TPEs, a varied class of compounds that are easier and greener to process than thermosets, are gaining acceptance in industries including automotive and medical. Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) are ...

Tire recycler Prism Worldwide, based in Kirkland, Washington, and Sherwood Industries, a family-owned sheet extruder of thermoplastics based in Niles, Illinois, partnered to introduce Prism’s ...

According to MarketsandMarkets, "Rubber Process Oil Market by Type (Naphthenic, Paraffinic, TDAE, DAE, MES, RAE, and TRAE), Application (Tires, Industrial Rubber Products, Oil-extended Polymers, and ...

While plastics may be at the forefront of the K show, the major polymer fair is making efforts to increase the visibility of rubber and other elastomers at this premier event. An idea founded in 1983, ...

LICHTENFELS, Germany—Hexpol TPE, a business division of Hexpol Compounding and Sweden-based Hexpol A.B., is adding to its sustainability credentials. The world's largest custom rubber compounder on ...

WILMINGTON, Del. (Aug. 29)—Ferro Corp.'s Advanced Polymer Alloys division and TPE Solutions of Shirley, Mass., have agreed to co-develop new elastomer materials based on APA's line of Melt-Processible ...

Kraiburg TPE has developed thermoplastic elastomers that simulate rubber. The Hipex line of compounds are based on ethylene vinyl acetate rubber and give properties previously only achieved in ...

Zeotherm 100-60B, a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), is based on polyacrylate (ACM) elastomers dispersed in a polyamide (nylon) matrix. Zeotherm 100-60B, a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), is based on ...

HEXPOL has successfully approved materials from the Dryflex Circular TPE range to the Porsche PN 780 standard. The standard ...