This technology center is developing plastics with electric conductivity, plastics with new loads, colorings and biodegradable characteristics.

Further, AIJU works on modifying existing formulations in order to allow their reuse during a greater number of cycles, thus reducing costs and helping to recycle raw materials.

AIJI has developed in-house new materials based on Polyamide (PA) to be processed using selective laser sintering. The tests carried out with the test-tubes obtained have shown an increase in stiffness and tensile strength, as well as a reduction in impact resistance.

The technology center carried out a study beforehand on the characteristics required by toy manufacturers, which identified the priorities for the work. Among them was the search for improved robustness of the final product, as well as the possibility of employing Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) technologies for the manufacture of prototypes in Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), a plastic that is very resistant to impact. Another need that was identified in the study was to obtain different colored prototypes directly from the SLS process.

The Technological Institute of Toys (AIJU) is a private, not-for-profit entity located in Ibi, the geographic center of Spanish toy manufacturing. It was founded in 1985 with the collaboration of the Spanish Toy Manufacturers Association (AEFJ) and the Institute for Small and Medium Industry of the Generalitat Valenciana (IMPIVA).