Rubber Polyurethanes
Winners of SPE 41st Auto Innovation Awards Competition announced

The Automotive Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has announced the winners of its 41st-annual Automotive Innovation Awards Competition.

Thermoplastic Elastomers
Star introduces new line of TPEs for pet products

Star Thermoplastics, Broadview. IL, USA, has developed a line of StarPet TPEs to help satisfy the increasing needs for cat and dog toys and other products that ...

Polyurethanes
Polyurethane matrix resin for automotive composites

With lightweighting in mind, automotive manufacturers are using more and more parts made from carbon fibre or glass fibre composites. Henkel has developed a ...

Thermoplastic Elastomers
Pup Peeves uses TPE for new line of serving containers for dogs

Pup Peeves is a small company, based in Dillsburg, PA, USA. Its motto “Live, Laugh, Love Your Dog,” reveals the focus of the company: Products to make dogs (and ...

Polyurethanes
Non-hazardous “ultra-green” PU cleaner from Bio8

British company Bio8 Ltd., based in Chesterfield, has recently launched a safe and environmentally acceptable alternative to solvents such as NMP, NEP and ...

Rubber
Zeon continues to grow with facility expansion and new Zetpol EP polymers

High demand for Zetpol HNBR elastomers continues to drive expansion at Zeon Chemicals, with new product introductions and increased manufacturing capacity.

Thermoplastic Elastomers
TPE replaces rubber in single-use syringe

Plas-Tech Engineering, Inc. is a custom molder specializing in medical components. The company, based in Lake Geneva, WI, USA, has selected Medalist TPEs ...

Thermoplastic Elastomers
Dow presents results of LCA study for Infuse at Plastics Caps and Closures Conference

Findings from a recent Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Infuse olefin block copolymers conducted by Dow Elastomers reveal sustainable advantages in hot-fill cap ...

Rubber
DuPont introduces Kalrez 9300 and 9500 perfluoroelastomer parts to seal demanding plasma etch and deposition processes

The introduction of DuPont Kalrez 9300 and 9500 perfluoroelastomer parts for sealing remote and in situ plasma etch processes, and for demanding deposition ...

Polyurethanes
Rampf Tooling expands its rapid prototyping product range

New products are introduced into the market within a short space of time. Technology requirements that shorten development times are sought after. The new ...

Rubber
Reliable release ease for compression molded fluoroelastomers

Huron Technologies, Inc. offers mold release agent 7463 to manufacturers of compression molded fluoroelastomers. A semi-permanent release agent recommended for ...

Thermoplastic Elastomers
New TPEs for caps, closures, wine corks and grips

Two new TPE grades USA, have been introduced by Elastocon TPE Technologies, Rochester, IL; for applications in caps, closures, wine corks, and grips for ...

Thermoplastic Elastomers
TPE patents

Cross-linkable compositions, thermoplastic elastomers obtainable therefrom and their use US Patent 7,915,336 (March 29, 2011), Vanhorn, et al. to Lanxess ...

Thermoplastic Elastomers
Chem-Trend introduces new purging compound for TPE processing

With Lusin Clean 1020 Chem-Trend has introduced a new purging compound for the cleaning of extruders and injection molding machines in the processing of ...

Polyurethanes Thermoplastic Elastomers
TPU for heat resistant conveyor systems

Breco Antriebstechnik Breher GmbH & Co. KG uses a TPU from Huntsman to create heat resistant conveyor systems for the manufacture of ceramics and glass, ...