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DEMS Plastics
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DEMS represents world renowned products, and our basket of Engineering plastics include brands such as Tufnol, Vesconite, Nylacast nylons, Keylon PTFE's and Wefapress polyethylene's. These products are all supplied cut to size, in rod, tube and sheet form, or your components can be designed and machined by our well equipped and qualified engineering works.
D E M S . . .
- is the foremost supplier of engineering plastics in KwaZulu Natal
- has established a sales and distribution facility in Gauteng
- stocks an extensive range of thermoplastics as well as thermoset plastics
- offers professional advice on product selection
- produce technical drawings and production specifications
- cut to size
- machine various materials to full finished components
- injection, compression, or roto-mould items to customer requirements
- over 50 years experience in engineering plastics
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Product Range
| A B S | sheet only - low cost, signage material |
| ACETAL | sheet in various colours, clear rod and tube - excellent outdoor use, no load or scratch resistance, UV stabilized, excellent for fabrication |
| ACRYLIC | sheet in various colours, clear rod and tube - excellent outdoor use, no load or scratch resistance, UV stabilized, excellent for fabrication |
| D M C | Dough Moulded Compound for low cost electrical insulating, moulded items |
| HDPE / UHMWPE | sheet and solid rod - low cost, chemical resistant and good slide applications, but low temperature and load limits |
| NYLON | sheet, rod and tube - extruded and cast nylons, including our own premier grade, Demex (cast oil filled) |
| POLYCARBONATE | Hi impact resist, dimensionally stable, good use in fabrication |
| POLYESTER | sheet, rod and tube - Vesconite is the ultimate bushing material, high strength and dimensional stability, acid resistant |
| POLYPROP | sheet and solid rod - Polypropelene (Vescolene) is of low cost, chemically resistant, but has low temp and load capability |
| P T F E | sheet, rod and tube plus moulded items - high temp 260oC, excellent chemical resistance, low co-efficient of friction, various fillers available |
| POLYURETHENE | sheet, rod and tube - plus moulded items (various colours) Poly-urethane (Dematrix) is an excellent alternative to rubber for wear and chemical resistance |
| PULTRUSIONS | Pultruded fibre-glass profiles in continuous lengths, for high strength, electrical insulation items |
| P V C | sheet and solid rod - low cost, good weathering or flexible (clear) grade for curtains |
| SILICONES | refer to our RUBBER DIVISION |
| THERMOSETS | sheet, rod and tube - range of products for high mechanical strength and electrical / heat insulation |

Durban Head Office
2 Teakfield Rd.,
Springfield Park
Durban, South Africa
Tel: (+27) 31 579 9300
Fax: (+27) 31 579 5139
Email: admin@dems.co.za
Johannesburg Branch
Unit F3 Dekema Park,
284a Dekema Road,
Wadeville,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: (+27) 11 824 0834
Fax: (+27) 11 824 4501



