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Lightfast TPU brightens auto interiors.


New lightfast aliphatic aliphatic /al·i·phat·ic/ (al?i-fat´ik) pertaining to any member of one of the two major groups of organic compounds, those with a straight or branched chain structure.

al·i·phat·ic
adj.
 TPUs lend themselves to bright colors for high-quality decorative components in auto interiors. Bayer MaterialScience, Pittsburgh, has commissioned German compounder GEBA Geba (gē`bə), in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, c.5 mi (8 km) NW of Jerusalem, the modern Jaba, the West Bank. There Jonathan slaughtered the Philistines.  Kunststoff-compounds GmbH to produce brightly colored compounds of Bayer's Desmopan TPU TPU - Text Processing Utility . They will be used primarily for blow molding and powder slush skins for instrument panels, glove boxes, door trim, and post finishers.

These new types of TPU are said to provide soft-touch surfaces with good resistance to abrasion and scratches. They do not contain plasticizers plasticizers

mostly triaryl phosphates, such as tricresyl, triphenyl phosphates, which are poisonous. See also triorthocresyl phosphate.
 or halogens. Their low-temperature flexibility suits them to molded skins used in the vicinity of airbag flaps. Tel: (412) 777-2000 * PT Direct: 468PT
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Title Annotation:Materials
Publication:Plastics Technology
Date:Nov 1, 2004
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