World's first in TPUs to be launched at K 2007

28-Sep-07

Merquinsa, leader in specialty TPUs for adhesives & elastomers, will confirm its commitment to innovation with the announcement of a unique TPU technology breathrough intended to be commercialized within the next months. A new family of transparent TPUs will also be introduced along with aliphatic and soft TPUs for automotive interiors, sports and calendering applications. Merquinsa's stand will be located in Messe Düsseldorf's Hall 7 (Stand 71E06) at K 2007 to be held at Düsseldorf, Germany from 24th-31st October 2007. Merquinsa is a leading thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) specialty producer providing innovative products for injection moulding, extrusion, compounding, adhesives & coatings applications: o PEARLTHANE® TPUs in pellet form for extrusion, injection moulding and compounding applications. o PEARLCOAT® TPUs in pellet form for melt coating applications by calendering, sintering or extrusion processes, for application on textile substrates with end uses in industrial coatings (inflatable boats, life-jackets, etc.), as well as for the production of conveyor belts, etc. o PEARLBOND® TPUs in pellet form for making reactive hot melt adhesives, as well as thermobonding (heat sealing) processes, and shoe stiffeners. o PEARLSTICK® TPUs in pellet form for making solvent -based adhesives.