TPU Grades suit Green injection molding applications.
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Featuring renewable content up to 60% according to ASTM D6866, Bio TPU Grades offer alternative to petroleum-based TPUs and TPEs with recyclability and both abrasion and scratch resistance. Pearlthane® ECO thermoplastic polyurethane grades of 85A, 90A, 95A, 98 shore A, and 60 shore D hardness complete range of Bio TPU for Green injection molding elastomeric applications.
Original Press Release:
Merquinsa Announces New Bio TPU grades at Fakuma 2008
Barcelona, Spain - October 10, 2008.
Merquinsa is pleased to announce the launch of new Bio TPU grades at FAKUMA 2008
(International trade fair for plastics processing, on 14-18 October at Friedrichshafen, Germany).
The new Pearlthane® ECO thermoplastic polyurethane grades of 85A, 90A, 95A, 98 shore A,
and 60 shore D hardness complete the range of Bio TPU for "Green" Injection Moulding
elastomeric applications recently launched at K2007.
These Bio TPU grades with a renewable content up to 60 % according to ASTM D6866 offer an alternative to petroleum-based TPUs and TPEs with excellent mechanical properties, abrasion, scratch resistance, processability and recyclability.
A preliminary life cycle analysis indicates that manufacturing Pearlthane® ECO results in 40 % less global warming emissions.
For every 10.000 MT of ECO TPU that replaces petroleum-based TPU, up to 20,000 barrels of crude oils are saved, equivalent to the energy needed for close to 1500 houses in Germany.
About Merquinsa:
Merquinsa is a leading thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) specialty producer, providing
innovative products for injection moulding, extrusion, calendering, melt coating, compounding and adhesives applications. Merquinsa was shortlisted in 2007 at EPN's Bioplastics Awards under "Best Innovation in Bioplastics" (Cologne, Germany), and was a finalist for the "Innovation Award" this month at CPI's Polyurethanes 2008 Technical Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Merquinsa's headquarters are in Barcelona, Spain with regional centres in Asia and North America.
For more information about Merquinsa, PEARLTHANE®, PEARLCOAT®, PEARLBOND®, and
PEARLSTICK®, Specialty TPU resins, please visit our Web site at www.merquinsa.com or call at + 34 93 572 1100.
