Thermoset silicone has always been considered one of the materials of choice for the fabrication of medical devices and components for healthcare and personal care due to its undeniable qualities stemming from both its optical and haptic appearance as well as its high temperature resistance and elastic characteristics that result from being a vulcanized rubber.
Access to clean drinking water is a human right. The European Parliament adopted last December the revised Drinking Water Directive (DWD). The new Directive will guarantee safer access to water for all Europeans. At the same time, it will ensure the highest standards in the world for drinking water. It aims at improving consumers’ confidence
The smell is the third stage of our journey through the “5 senses of TPE”. It doesn’t happen rellay often, but sometimes we realize the importance of things only when we notice their absence. This is the case with smell. How should aTPE smell? Basically, it should have no smell. For this reason, the olfactory
The sight is the second stage of our journey through “The 5 senses of TPE”. In the sensory evaluation of a product, sight helps to identify different features that distinguish what we are seeing. Through this sense it is possible to perceive whether a surface is transparent, semi-transparent, translucent or opaque. MARFRAN offers
Is it possible to detect which kind of TPE we hold in our hands without a TDS or lab analysis? In this investigation our senses are our best ally. THE TOUCH The first sense we can rely on is the touch: it can help us feel a velvet or silky surface rather than a
A new partnership between Francesco Franceschetti Elastomeri and Clariant has led to five ski boot colours that will set the trend on the slopes in the coming season. The market research phase started in June 2019 and lasted more than six months. This involved 13 ski equipment retailers, whereby shop managers were interviewed to
We are pleased to invite you to the K 2019 fair, which will take place from the 16th to the 23rd of October at the Dusseldorf exhibition center.
MARFRAN E C2, A2 and A2F are part of a family of styrene-based compounds (TPE-S) specifically designed for bi-material components where TPE is molded on styrene polymers such as PS, SAN, ABS, ASA and relative mixtures (ie PC/ABS). Thermoplastic elastomers can be overprinted on styrene based polymers in different applications: in the furnishing and design
MARFRAN E TPA is a family of styrene-based compounds (TPE-S) suitable for the molding of two-material components with PA6, PA66 polyamide polymers also loaded with glass fiber. Thermoplastic elastomers can be overmolded on polyamide in different applications: in the furniture sector (chairs, tables, wheels, design components), in mechanical equipment and in tools (fittings, non-slip handles,
On March the 20th, 2019, at the Salone delle Danze of the MO.CA-Palazzo Martinengo in Via Moretto 78 in Brescia (BS), will be held the event “BIOECONOMY DIALOGUES: Green projects from the territory and beyond”, organized by the University of Brescia, in collaboration with the Lombardy Green Chemistry Association-LGCA and the School of Management and
