Advanced Polymer Alloys Introduces DuraGrip® TPE 6200 Feels, Looks, and Performs More Like Rubber than Other TPEs

New Melt-Processible Elastomer feels, looks, and performs more like rubber than other TPEs

WILMINGTON, DE (PRWEB) October 13, 2006 -- Advanced Polymer Alloys (APA) today introduced its new DuraGrip® TPE 6200 series, a versatile melt-processible elastomer with outstanding elastomeric properties. These products have an unusually tactile and rubbery feel, and a unique matte finish that makes it ideal for use in tools, consumer products, and other light industrial applications where grip really matters. The new DuraGrip 6200 series is available in natural, black, and easy-to-color translucent and clear, with hardness ranging from 20 to 80 Shore A. Because of the outstanding elastomeric properties, it offers good compression set resistance for sealing applications, and high tensile which makes it durable. 6200 bonds well to PP and PE, and is easily processed by injection molding, extrusion, calendaring, and blow molding. DuraGrip 6200 has very low taste and odor properties. It is offered in FDA compliant versions, and can be used in NSF International 51 and 61 compliant applications.

Advanced Polymer Alloys (APA) will spotlight its DuraGrip TPE 6200 series during the Rubber Mini Expo, Oct. 10-12 in Cincinnati, Ohio (booth 321, Duke Energy Center).

For more information, visit www.APAinfo.com or call 888-663-6005.

About APA

Advanced Polymer Alloys (APA) is the world’s leading supplier of Melt-Processible Elastomers (MPEs).

APA’s broad line of elastomers spans the entire TPE price/performance range – from the wide appeal of soft, affordable DuraGrip®, to top-performing Alcryn® MPR™, the world’s only melt-processible rubber.

Bridging the gap between design vision and engineering reality, APA’s unique material innovations deliver ideal performance properties to enhance the quality, appeal, and marketability of virtually every product.

APA’s goal is to provide customers with optimal material solutions for their specific needs – whether drawing from its full MPE line or compounding custom alloys.

For more information on the company’s product line, visit APA on the web at www.APAinfo.com or call 888-663-6005.

Alcryn®, Melt-Processible Rubber™, DuraGrip®, and Melt-Processible Elastomers™ (MPE) are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Polymer Alloys.

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