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Advanced Polymer Alloys (APA) is a division of Ferro Corp. and the world's only manufacturer of Melt-Processible Rubber (MPR), which is sold under the brand name Alcryn. Based in Wilmington, Delaware, APA helps product manufacturers and part fabricators gain a marketing advantage by improving the customer's product quality and simplifying their manufacturing process. Ferro is a multinational producer of industrial performance materials, including coatings, colours, ceramics, chemicals, and plastics, with operations in 19 countries throughout the world.
DuraGrip TPE is a versatile material that enhances consumer and light industrial products through its elastomeric properties and features including, when needed, a soft-touch feel. The unique UV-stable DuraGrip TPE 6100 series bonds well to engineered thermoplastic materials, including difficult-to-overmold nylon substrates, and won
Advanced Polymer Alloys, a division of Ferro Corporation announced the release of a new Injection Molding Guide that provides injection molders and product engineers with technical tips for processing DuraGrip
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The chemistry and morphology of all plastic and rubber polymers, including Thermoplastic Elastomers, largely dictate their respective resistances to changes in dimensions and other physical properties on exposure to various fluids. Therefore, great care must be exercised in selecting an appropriate TPE for applications involving contact with fluids, to ensure that the required performance and durability will be achieved.
Manufacturers of engineered plastic compounds have a new ally in the battle to control product development and production costs. Advanced Polymer Compounding, a division of Ferro Corporation, has launched new compounding services to assist manufacturers in bringing new materials to market while minimizing costs. The services, which guarantee client confidentiality, allow plastics manufacturers to tap into APC's 15-years of specialty compounding expertise and extensive resources that include unique blending and compounding operations, testing labs, packaging and an 80,000-square-foot warehouse for inventory storage and direct shipping.
Advanced Polymer Alloys announced a breakthrough in the development of a clear grade of Alcryn Melt-Processible Rubber , Alcryn MPR 2060CL. Alcryn MPR 2060CL is a true, clear grade of the highly engineered Alcryn MPR product line and offers the same superior durability, resistance to flex fatigue, chemical resistance, compatibility to PVC, and other traits of APA's Alcryn MPR. The Alcryn MPR clear grade is available in 60 Shore A durometer.
Advanced Polymer Alloys announced the availability of an improved grade of Alcryn Melt-Processible Rubber, the Alcryn MPR 4000 series. The improved grade provides more efficient processing and greater profitability. APA introduced the improved Alcryn MPR 4000 series. The 4000 series of Alcryn MPR is designed as an extrusion grade with specific applications in the architectural industry as window and door seals, weather-stripping, and other complex profile extrusions.
Advanced Polymer Alloys, a division of Ferro Corporation, today announced the release of a new Injection Molding Guide that provides injection molders and product engineers with technical tips for processing DuraGrip TPE, the company's newest Melt-Processible Elastomer.
Alcryn MPR is used in a variety of architectural applications to deliver high resistance to sunlight, ultraviolet light, weathering, acid rain, and air pollution. Components made with Alcryn also withstand wood preservatives, paint solvents, oils, greases, and window cleaning agents. Such components have been shown to retain their physical properties, including flexibility and sealing capabilities, for more than 15 years.
Advanced Polymer Alloys, a division of Ferro Corporation and the world's leading supplier of Melt-Processible Elastomers, announces that its Alcryn Melt-Processible Rubber 2100 series has been approved by General Motors for use in one of the automaker's most popular, high-end sport utility vehicles. GM has already specified other Alcryn MPR grades for use in its cars and trucks because of the durability and outstanding buzz, squeak, and rattle reduction features. This latest approval is for the use of APA's Alcryn MPR 2100 series bonded in an over-mold process to PC/ABS for an SUV A-Pillar exterior reveal molding part.
Advanced Polymer Alloys, a division of Ferro Corporation and the world's leading supplier of Melt-Processible Elastomers, announced today the availability of its new DuraGrip Thermoplastic Elastomer throughout the Asia/Pacific region. APA made the announcement during Chinaplas 2005 at the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Pazhou, Guangzhou, China. APA is exhibiting at Chinaplas courtesy of Jacobson van den Berg (Hong Kong) Ltd. its largest distributor in the region.
Advanced Polymer Alloys announces the availability of three new grades of its DuraGrip Thermoplastic Elastomer series in North America. The three grades include the DuraGrip TPE 6000, DuraGrip TPE 6100, and the DuraGrip TPE 6800 series. DuraGrip TPE is a versatile material that enhances consumer or light industrial products through its elastomeric properties and features, including, when needed, a soft-touch feel. The DuraGrip TPE 6000 and 6800 series bond well to polypropylene and polyethylene, while the DuraGrip TPE 6100 series bonds to engineered thermoplastic materials, including difficult to overmold nylon substrates.
Advanced Polymer Alloys, a division of Ferro Corporation and the world's leading supplier of Melt-Processible Elastomers, today announced that its Alcryn Melt-Processible Rubber has been selected for use in an automotive satellite antenna system offered in a wide range of General Motors vehicles.
A new technical paper from Advanced Polymer Alloys is now available for free download from the company's web site www.APAinfo.com The paper, Specialty TPEs for Fluid-Resistant Applications, discusses the importance of careful selection of an appropriate thermoplastic elastomer for applications involving contact with fluids. It details the consequences of failing to consider fluid resistance when specifying a TPE, the most significant of which could be total part failure.
Advanced Polymer Alloys, a division of Ferro Corporation, today announced the availability of a new Extrusion Guide that offers molders and product engineers technical processing tips for working with Alcryn Melt Processible Rubber. Alcryn MPR, the premium material in APA's Melt-Processible Elastomer family of products, provides the ergonomic and performance qualities of rubber with superior oil, heat, and weather resistance.
Advanced Polymer Alloys boosted its West Coast distributor presence today, announcing that Calsak Corporation joined the company's growing roster of full-service distributors of APA Melt-Processible Elastomers. APA is a division of Ferro Corporation and the world's leading supplier of MPEs. Calsak Corporation will distribute APA's entire product line, including Alcryn Melt-Processible Rubber and DuraGrip TPE, throughout the western United States, with centralized sales offices in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Houston. The deal provides Calsak a first-time opportunity to directly distribute a thermoplastic elastomer material. They currently distribute commodity and engineered rigid thermoplastics, as well as color concentrates for injection molding and extrusion industry.
Advanced Polymer Alloys, a division of Ferro Corporation, today announced the availability of an improved grade of Alcryn Melt-Processible Rubber, the Alcryn MPR 4000 series. The improved grade provides more efficient processing and greater profitability. APA introduced the improved Alcryn MPR 4000 series.
Advanced Polymer Alloys, a division of Ferro Corporation and manufacturer of Alcryn Melt-Processible Rubber, today announced plans to introduce its newest material, DuraGrip, a thermoplastic rubber designed exclusively for overmolding to rigid olefinic substrates. By combining DuraGrip with rigid substrates like polypropylene and polyethylene, manufacturers can increase the value of their products by adding an ergonomic soft grip. DuraGrip can be easily colored and customized, offers an outstanding rubber feel, and is competitively priced, compared to similar materials. DuraGrip is available in durometers of 40, 50, and 60 with additional grades expected in the coming months.
Aurum Chemicals SA DE CV, with head offices in Queretaro City, Mexico, has been named the newest regional distributor for Advanced Polymer Alloys (APA), a division of Ferro Corp.
Alcryn melt-processable rubber (MPR) from Advanced Polymer Alloys, a division of Ferro Corp and a leading supplier of melt-processable elastomers (MPEs), is being used by the Plastics Profile Division of the Amesbury Group (Amesbury-PPI) in window and door extruded accessory components.
Advanced Polymer Alloys (APA), a division of Ferro Corporation, has released an improved version of its Alcryn MPR 2100 series that performs better when processing moulded parts.
Advanced Polymer Alloys (APA), a division of Ferro Corporation, announces that its Alcryn Melt-Processible Rubber (MPR) product line can be easily coloured.
R. Thomas ‘Tom’ Pugh, commercial business manager for Advanced Polymer Compounding (APC), a division of Ferro Corporation, was recently elected to the board of directors for the Extrusion Division of the national Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).
Advanced Polymer Alloys (APA), a division of Ferro Corporation, and manufacturer of Melt-Processible Rubber MPR) and elastomers, has launched a redesigned Web-site to provide easier and more intuitive access to critical technical data about its Alcryn MPR.
