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April 2012

LEAD FEATURE

Greening the automotive sector

COMPANY NEWS

European firms commit to Asian expansions

Malaysian petrochemical hub in the making

ExxonMobil increases supply to Asia Pacific

Huntsman goes to East Europe

Dow on track with projects in the US

On track with butanol

MATERIALS NEWS

Songwon bolsters OPS capacity

Silver additive for products

ECH facility up in Thailand

Updates to nonwovens by Dow and Conductive

Water-based adhesive for acrylic resins

Chinese plant for TPEs

BMS innovates green process for foams

Film for MAPs with improved gas barrier

MACHINERY NEWS

German firms expand capacities

Scientex in the running as largest CPE film maker

EXHIBITION NEWS

US market on the upturn

Chinaplas hits visitor mark

INJECTION MOULDING ASIA

Machine manufacturers go for large

Nylon in short supply for auto makers

Fastest closure machine in the world

Mold-Masters expands to Latin America

MuCell lightweighting technology bags award

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Chinese plant for TPEs

essenderlo Group has opened a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounding plant in Changsu to produce high-performance TPEs and slush moulding compounds for automotive applications. The unit operates as CTS Automotive Compounds (Changsu) Ltd.

The site will produce Marvyflo and Tefabloc brands, which CTS said it has been selling in China and throughout Asia for more than ten years. Tefabloc is a family of TPE compounds that have a lower density than traditional rubber like EPDM, and Marvyflo free flowing powder compounds are the reference material for slush moulding of dashboards and door panels, as well as other interior surfaces.