Zeon Chemicals licenses TPV technology from AES. (Contracts, Licenses).
Zeon See Xeon. Chemicals, Louisville Louisville (l `ēvĭl), city (1990 pop. 269,063), seat of Jefferson co., NW Ky., at the Falls of the Ohio; inc. 1780. , KY, and Advanced Elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. Systems, L.P., Akron, OH, announced an agreement that gives Zeon exclusive fights to license certain AES technology involving heat- and oil-resistant thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. vulcanizates (TPVs). Zeon will combine AES technology with its specialty elastomers to produce and market TPVs capable of withstanding the harsh fluids and the higher temperatures experienced in some of today's under-the-hood applications in automobiles and in certain industrial environments. Zeon will market the new TPVs under the Zeotherm trade name.
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