Link-Tech Co., Ltd., Tianjin, China, a component manufacturer for plumbing and heating systems, has developed the industry’s first modular ball valve which features several thermoplastic components including the ball, the ball valve housing, and several connector components.
Monprene compounds from Teknor Apex retain valuable mechanical properties while eliminating handling problems of standard TPEs with wet surfaces.
API Spa, Italy’s leading producer of thermoplastic compounds (TPE, TPU and Bioplastics), is in the process of making significant investments in production machinery and R&D infrastructure.
Arnitel® Eco is an innovative thermoplastic elastomer partially made from rapeseed oil. This revolutionary material from DSM Engineering Plastics (DSM) helps end-users reduce their carbon footprint. Innovation and environmental performance has been noticed and the Frost & Sullivan Green Excellence in Product Innovation Award was granted.
Elasto, a leader in the development and manufacture of custom formulated thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) have announced the latest development in their Mediprene range of medical grade TPEs - coloured compounds.
SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business, Chongqing Xiyong Micro-electronics Industrial Park, and the Chongqing Economic and Informatization Commission announced a memorandum of understanding where SABIC would establish an engineering thermoplastics compounding plant in Chongqing, China.
TPE and its role to detect crack in concrete buidlings is the subject of the work of researchers at the American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and German University of Potsdam.
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ newest Extem UH resin meets hottest trends for higher continuous use temperatures and greater design freedom.
A technology developed by FRX Polymers, Inc. for producing engineering thermoplastics that are inherently flame retardant and environmentally friendly has received the first-place award in the Clean Technology Business Forum and Competition, it was announced today by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).
PolyOne and Zyvex Performance Materials announce agreement to develop carbon-nanotube thermoplastic composites.
DuPont Delrin 300CP optimises impact performance, flow and cost-efficiency.
A. Schulman announced the European launch of two new thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) products for automotive applications – Invision VX EP ultra high-flow TPE, and Invision SLX slush TPE.
