transparent plastics with a price dynamic of their own.
Several competing materials: PC and PMMA are specified according to the optical requirement – and their prices develop differently.
A reliable basis for calculation: current price data makes quotations and budgets more robust.



From procurement to engineering: pricenxt supports key decisions right across the value chain.
Tracks price developments for the plastics in use, benchmarks the company’s own price level against the market and prepares supplier negotiations on a sound footing.
Assesses optical and thermally resilient plastics for luminaires and LED modules in terms of cost and properties and calculates the effect of price movements.
Assesses material alternatives and specifications in terms of cost and calculates the effect of price movements on the product portfolio.
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For lighting applications, the key materials are polycarbonate for covers and lenses, together with PMMA for diffusers. Lampholders and thermally loaded LED components are made from polyamide and PBT, housings in part from PC/ABS blends.
Use our Plastixx and A-Plastixx indices free of charge, with no time limit. Track price developments for standard and engineering plastics, as well as across selected application markets.
