Polyurethanes
IPL launches eco-friendly range of hoses

The Italian hose manufacturer Industrie Plastiche Lombarde S.p.a. (IPL) announced it has achieved its target of a more natural product philosophy: The company ...

Thermoplastic Elastomers
Easy walking with TPEs

The shock-absorbing, anti-slip Flexyfoot is designed to replace the old fashioned ferrule (or rubber tip) on crutches and walking sticks and revolutionise ...

Polyurethanes
RadiciGroup develops eco-friendly spandex fibre

RadiciSpandex Corp., part of the Italian Radici Group, is engaged in the production of RadElast spandex using a 100 % renewably-sourced biopolymer. This product ...

Thermoplastic Elastomers
BPA-free TPEs for overmolding applications

As laboratory testing has verified, several GLS Versaflex and Versollan TPE grades demonstrate a very good bond with Eastman’s Tritan copolyester.

Thermoplastic Elastomers
PolyOne introduces new TPE materials for fatty food and electronic applications

Versaflex FFC 2882-87 is a TPE grade that meets both China’s regulatory requirement GB4806.1-94 and US FDA n-hexane extraction requirements under 21 CFR ...

Polyurethanes
Mold’n Seal at Arburg Technology Days – Injection moulding and sealing of parts in a single process saves time and money

From 23 – 26 March 2011 the traditional Arburg Technology Days took place at the Arburg headquarters in Loßburg. More than 5,200 trade visitors from 54 ...

Polyurethanes
New automation patent for easy stacking

Traditionally, when it comes to stacking composite panels produced on continuous lines, the insertion of polystyrene or similar blocks underneath the stack has ...

Polyurethanes
Gentle mould cleaning with dry ice blasting – Furniture manufacturer Hukla relies on Ascojet

For mould cleaning and machine maintenance, the Germany company Hukla Möbel GmbH in Gengenbach relies on the gentle Ascojet dry ice blasting technology of the ...

Polyurethanes
Reacting capped prepolymers with blocked amines produces polyurea elastomers with low VOCs

While capped polyurethane prepolymers have been used for many years to flexibilize epoxy resins, they can also be reacted with multifunctional amines to create ...

Polyurethanes
High-tech automation solutions from Fill at JEC

Product highlights at the stand of the Austrian machine engineering company Fill at JEC in Paris were the Preformliner former, the Efficiency Control Cockpit ...

Thermoplastic Elastomers
Lubrizol re-launches Carbothane

Lubrizol has specified a new raw material component and re-launched its line of Carbothane TPUs for implantable devices.

Polyurethanes
Albrecht Bäumer at Interzum

Albrecht Bäumer GmbH & Co. KG, Freudenberg, Germany, will once again be exhibiting at Interzum 2011 in Cologne. This year the company will present the ...