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Recycled ABS resin, made in Malaysia, in 25 kg bags.

Woven resin bag stencilled ABS RECYCLED PELLET, MADE IN MALAYSIA, NET WEIGHT 25KGBag print · own footage
Own footage: the print on a finished bag

→Printed on the bags, read line by line

  1. ABS RECYCLED PELLETFormRecycled pellet
  2. MADE IN MALAYSIAMade inMalaysia
  3. NET WEIGHT 25KGPacking25 kg bags
Process
Injection moulding

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Dayatas Profab Sdn Bhd is a recycled ABS resin supplier in Malaysia. Its ABS is recycled pellet, made in Malaysia and packed in 25 kg bags printed "ABS RECYCLED PELLET". Moulders use Dayatas Profab's resins, ABS, PS and HIPS, for injection-moulded parts such as monitor housings and motorbike covers. It sells to buyers all around the world, including China and India; its ABS datasheet and test reports are to come.

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What is ABS made of?

Sources 1, 2

ABS, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, is a thermoplastic made by polymerising styrene and acrylonitrile in the presence of polybutadiene rubber. Each ingredient brings something a moulder can feel in the finished part: acrylonitrile adds chemical resistance, hardness and rigidity; the butadiene rubber adds toughness, so a housing can take a knock without cracking; styrene gives the shiny surface and makes the melt easier to process.

That balance is why ABS is described as a high-volume engineering plastic, favoured for its strength, scratch resistance and attractive finish. ABS is the resin in Dayatas Profab's 25 kg bags, sold as recycled pellet; how a given lot performs is what its datasheet will show. Beside it in the range sit PS resin, plain polystyrene, and HIPS resin, polystyrene toughened with rubber; the three are compared on ABS vs PS vs HIPS.

AcrylonitrileStyreneRubber
  • Styrene unitsA shiny surface and easier processing
  • Acrylonitrile unitsChemical resistance, hardness and rigidity
  • Grafted polybutadiene rubberToughness, so a part takes a knock
Diagram, not to scale: inside an ABS pellet: styrene and acrylonitrile units with grafted rubber

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What do moulders make with ABS?

Sources 2, 3

Moulders use Dayatas Profab's resins, ABS, PS and HIPS, for monitor housings and motorbike covers. Both are injection-moulded shells that must hold their shape, take screws and clips, and come out of the tool looking finished, which is the work ABS is known for.

Those two parts sit inside a wider pattern. Injection moulding is the most common way ABS parts are made, and ABS goes into electronics housings and equipment casings, automotive interior and exterior components, and household appliances such as vacuum cleaners and coffee makers. Which resin suits which part, part by part, is set out on what moulders make with ABS, PS and HIPS.

Black moulded electronics housings with ribs and screw bosses on a workbench (illustration)
Illustration: moulded electronics housings

→Parts named by Dayatas Profab, and general uses of ABS

Moulders use Dayatas Profab's resins for

  • Monitor housingsA shell that takes screws and clips
  • Motorbike coversA curved panel on show, fitted with clips

General uses of ABS

  • Electronics housings and equipment casingsSource 3
  • Automotive interior and exterior partsSources 2, 3
  • Household appliancesSources 2, 3

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What does recycled ABS mean for a moulder?

Sources 4, 5

Recycled ABS is ABS reprocessed from plastic scrap rather than made from new monomer. Because ABS melts when heated and hardens again as it cools, it can be reshaped repeatedly; that is what makes it mechanically recyclable.

How a recycled lot behaves starts with its input. Plastic for recycling is ground into flakes, washed, and sorted by polymer type and colour, in an order that varies from plant to plant, and mixed or contaminated input gives inconsistent properties. In Dayatas Profab's production footage the flakes are washed before they are sorted. Dayatas Profab's ABS is recycled pellet, so a buyer judges it the way any recycled resin is judged: by the datasheet values, by a test report for the lot being bought, and by the property the part depends on, such as impact strength for a cover that takes knocks. How recycled and virgin resin compare is set out on recycled vs virgin resin.

→What decides a recycled lot, in the order of Dayatas Profab's footage
  1. 01
    GroundScrap crushed into flakes
  2. 02
    WashedDirt and contamination washed off the flakes
  3. 03
    SortedBy polymer type and colour: mixed input gives inconsistent properties
  4. 04
    Melted and re-formedA thermoplastic can be reshaped repeatedly

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How is Dayatas Profab's resin made?

Sources 6, 7

Buyers in Europe and America often ask to see how the resin is produced, and Dayatas Profab's own production footage shows the steps below. The polymer in most shots is not labelled, so the footage shows the process rather than tracing one resin; the shots of finished bags printed "ABS RECYCLED PELLET" are the ABS.

Which scrap Dayatas Profab is looking for

Dayatas Profab is looking for suppliers of plastic scrap, home appliance products, crushed product and automotive plastic, in Europe, America, Japan and Korea. That is the scrap it wants, not a record of where a given lot of ABS came from.

One rule shapes the European side: from 21 November 2026 the EU bans exports of plastic waste to countries outside the OECD, and Malaysia is not an OECD member. The rules by region are on shipping rules for plastic scrap.

→Scrap Dayatas Profab is looking for

  • Plastic scrap
  • Home appliance products
  • Crushed product
  • Automotive plastic
Wanted from
Europe, America, Japan and Korea
From the EU
Plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries banned from 21 November 2026 [6]; Malaysia is not an OECD member [7]

Rules checked

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Which documents come with Dayatas Profab's ABS?

Sources 8, 9, 10, 11

What an ABS datasheet shows

A datasheet generally lists a grade's typical values, each with the standard it was measured to. Three of them are the melt flow rate (ISO 1133-1 or ASTM D1238), which shows how easily the melt flows; the Izod impact strength (ISO 180), which shows how much energy the material absorbs before it breaks; and the density (ISO 1183-1), which sets part weight and shot size.

What Dayatas Profab has for its ABS today

Dayatas Profab's ABS datasheet, test reports and certification are to come; each will be posted on quality and documents when it is issued, and no value is quoted on this site before then. What can be checked today is the bag itself: recycled pellet, made in Malaysia, 25 kg net. The table below is general guidance on what to look for on any ABS datasheet, from any supplier.

Datasheet guide · ABS

What to look for on any ABS datasheet

Each property with a test standard it is commonly measured to, and its unit (sources 8 to 11)
PropertyTest methodWhat it tells youReported in
Melt flow rateISO 1133-1 · ASTM D1238How easily the melt flowsg / 10 min
Izod impact strengthISO 180How much energy the material absorbs before it breakskJ/m²
DensityISO 1183-1Part weight and shot sizeg/cm³
General guidance, not Dayatas Profab's datasheet. A sheet may give a property to another standard; check which one each value was measured to before comparing two sheets.

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Can ABS parts be used outdoors?

Source 3

Yes, when they are finished for it. Motorbike covers in ABS are usually painted or protected, because plain ABS degrades in sunlight and ultraviolet light: over time it discolours and turns brittle, which limits its unprotected use outdoors. Indoor parts such as monitor housings are not exposed in the same way.

So the finish belongs in the design from the start, and in the enquiry. When you ask Dayatas Profab about ABS for a part that will live outdoors, say so, together with the colour and the finish the part needs, so the reply covers the resin and the finish together.

IndoorsPlain, in sunPainted
Diagram, not to scale: what sunlight does to plain ABS, and what a finish does (source 3)

→Three lines to add for an ABS part

  • Indoor or outdoorWhere the finished part spends its life
  • ColourThe colour the part needs
  • FinishPainted, coated or left as moulded

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How do you order ABS resin from Dayatas Profab?

An enquiry is quickest to answer when it names the resin, the part you mould, the quantity, the destination port and the documents you need. This card is that enquiry with ABS already chosen, and its button opens the buyer's form with ABS ticked.

Prices, minimum orders and lead times are not listed on this site; ask about them in your enquiry. Before you write, the questions buyers ask most and the guides on Insights may already answer yours, and the full resin range shows Dayatas Profab's ABS beside its PS and HIPS.

→An enquiry for ABS, line by line

01The resin
ABS
02The part you mould
For example a monitor housing or a motorbike cover
03The quantity
Per month or per shipment
04The destination port
Where the resin needs to arrive
05Colour and finish
Say if the part is painted, and if it lives outdoors
06The documents you need
Spec sheetTest reportCertificationProduction film

Send it as a buyer

SRCNumbered as they are cited in the margin of each chapter

Where do the material facts on this page come from?

  1. 01Wikipedia: Acrylonitrile butadiene styreneHow ABS is made and what acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene each add
  2. 02INEOS: styrenicsABS favoured for strength, scratch resistance and finish; injection moulded; automotive parts, consumer electronics, household appliances. PS from styrene; two types, GPPS and HIPS; easy processability; HIPS the more durable plastic, in household appliances such as refrigerators
  3. 03Protolabs: ABSInjection moulding the most common process for ABS parts; housings and equipment casings, automotive interior and exterior components, appliances; ABS degrades in sunlight and UV, turning brittle and discoloured
  4. 04PlasticsEurope: thermoplasticsThermoplastics melt when heated, harden on cooling and can be reshaped repeatedly
  5. 05Wikipedia: Plastic recyclingSorting by polymer and colour, flaking and washing; mixed or contaminated input gives inconsistent properties
  6. 06European Commission: waste shipmentsPlastic waste exports from the EU to non-OECD countries banned from 21 November 2026
  7. 07OECD: members and partnersThe OECD's member countries; Malaysia is not one
  8. 08ISO 1133-1Melt mass-flow rate of thermoplastics, in g per 10 min
  9. 09ASTM D1238Melt flow rates by extrusion plastometer
  10. 10ISO 180:2023Izod impact strength of plastics, in kJ/m²
  11. 11ISO 1183-1:2025Density of non-cellular plastics

Two doors into Dayatas Profab A · buyers of resin   B · suppliers of scrap