RoHS-COMPLIANT CONCENTRATES INCLUDE MANY COLOR OPTIONS FOR COPOLYESTER TPEs IN WIRE AND CABLE AND PLASTICS APPLICATIONS

PROVIDENCE, RI, U.S.A., November 9, 2008: A new series of concentrates for engineering-grade copolyester thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) includes a wide range of color choices, all of them fully compliant with the European Union’s RoHS Directive, it was announced today by Teknor Color Company. The company is introducing the products at IWCS / Focus (Booth 215).

The company recommends the new colors for use with high-performance TPEs like DuPont™ Hytrel® thermoplastic polyester elastomers. Potential applications cited by Teknor Color include wire and cable insulation, jackets, and fiber optic buffers, as well as injection and blow molded parts, film, sheet, and profiles.

“The new colorants for copolyester TPEs contain no heavy-metal pigments yet provide the same intensity and coloring efficiency as conventional colors for engineering-grade TPEs,” said Eric Kalis, market manager. “In addition, we formulated these concentrates specifically for copolyester TPEs, which are often used in challenging applications because of their exceptional toughness, rubberlike resilience, chemical resistance, and good performance at temperature extremes. We began work on developing the concentrates in response to growing use of copolyester TPEs as a buffer in optical fiber cables.”

There are twelve colors in the new concentrate series: black, blue, light blue, brown, gray, green, orange, purple, red, rose, white, and yellow.

Hytrel® is a registered trademark of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for its brand of thermoplastic polyester elastomer.

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Based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.A., TEKNOR COLOR COMPANY is a leading producer of color concentrates for use in all thermoplastic processes. It operates four plants in the U.S.A. Other plastics businesses of parent firm TEKNOR APEX COMPANY include the Vinyl Div., Chemical Div., Thermoplastic Elastomer Div., Specialty Compounding Div., Chem Polymer, Singapore Polymer Corp., and Teknor Apex Suzhou. Visit the web site: www.teknorcolor.com.

READER INQUIRY INFORMATION: Address all mail inquiries to Teknor Color Company, 505 Central Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02861 U.S.A. Tel: 1-401-725-8000. Tel. from U.S. only: 1-800-554-9885. Fax: 1-401-724-8520. E-mail: info@teknorcolor.com.

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