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TPEs in automotive.


A recently completed study by Gabris International, Tolland Tolland is the name of some places:
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 "The impact of TPEs on the automotive rubber industry: U.S. and Europe, 1993-1998" concludes that airbags and boots are the major automotive TPE TPE Thermoplastic Elastomer
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 an estimated 1,620 tons of TPEs in N. America and 750 tons in Europe;

* 59.9% of the boots in N. America and 42.1% in Europe were TPEs;

* Combined N. American/European TPE consumption in the auto industry was 15,600 tons.
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Title Annotation:Market Focus; thermoplastic elastomers; Gabris International study
Publication:Rubber World
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Jun 1, 1994
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