MERQUINSA Receives Frost & Sullivan's Green Excellence Award |
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Merquinsa North America Inc.
34 Folly Mill Rd.
Seabrook, NH, 03874
USA
Press release date: January 19, 2009
Barcelona, Spain - January 19, 2009
Merquinsa today announced it has been granted the Frost & Sullivan 2008 Global Thermoplastic Urethane (TPU) Product Innovation Green Excellence of the Year Award. This award recognizes Merquinsa´s innovation in biopolymers, with its groundbreaking Bio TPU made from renewable carbon resources and successfully marketed globally under Pearlthane® and Pearlbond® ECO brands for a wide range of "green" electronics, sports, automotive, footwear and adhesive applications, among others.
Bio TPUs are high-performance biopolymers with a biocontent from 20 to 90% according to ASTM D6866, offering a unique set of properties, such as low density, high flexibility, abrasion resistance, good toughness and processability. These Bio TPUs are fully recyclable but not biodegradable.
A preliminary life cycle assessment (LCA) indicates that manufacturing Pearlthane® and Pearlbond® ECO product lines result in 40% less global warming emissions. Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, presents its Green Excellence Awards annually to companies that have demonstrated leadership towards implementing sustainable and environmentally conscious initiatives. Recipient companies have demonstrated a commitment to a low-carbon society.
About Merquinsa:
Merquinsa is a leading thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) specialty producer, providing innovative products for injection molding, extrusion, calendering, melt coating, compounding and adhesive applications. Merquinsa's headquarters are in Barcelona, Spain with regional centres in Asia and North America.
For more information about Merquinsa, and PEARLTHANE®, PEARLCOAT®, PEARLBOND®, PEARLSTICK® and DISPERBOND® Specialty TPU resins, please visit our Web site at www.merquinsa.com or call at + 34 93 572 1100.
For Editorial Information: Mrs Lidia Valcarcel Merquinsa lvalcarcel@merquinsa.com Tel: + 34 93 5721100 - 252
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