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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...