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Composite material for leather goods industry with Huntsman's TPU

Italian company Forestali has developed an innovative composite material for the leather goods industry using a special grade of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).

2016-02-24

Snow chains with thermoplastic polyurethane from BASF

French textile and rubber company Joubert Productions, Ambert, is for the first time putting on the market snow chains whose chain links are made entirely from plastic.

2016-02-17

PolyOne acquires certain TPE assets from Kraton

PolyOne Corporation announced it has acquired certain technologies and assets from Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc.

2016-02-04

New compunds for medical tubing

At MD&M West Teknor Apex will feature Apex Flexible PVC Compounds with non-DEHP Plasticizers, a Medalist TPE for Solvent Bonding, and a Rigid PVC for Connectors.

2016-01-05

FiberForm procedure at Fakuma 2015

KraussMaffei has developed FiberForm, a procedure for processing fiber-reinforced plastics with a thermoplastic matrix that is ready for large series production.

2015-10-26

BASF at the A+A 2015 in Düsseldorf

This year BASF is presenting its new polyurethane and thermoplastic polyurethane portfolio for work and safety shoes at the A+A 2015.

2015-10-22

Lightweight material for tough applications

Schwalbe's new Evo Tube uses thermoplastic polyurethane from BASF.

2015-09-01

Hexpol TPE presents its solutions at Plastpol 2015

Hexpol TPE will be exhibiting for the first time at this year’s Plastpol exhibition.

2015-05-18

LyondellBasell: New solutions for automotive industry

The company will showcase new Products at the VDI Plastics nn Automotive Engineering conference.

2015-03-23

Solvay polymers in high-precision IPE's products

International Polymer Engineering introduced a new range of high-precision microbore tubing, monofilaments and profiles made of Solvay's thermoplastics.

2015-02-11