Information for technical buyers

The following links can help you select the right material for your components:

Materials databases

• KEY to METALS - steel and nonferrous (Key to Metals AG)
• CES Materials Selector (GrantaDesign)
• Material Data Center - Plastic materials (M-Base Engineering + Software GmbH)
• POLYMAT - Materials database for the properties of plastics (FIZ CHEMIE BERLIN)
• Datasheets on copper and brass alloys (Deutsches Kupferinstitut e.V.) 

Prices of raw materials

• Current plastics prices (Kunststoff Information Verlag)
• Comprehensive plastics prices (Plastics Technology)
• London Metal Exchange (LME listing - Non-ferrous metals)
• Metalprices.com (Metal Prices and News)
• Westmetall.com (information on non-ferrous metals)

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