Sheet Plastics

Acrylic Perspex
PLEXIGLAS®

Acrylic is one of the world’s most versatile and highest quality plastics. Available in solid sheets, blocks and tubes with unbeatable resistance to UV light and weathering, combined with durability. The products are either clear and brilliant or available in a large number of transparent, translucent and opaque  and fluorescent colours.

Acrylic, Perspex, PLEXIGLAS® Sheet

With excellent optical clarity and weatherability at only half the weight of glass, acrylic is suitable for a wide variety of applications in the display, fabrication and glazing industries.

Acrylic (also known as Perspex or PLEXIGLAS®), is a popular material for may applications. In its purest form it is completely clear and transparent and yet much lighter and safer than glass. It’s UV protection and high weather resistance ensures that the material looks new, even after many years of use.

  • Up to 17 times stronger than glass
  • Safer than glass – does not shatter
  • 30 year guarantee of not yellowing
  • Excellent chemical resistance
  • Higher light transmission  than glass
  • Easy to process – thermoforming, bending, gluing, milling
  • Easy to handle, install & clean
Plexiglas
PLEXIGLAS®

Access Plastics is the official distributor of PLEXIGLAS® in Ireland. What exactly distinguishes Röhm’s branded acrylic from all the other acrylics in the world? PLEXIGLAS® is the original, invented in 1933, and a brand name of Röhm GmbH. With remarkable pioneering spirit, a passion for innovation, and decades of experience, the original material, a transparent sheet, has now evolved into an entire product family.

Product Range

PLEXIGLAS® is diverse: The material is available in a transparent version, with a satin finish, and with various surfaces and shapes. Original PLEXIGLAS® offers bespoke solutions for every industry, as innovative as they are durable – and only Röhm GmbH offers a 30-year guarantee on almost all colorless, transparent PLEXIGLAS® products.

PLEXIGLAS® GS/XT

CAST & EXTRUDED SHEET.

Plesxiglas extruded cast sheet
PMMA sheets, tubes and rods with unbeatable resistance to UV light and weathering, combined with durability. The products are either clear and brilliant or available in a large number of opaque, translucent, transparent and fluorescent colours.

PLEXIGLAS® Hi-Gloss

HIGH GLOSS SOLID SHEETS

Hi Gloss Acrylic Sheet
PLEXIGLAS® Hi Gloss sheets are made of acrylic containing coloured or special-effect pigments. The sheets are provided with an additional perfectly smooth, high-gloss layer of clear transparent PLEXIGLAS® that enhances the colours or special effects and makes them glow even brighter.

PLEXIGLAS® LED

MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION FOR MAGICAL LIGHTING

LED acrylic sheet

PLEXIGLAS® LED offers a new dimension of light. It consists of a specialty PMMA sheet combined with LEDs, for efficient lighting applications including, edge lighting, side lighting and backlighting..

PLEXIGLAS® SATINICE

COMBINES ELEGANCE WITH FUNCTIONALITY

SATINICE Acrylic sheet
This material’s velvet surfaces are robust, pleasant to the touch and discretely light-diffusing. Sheets and tubes are available with a matte satin surface on one or both sides, or with diffuser beads evenly distributed throughout the material, in various colours.

PLEXIGLAS® PROTERRA

RECYCLED ACRYLIC GLASS

PROTERRA RECYCLED
PLEXIGLAS® proTerra consist of up to 90 percent reused raw materials and impress with the proven brand quality of the original by Röhm. The recycled acrylic glass is transparent or opaque, has a gloss surface on both sides and as a co-extruded material, it features the same properties as PLEXIGLAS® XT.

PLEXIGLAS® RODS & TUBES

FOR LIGHTING & ARCHITECTURE

Acrylic Tubes & Rods
PLEXIGLAS® rods and tubes are ideally suitable for architectural interior and exterior lighting, contemporary furniture, luxury brand merchandising, store fixtures, P.O.P and trade show displays, industrial pneumatic delivery and conveying systems and decorative architectural features.
Acrylic Properties

High Optical Clarity & Exceptional Durability

Sheets—also commonly referred to as panels—and blocks made of PLEXIGLAS® are the starting point for a wide variety of potential applications. Thanks to their considerable durability and resistance to UV and weathering, sheets and blocks can be used both in interior and exterior applications .

17 times stronger than glass with only half the weight

Acrylic sheets have good resistance to UV radiation. Won't yellow or degrade when exposed to sunlight.

Acrylic sheets can be easily cut, drilled, and shaped with standard tools & can be bent into complex shapes using heat

Highly transparent, allowing up to 92% of light to pass through

Long service life means that it does not turn yellow or become brittle & retains its high light transmission

Acrylic sheets are much lighter than glass, which makes them easier to handle & transport

Acrylic Perspex Properties

Excellent Technical Performance

PLEXIGLAS® is inspiration personified, a material for inspired minds. Wherever cutting-edge projects are conceived, PLEXIGLAS® is in on the act. Its versatile and constantly growing range of functionalities, combined with durability and environmental compatibility, make it one of the most precious plastics and an indispensable partner for innovation.

Withstands temperatures as low as minus 40°C & up to 80°C heat

Good chemical resistance to diluted acids and to alkalis,

Good acoustic insulation properties making it suitable for outdoor sound barriers or indoor partitions

Outstanding fire properties, which are retained throughout its entire lifetime

Is suitable for use with food and is EU and FDA approved.

It is 100% recyclable & can be broken down into its original components to create new products

Plastic Sheet Glazing
Acrylic Perspex PLEXIGLAS®

Applications

plexiglass glazing

Home & Garden

Cozy, elegant and versatile: from patio roofs to conservatories, household items to white goods, PLEXIGLAS® is ubiquitous. In outdoor applications, its weather resistance makes it the material of choice, and indoors, it brings light and color to living rooms. Safety is just as important as versatility, light weight and transparency.

furniture and interior design

Interior Design

PLEXIGLAS® is the perfect material to draw attention, create a striking effect and stand out from the crowd. Combined with light, it offers endless scope for design in furniture, furniture profiles and kitchens. The material’s easy-care surface that is warm to the touch contributes to all-round comfort.

Visual Communication

Luminous advertising messages make public spaces more lively and colourful. PLEXIGLAS® has been one of the leading materials for visual communication, trade fair construction and shop fitting for decades. It diffuses light evenly, offers a wide variety of colours and shapes, is robust and very durable.

wind protection noise reduction

Noise & Wind Protection

The global traffic volume continues to grow – and so too does noise pollution for people who live close to roads and rails. Transparent walls made of PLEXIGLAS® protect against noise without blocking views of the surrounding area. Acrylic sheets offer effective noise and wind protection, high light transmission, extreme weather resistance, exceptional stability and good environmental compatibility.

hygienic protective screens

Hygiene Protection

PLEXIGLAS® products with smooth, non-porous surfaces are generally suited for areas with strict hygiene demands as they are easy to clean and can be disinfected with suitable products. Protecting our health has become critical in all areas of public life and acrylic sheets are ideal for hygienic partitions and enclosures. for retailers, hotels, restaurants, health centres, schools, public authorities, and offices.

Pools & Aquariums

PLEXIGLAS® pools and aquarium glazing provides excellent long-term performance. With the crystal-clear transparency of entire side walls or even the floor, PLEXIGLAS® add a spectacular dimension to the swimming and underwater experience. The excellent formability, extreme stability and decades of durability of acrylic make almost anything possible and opens up countless opportunities for setting architecturally impressive designs.

30 YEAR GUARANTEE

Be on the Safe Side with PLEXIGLAS®

UV radiation can cause dramatic changes in most plastics. They may turn yellow or brown, and become unsightly. When new, transparent plastics all look more or less the same. The nasty surprise often comes a few years later,. Products that contain natural UV protection throughout the material are best equipped. PLEXIGLAS® with the special NATURALLY UV-STABLE technology has such natural protection.

  • PLEXIGLAS® DOES NOT YELLOW VISIBLY
    We guarantee that PLEXIGLAS® sheets will show no visible yellowing for 30 years.
  • PLEXIGLAS® RETAINS HIGH LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY
    We guarantee that PLEXIGLAS® sheets in Clear grade will retain a high level of light transmission for 30 years.
  • PLEXIGLAS® RETAINS ITS COMBUSTION BEHAVIOUR
    We guarantee that PLEXIGLAS® will retain its fire behaviour even after 30 years of weathering.
  • PLEXIGLAS® GUARANTEES
    Apart from the 30-year guarantee, we provide a number of other guarantees that refer to the special properties of various grades
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