Crystal-Clear SBC Selected for Fridge LED Lamp Housings

CHINAPLAS 2022: High-performing Lightweight Plastics for Aerospace Applications

New products: Hexpol unveils 'circular TPE' for automotive interiors

Avient launches TPEs with recycled content from automotive windshields

Over-molding TPEs onto copolyester offers medical device designers a combination of hard and soft materials that are advantageous in medical components.

Ichó therapy ball deploys an array of colored lights, vibrations, and sounds to promote cognitive and motor skills.

Medalist TPEs have been developed to meet the most stringent requirements of the health care industry

Sheffield, England – AMT has received an £87,000 grant from Innovate UK to support the development of a bio-renewable consumable for the post-processing of thermoplastic elastomer parts.

Huntsman has developed a new thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) grade for technical extrusion parts and blown film applications that is said to offer significant improvements over previous generation technologies when it comes to durability, production efficiency and reducing manufacturing waste. According to the company, Irogran A 85 P 4394 HR TPU is the latest addition to a well-established family of elastomer products from Huntsman, which are renowned for their performance in a diverse range of industrial and consumer applications.

Avient is collaborating with Oceanworks® to help customers incorporate recycled ocean plastics in their products. Recycled ocean and ocean-bound plastics are those recovered from the ocean, waterways, and ocean-bound collection zones within 50 km of a coastline.

Teknor Apex Company and Eastman have demonstrated a strong, chemical-resistant bond between thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) and a clear copolyester substrate known for its toughness and chemical resistance.

Kirsty Wood, Development Technologist and Sustainability Lead at Hexpol TPE, shares how TPE materials fit into a circular economy.