Diversity of Products

High Strength UV Resistant Astalac ™ ASA in evaporative cooler housings.
Rigid glass filled Astalac ™ ABS for precision valves
High strength, Lupilon ® clear polycarbonate for shelving. High gloss trim components made from Astalac ™ ABS.
Precision colour masterbatch used in the manufacture of split-tape for artificial playing surfaces.
Flow generator casing in flame retardant Astaloy ™ ABS/PC alloy.
High clarity egg cup moulded from Altuglas ® acrylic resin.
Astapet ™ PET/PC alloy for high abuse industrial switchgear.
Gumboots and hose made from Welvic ® PVC. Marplex today supplies the plastics needs of a multitude of Australasian industries including:

Packaging
Fluid engineering
Building and construction
Wire and cable
Electrical and electronic
Appliances
Housewares
Automotive and transport
Health
Leisure

Applications range from those requiring small quantities of customized niche products developed in the Marplex laboratories to those demanding large tonnages of high quality, but competitively priced, base polymers.

The Marplex range of polymers includes ABS compounds, ABS/PC and ASA/PC alloys, ASA and PET compounds and alloys, polyamides, PBT, polycarbonate, acrylic, modified PPE, polyacetal, polysulfone, TPV’s & TPE’s, polystyrene, specialty styrenic copolymers, polypropylene and polyethylene compounds. You will easily recognise them from their ASTA prefixes.

ASTALAC™ ABS and ASA
ASTALOY™ ABS/PC Alloys
ASTAMID™ Polyamide 6 and Polyamide 66 and Polyamide 12
ASTALON™ Polycarbonate
ASTARYL™ Modified PPE
ASTAVIN™ Vinyl compounds
ASTASAN™ SAN
ASTADUR™ PBT
ASTAPROP™ Polypropylene and compounds
ASTAPET™ PET compounds and alloys
ASTATAL™ Polyacetal
ASTASON™ Polysulfone, Polyethersulfone
ASTABLEND* ABS/PA alloy
ASTAFLEX* Thermoplastic elastomer
ASTAGLAS* Acrylic compounds
ASTACOLR* Specialty masterbatch

™Registered trademarks of Marplex *Registration pending

PROTEQ® - Polypropylene compounds
ALKATEQ® - Polyethylene compounds
ALKAMIX® - Polyethylene masterbatches
FLEXITEQ® - Thermoplastic elastomers

®Registered trademarks of Orica

The balance of our plastics products are sourced directly from our global partners.

TERLURAN® - ABS
LURAN® S - ASA
LURAN® - SAN
ULTRAMID® A - Polyamide 66
ULTRAMID® B - Polyamide 6
ULTRADUR® - PBT
ULTRAFORM® - Polyacetal
ULTRASON® - Polysulfone, Polyethersulfone
POLYSTYROL® - Polystyrene
STYROLUX® - SBS
TERLUX® - MABS
TERBLEND® N - ABS/PA alloy
®Registered trademarks of BASF Aktiengesellschaft
IUPILON® - Polycarbonate
IUPITAL® - Polyacetal
RENY® - Polyamide MXD6
®Registered trademarks of Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation
UBESTA® - Polyamide 12
®Registered trademark of Ube Industries Ltd
ALTUGLAS® - Acrylic compounds
®Registered trademark of Arkema
DENKA STYROL® - General purpose polystyrene
®Registered trademark of Denka KKK
ALKATUFF® - Linear Low Density Polyethylene
ALKATHENE® - Low Density Polyethylene
QENOS HDPE - High Density Polyethylene
®Registered trademarks of Qenos
SANTOPRENE™ - TPV
™ Registered trademark of ExxonMobil Chemical
MOPLEN™ - Polypropylene
™ Registered trademark of Basell