Exploring the: Thermoplastic Elastomers Zone
|
Sort by: |
- Borealis Acquires LLDPE & Plastomer Lines From DSM and ExxonMobil
- Acquisition consists of DSM’s Stamylex LLDPE brand name and product line and ExxonMobil’s Exact metallocene plastomer products.
Article Published: 4/29/2013
- Make Thinner Stretch-Hood Films at Lower Cost
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new, more sustainable stretch-hood solution developed by the Belgian polymer plant of Houston-based ExxonMobil Chemical Co. is now being expanded by the company to the resin packaging operations of all of its polymer plants, and can...
Article Published: 3/1/2013
- Mitsui to Boost PP Compounding to Meet U.S. Automotive Demand
- Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (U.S. office in Rye Brook, N.Y.) has augmented its expansion plans for production of PP automotive compounds and TPOs in the U.S. by an additional 30 million lb/yr through its affiliate, Advanced Composites, Inc....
Article Published: 2/26/2013
- Alliance Polymers Introduces Own Line of TPEs
- Alliance Polymers and Services LLC, Romulus, Mich., distributor of Elastollan TPUs from BASF and Maxelast SEBS-based TPEs from Polymax of China, is introducing the first TPE products of its own.
Article Published: 11/3/2012
- BASF Opens New TPU R&D Lab
- BASF Corp., Florham Park, N.J., has opened a new TPU research facility in Wyandotte, Mich., designed to develop new products for the American automotive, construction, sports, and leisure industries.
Article Published: 10/1/2012
- TPE Adheres to Acetal in Earpieces of Safety Glasses
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Sporty new Pheos safety glasses from Germany’s Uvex feature earpieces made with a soft-touch Thermolast K styrenic TPE compound from Kraiburg TPE GmbH (U.S. office in Duluth, Ga.).
Article Published: 9/4/2012
- TPU Powders for SLS Prototyping & Manufacturing
- Germany’s Bayer MaterialScience (U.S. office in Pittsburgh) and Solid Composites GmbH have partnered to develop TPU powders for SLS (selective laser sintering), a digital rapid-prototyping and additive-manufacturing method for fabricating 3D s...
Article Published: 8/28/2012
- New TPE Lures Could ‘Change Fishing Forever’
- Anglers, take note: Those fishing lures that look so colorful in the package on the store shelf have little or no appeal to fish in deep or cloudy water.
Article Published: 7/31/2012
- TPE Replaces Rubber in Resealable Closure for Infusion Bags
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: A two-component, injection molded resealable closure for infusion bags has been developed by Bolivia’s Matriplast SA using a special TPE from Kraiburg TPE in Germany (U.S. office in Duluth, Ga.). Matriplast specializes in plasti...
Article Published: 6/29/2012
- Tungsten-Filled Compounds Slash Catheter Manufacturing Costs
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new line of thermoplastic marker bands for fluoroscopic illumination of catheter tips used in minimally invasive medical procedures is said reduce costs by eliminating traditional gold or platinum marker bands.
Article Published: 6/29/2012
