Plastics compounder Teknor Apex has launched a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) made with 35% sustainable content comprising UBQ and post-consumer recycled material. UBQ is a bio-based, recyclable ...

MANCHESTER, England—For Hexpol, sustainability is "much more than a buzzword" as the international polymer compounder brings sustainable thermoplastic elastomers to the automotive sector. Hexpol TPE ...

Kraiburg TPE has developed technology that enables the production of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) with very low density without the use of foaming. The new Thermolast grades incorporate glass ...

KIRKLAND, Wash.—Off the back of its $40 million Series A fundraising announcement, end-of-life tire recycler Prism Worldwide is partnering with thermoplastic extruder Sherwood Industries to ...

Plastics News reporters are on-site at Fakuma to produce show dailies. Follow along for more coverage at www.plasticsnews.com/fakuma. The show daily issue is ...

Compounding firm Kraiburg TPE GmbH & Co. KG has brought new recycled-content and super-soft thermoplastic elastomers to market in 2021. A new product line for exterior automotive applications contains ...

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 ...

Malmo, Sweden HEXPOL’s TPE companies in Sweden, the UK and Germany have achieved third-party certification of their product carbon footprint (PCF) methodology ...

RF-welding technology from Genesis Plastics Welding can weld TPEs, such as those supplied by PolyOne, into 3-D configurations, including mandrels. Radio-frequency (RF) welding is nothing new. Nor are ...

Increasingly, companies are finding ways to incorporate recycled content into their materials, including companies that develop virgin polymers and resins. Recently, Avient found a way to transform ...