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Polymer price data for defence technology

Defence technology places the highest demands on strength, impact resistance, and durability – high-performance engineering plastics and fibre-reinforced materials (resins and glass fibre reinforcements) are used for this, and their prices largely shape component costs.

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Why polymer prices matter for defence technology:

Defence technology uses high-performance plastics and fibre-reinforced materials; movements in the prices of these materials act directly on the production costs of demanding components.

  • Demanding materials: transparent armour, housings and structural components require high-grade plastics with a correspondingly high cost share.

  • Resin and glass fibre as cost factors: alongside the matrix resin, prices for glass fibre reinforcements also shape the calculation.

  • Long-term procurement: programmes with a long time horizon benefit from transparent price developments and dependable calculation.

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Polymer price data for defence technology

Who benefits from reliable polymer price data?

From procurement through to programme management: pricenxt supports key decisions along the entire value chain.

  • Procurement & sourcing

    Tracks price developments for high-performance plastics and for resin and glass fibre raw materials, places the purchasing level in context and prepares supplier negotiations on a sound basis.

  • Engineering & development

    Selects materials for protective and structural components and assesses alternatives in terms of durability and material costs.

  • Programme & project management

    Keeps the material cost base of long-running programmes in view, identifies cost risks early, and bases planning on dependable market data.

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Which plastics are relevant for defence technology?

For defence technology, impact-resistant PC, and PMMA for transparent protective elements and glass-fibre-reinforced polyamides are particularly relevant. For thermoset, fibre-reinforced components we report resin (UP ortho resins, medium reactive) and glass fibre reinforcements separately.

  • Polycarbonate

    PC transparent
  • PMMA

    PMMA transparent
  • Polyamide

    PA6 GF, PA66 GF
  • UP resins / composites

    UP ortho resins medium-reactive, GF chopped strand mat up to 30 sheet/auto

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