Sicor is a new process that has made it possible to permanently bond, print and paint components made from low cost environmentally friendly polypropylene and other plastics.
It means a new generation of automotive components can now be manufactured from polypropylene.
Sicor technology has revolutionised the manufacturing cost of products involving the application of adhesives and paints including improving the adhesion of inks and laminating in a range of industries including the packaging industry.
Sicor has widespread applications and is even being used to provide specialty surfaces on plastic “corks” for bottling wines.
The development of Sicor won its CSIRO inventor Dr WS (Voytek) Gutowski and his Surface Engineering & Intelligent Polymer Surfaces team at CSIRO in Melbourne Australia, the prestigious US Plueddemann Award, 2000. The award is sponsored by Dow Corning Corporation of the United States.
The incorporation of PST follows the establishment of an internal CSIRO incubator company and quick success in securing significant new contracts.
“These contracts have positioned the company for significant growth and include customers such as Anthony Smith Australasia (ASA) where PST secured development and license agreements to develop Sicor for use with wine closures. ASA is a global leader in the production of closures. and Toyo Tyre and Rubber, for the provision of bonding technology for the adhesion of polypropylene airbag covers. PST is further contracted to deliver equipment through its equipment vendors for the surface treatment of the airbag covers. The Sicor product will be used in the manufacture of the Camry car by Toyota Motor Corporation Australia, assisting PST to enter the Japanese automotive market,” says PST chief executive Damien Thomas.
“Sicor will also soon help build homes across the USA following the uptake of Sicor technology by a leading US buildings materials company,” he continues.
Following an independent assessment of future business opportunities and the development of its business plan, PST will pursue new contracts in five major global market segments: Automotive Components , Building Products, Synthetic Wine Closures, Plastic Piping and Polyolefin Elastomers.
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