Rubber Thermoplastic Elastomers
JAPAN: Mazda develops environment-friendly plastic

Mazda Motor Corporation has developed a bio-based engineering plastic suitable for exterior automobile parts, allowing the Hiroshima-based manufacturer to ...

Polyurethanes
IPM to exhibit at the SPFA SprayFoam Convention and Expo 2015

International Pump Manufacturing Inc. (IPM) announced that it will be exhibiting at the SPFA SprayFoam Convention and Expo 2015 that will be held in ...

Polyurethanes
Shorter curing times in the production of lightweight components

The demand for High Pressure Resin Transfer Moulding (HP-RTM) in the field of lightweight automotive construction has been increasingly growing. Although ...

Polyurethanes
Gold Award for Roding Roadster R1 roof module

KraussMaffei has received the Gold Award of the Materialica Design + Technology Awards 2014 in the category “Surface + Technology”. The award was presented for ...

Polyurethanes
Processing aids for the manufacture of integral skin foam parts

Integral skin foam is fairly common in the polyurethane industry and is used in a number of markets, including automotive interiors, furniture parts, and ...

Polyurethanes
Alfa Klebstoffe introduces new brand for hot melt adhesives

The Rafz-based Swiss company Alfa Klebstoffe AG recently announced that its whole product group of Alfa H hot melt adhesives has been renamed to Alfamelt. Alfa ...

Polyurethanes
Fast-Cure PU foam seals for series production

The new Fast-Cure seals from Sonderhoff Chemicals are fast reacting two-component polyurethane foam systems with a very short tack-free time. According to the ...

Rubber Polyurethanes
Michelin to provide airless radial tyre for John Deere Ztrak 900 series line-up

At the Green Industry and Equipment Expo (GIE) 2014, Michelin Tweel Technologies announced it has partnered with John Deere to equip its Ztrak 900 series ...

Polyurethanes
GL-certified adhesives technology for rotor blade production

Over the past years, development work on advanced adhesives has made it possible to build ever more efficient wind power plants. At the WindEnergy 2014 show, ...