{"id":13515,"date":"2019-05-17T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T12:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/php8.plastv.de\/?p=13515"},"modified":"2019-05-16T11:20:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T09:20:43","slug":"aurora-plastics-enhances-thermoplastic-elastomer-tpe-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/?p=13515","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Plastics Enhances Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) Capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2><em>Acquisition of Illinois-based Elastocon TPE Technologies\u00a0<\/em><em>brings added depth to the Aurora Plastics portfolio of products.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Advanced polymer company Aurora Plastics announces their acquisition of compounder Elastocon TPE Technologies, headquartered in Springfield, Illinois. The acquisition continues to expand Aurora Plastics\u2019 comprehensive product line, bringing broader TPE compounding capabilities to the company\u2019s portfolio of PVC compounds, PVC alloys, CPE alloys, low-smoke flame-retardant concentrates, purge compounds and TPE compounds.<\/p>\n<p>In making the announcement, Aurora Plastics Chief Executive Officer Darrell Hughes noted: \u201cElastocon brings a broader offering of soft-touch and abrasion-resistant materials. It also deepens our presence and offerings to our valued customers in the medical, packaging, consumer, industrial, automotive and non-automotive transportation markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elastocon is known as a leading expert in soft thermoplastic elastomer materials. The company has developed a comprehensive TPE line including overmolding (two-shot injection molding), injection molding and high-performance specialty grades. Additionally, they offer unique, clear and oil-free grades with exceptional tensile and tear strength properties, highly resilient TPEs for various strap and tubing applications, and scratch- and mar-resistant materials for dampening pads and bumpers. The comprehensive line of overmold grades can be modified for any soft touch requirement and are highly sought-after compounds in consumer and industrial markets. Coupled with Aurora Plastics\u2019 experience in extrusion and co-extrusion based TPEs, the merger will allow customers to more easily procure the materials they need from a single source.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElastocon\u2019s product line offers an alternative to other materials that might be higher cost and over-engineered,\u201d explained Dave Barkus, president, Elastocon TPE Technologies, Inc. \u201cWe are proud of our odorless, phthalate and latex free materials and look forward to working alongside Aurora Plastics to allow us to strengthen our support network for our customers, including offering quicker shipment and enhanced lab and R&amp;D facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barkus is excited to play an on-going role within Aurora Plastics, helping to strengthen the commercial and technical teams\u2019 ability to drive growth.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth acquisition for Aurora Plastics in two years and will continue to expand the company\u2019s product breadth and depth, not only in thermoplastic product adjacencies but also geographically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal with each acquisition is the same: to continue to be the first choice in polymer solutions,\u201d said Hughes.<\/p>\n<p>Quelle: Aurora Plastics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced polymer company Aurora Plastics announces their acquisition of compounder Elastocon TPE Technologies, headquartered in Springfield&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-13515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plas-tv-meldungen-auf-der-startseite-unterhalb-slider","category-plast-tv-textmeldungen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13517,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13515\/revisions\/13517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13515"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=13515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}