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 ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I.—Custom compounder Teknor Apex Co. has launched a new eco-conscious Monprene thermoplastic elastomer that incorporates a "world's first" patented plastic substitute. The Pawtucket-based ...

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 ...

An increasing amount of the thermoplastic elastomers from Hexpol TPE are being produced with maritime waste recyclate. The Malmo, Sweden-based compounder has partnered with green plastics company ...

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 ...

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, ...