PLEXIGLAS® Optical HT

High optical quality in combination with
increased long-term service temperature

 

KEY PROPERTIES

  • Best-in-class Vicat softening temperature
  • Best-in-class: RTI/UL rating (Resist thermal aging)
  • Typical properties of PLEXIGLAS® are retained (transmittance, weathering, high clarity)
  • Low color shift over long light distances

 

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PLEXIGLAS® Optical HT

PLEXIGLAS® - Demo Tool for Diffusor Grades

Learn more about our PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds with light-diffusing properties

 

Our Demo Tool for Diffusor Grades provides an overview of light-diffusing materials.

 

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Diffusor box

The universe created the sun. All other lights can be created with PLEXIGLAS®.

The great thing about PLEXIGLAS® is that it is always in impressive shape – to be specific, in precisely the shape you require. That’s because our high-performance plastic can be individually formed, making it possible to create entirely new lighting concepts. PLEXIGLAS® also outshines conventional materials in terms of transparency and durability.

Applications
Lighting Technologies

Products
PLEXIGLAS® Grades with diffusing effects
PLEXIGLAS® Standard grades

The surprising disadvantage of PLEXIGLAS® surfaces: they turn household appliances into real masterpieces.

Domestic appliances with surfaces made from our high-quality PLEXIGLAS® steal the show from everything else in the house. The completely colorless polymers can be colored and molded in almost any number of ways, opening up entirely new possibilities for designers. And since PLEXIGLAS® is also particularly robust, the appliances retain their good looks.

Applications
Architectural & Household

Products
PLEXIGLAS® Impact resistant grades

It is not just men’s rear ends that women stare at nowadays, but cars’, too – thanks to PLEXIGLAS®.

What does PLEXIGLAS® have to do with car design? For over 60 years, PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds have been a driving force behind the auto industry. Why? Because the multifaceted ways in which PLEXIGLAS® can be formed open up virtually endless possibilities for design. One shining example is transparent and colored PLEXIGLAS® whose top transmission properties and color stability make for automotive lighting that’s as striking as it is innovative.

Applications
Automotive & Transportation Exterior Lighting & Telematics

Products
PLEXIGLAS® Grades with diffusing effects
PLEXIGLAS® Standard grades

Light makes the atmosphere. And PLEXIGLAS® makes the light.

Light not only attracts insects and other animals, but also customers. That’s because PLEXIGLAS® can be molded in almost any number of ways, opening up entirely new possibilities for product design. Yet using PLEXIGLAS® also pays off for other reasons: it transmits light very efficiently and is particularly long-lasting and UV-stable.

Applications
Lighting Technologies

Products
PLEXIGLAS® Grades with diffusing effects
PLEXIGLAS® Standard grades

With PLEXIGLAS® Piano Black, extravagance comes as standard.

What does PLEXIGLAS® have to do with car design? For over 60 years, PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds have been a driving force behind the auto industry. Why? Because the multifaceted ways in which PLEXIGLAS® can be formed open up virtually endless possibilities for design. One shining example is our jetblack, high-gloss PLEXIGLAS® Piano Black that stands for long-lasting sophistication and elegance – whether as a radiator grille, pillar trim or mirror housing.

Applications
Automotive & Transportation Exterior Body Parts

Products
PLEXIGLAS® Hi-Gloss

Innovative Products for Pathbreaking Applications

With its trademarks PLEXIGLAS®, PLEXIMID® and CYROLITE®, our Business Line Molding Compounds offers a complete range of PMMA-based standard, impact-modified and special molding compounds.

PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds show convincing performance in all applications where the foremost requirements are unexcelled weather resistance, colorfastness, high brilliance and transparency as well as hardness and abrasion resistance. In cooperation with specialists from the plastics industry and their suppliers we develop new PLEXIGLAS® products for innovative applications. This joint development work leads to complete, production-stage solutions for end users.

News

Press Release

German Brand Award 2021 for PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds advertising campaign

  • “Black & Bright” campaign presents advantages and features of PLEXIGLAS® with emotion and humor
  • Campaign for PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds is winner in the category ”Brand Design – Corporate Brand” for the successful integration of the advertising campaign into Röhm’s new corporate design
  • PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds for a variety of lighting applications: high freedom of design for functional yet expressive emotional lighting solutions

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Press Release

Price increase for PLEXIGLAS® and PLEXIMID® molding compounds

Effective June 14, 2021, Röhm GmbH will increase the prices for its PLEXIGLAS® and PLEXIMID® molding compounds in Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

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Press Release

Price increase for CYROLITE®, CYROLITE® MD, XT® POLYMER, CYREX® and Vu-Stat® molding compounds

Effective June 1, 2021, Röhm GmbH will increase the prices for its CYROLITE®, CYROLITE® MD, XT® POLYMER, CYREX® and Vu-Stat® acrylic-based products.

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Press Release

Lupine produces bright bicycle and outdoor lights with precision lenses made from PLEXIGLAS®

  • The brand PMMA by Röhm is a proven high-performance plastic for complex lens systems
  • Lupine, a technology leader for outdoor lighting systems, produces extremely bright lamps for mountain bikes with lenses made from PLEXIGLAS®
  • Röhm delivers PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds that meet the most important standards for e-bike and bike lighting

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Events & Trade Shows

Meet us where we are. Come and explore the amazing world of our methacrylate chemistry. There is always something new to know. Innovative products and solutions for your business and new applications for our proven products as well. You are kindly invited.

Product Stories

PLEXIGLAS® Molding compounds

Lupine produces bright bicycle and outdoor lights with precision lenses made from PLEXIGLAS®

For cyclists and rescuers

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PLEXIGLAS® Molding compounds

PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds create black panel effect on the Linn Selekt DSM network music player

High-quality display

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CYROLITE® Compounds

CYROLITE® meets the highest standards for plastics for the centric plate system (Zentrik-Platten-System – ZPS®) from Baumann Dental

Plastics for medical technology

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Press image: The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, which is a listed building, retains its historic appearance on the outside.

PLEXIGLAS® Molding compounds

Innovative Sirius® high-performance floodlight combines great brightness with pleasant glare control – also thanks to PLEXIMID® optics

Ideally matched LED system comprising reflectors and high-performance optics made from PLEXIMID® TT50

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PLEXIGLAS® Molding compounds

Light guides made from PLEXIGLAS® lend a high-quality appearance to the new premium ATMs from Diebold Nixdorf

The new premium series of ATMs will enable banks to adapt the illumination to their company colors.

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PLEXIGLAS® Molding compounds

Volkswagen uses innovative PLEXIGLAS® molding compound for light design in the pioneering ID.3 electric vehicle

PMMA by Röhm is a versatile material for electrical and autonomous mobility.

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IATF 16949:2016 - Production sites certified

PLEXIGLAS® Molding Compounds gearing up into quality excellence with IATF

The Business Line Molding Compounds meets demanding quality requirements of automotive industry for sub-tier 1 suppliers and has certified its production sites in Worms and Shanghai.

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