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Berlin, September 14-15, 2005

TPEs continue to show healthy growth compared with most other polymeric materials, due to their unique combination of elastomeric properties with thermoplastic processibility. This 8th international conference on thermoplastic elastomers featured 25 papers from top experts on TPE materials, processing and applications.

Applications for TPEs were strongly featured at this years event, examples being automotive airbag covers and glass run channels, sports applications and extruded products. There were also presentations on the use of TPEs in recycling polymer products such as tyres and other end of life vehicle components. Processing developments focused on adhesion, cellular TPE, multi-component moulding and product design.

TPV developments included examples of the super TPVs with enhanced properties, such as acrylate, ethylene acrylate and silicone types, other TPVs such as natural rubber and EPDM based, the use of silicon technology to enhance properties, and research into manufacturing techniques. Block copolymer advances included TPUs with greater softness and polyether block amide developments.

Paper 1 - The thermoplastic elastomer scene in 2005
Barry Statham, Consultant, UK

SESSION 1. DEVELOPMENTS IN TPVS
Daniel Milesi & Pierre Rousseau, Multibase SAS a Dow Corning Company, France

Paper 2 - A new thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) with differentiated properties in comparison with EPDM based TPV

Paper 3 - Engineering TPV for extrusion applications
Anke Sutschek,Orvar Otterstedt, Mark Jacobs, Coreen Lee & H. Chul Lee, DuPont de Nemours Intl. S.A., Switzerland

Paper 4 - Si-based technology for thermoplastic vulcanizates
Valrie Smits & Thierry Materne, Dow Corning S.A., Belgium

Paper 5 - An innovative way of dynamic vulcanization of EVA in the presence of PP: chemical, processing and mechanical properties
Prof. Philippe Cassagnau, Dr. Catherine Joubert and Dr. Alain Michel, University of Lyon, France

SESSION 2. TPES FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS
Nadeem Bokhari, Autoliv North America; Hiroshi Toyoda & Kousuke Ohtani, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan

Paper 6 - Polyolefin resin for airbag application - morphology of soft resin and parts performance

Paper 7 - The influence of painting systems on TPVs in low temperature deployment behaviour of airbag doors
Herman Vos, DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers, The Netherlands

Paper 8 - Development of new TPV sponge materials and foaming systems for dynamic automotive weatherseals
Jere Anderson, Trexel Inc., USA & Eric Jourdain, Santoprene specialty products of ExxonMobil Chemical, Belgium

Paper 9 - TPV for hidden door frames
Ger Vroomen, DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers, The Netherlands & Klaus-Peter Maass, GDX-Grefrath, Germany

SESSION 3. NATURAL RUBBER BASED TPVS
Dr. Stuart Cook, J. Patel & Dr. Andrew Tinker, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (TARRC), UK

Paper 10 - Natural rubber based TPVs for improved performance

SESSION 4. TPES FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS
Gary Pollard, Vita Thermoplastic Compounds Ltd., UK

Paper 11 - Further advances in developing quality automotive products by incorporating end of life vehicle parts

Paper 12 - Reprocessable recycling TPEs from rubber powder - mechanical properties and applications of shore A types
Dr. Henrik Scholz & Dr. Armin Dittmar, Faru GmbH, Germany

Paper 13 - Thermoplastic elastomers based on ground rubber tyre
Prof. Eduard Prut, Tatiana Medintseva, Olga Kuznetsova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

SESSION 5. STYRENIC TPEs
Mizuho Maeda, Kuraray Europe GmbH, Germany

Paper 14 - New thermoplastic elastomer "TU-Polymer"

Paper 15 - A novel robust polyamide overmold thermoplastic elastomer
John Simons, Krishna Venkataswamy, Jiren Gu & Walter Ripple, GLS Corporation, USA

Paper 16 - SBS-block copolymer with unique structure and properties
Robert Huber, BASF AG, Germany

Paper 17 - Comparing elongational behaviour of SBS and SEBS copolymers in the melt state
Dr. Fabio Bacchelli, Polimeri Europa S.p.A., Italy

Paper 18 - The role of polyisobutylene in TPE formulations
Patrick Ellis, Alain Prvot & Xavier Tassel, Polytechs SA, France

SESSION 6. THERMOPLASTIC URETHANES (TPU)
Andreas Tiemann & Rolf Steinberger, Elastogran GmbH, Germany

Paper 19 - Without plasticizers - non plasticised thermoplastic polyurethane

Paper 20 - Soft TPU - design and applications
Georg Fuchte, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Germany

SESSION 7. POLYAMIDE TPEs
Dr. Martin Wielpuetz & Michael Beyer, Degussa AG High Performance Polymers, Germany

Paper 21 - PEBA - high performance TPEs for sports applications

SESSION 8. COPOLYESTER TPE
Francis Aussems, DSM Engineering Plastics, The Netherlands

Paper 22 - New developments in the application of TPE-E in breathable film

SESSION 9. PROCESSING TPEs
Bob Goss, Henkel Loctite Adhesives Ltd., UK

Paper 23 - Bonding TPEs with cyanoacrylate adhesives