Major Suppliers of Thermoplastic Elastomers and Compounds

Appendix 2 Major Suppliers of Thermoplastic Elastomers and Compounds Company

Trade Name TM

Dytron Advanced Elastomer Systems, subsidiary of ExxonMobil

TPV

GeolastTM

TPV (oil resistant) TM

Santoprene

TPV

TM

TPO

Vistaflex ®

Alcryn MPR Advanced Polymer Alloys

DuraGrip

®

TM

Duramax API-Kolon Engineering Plastics

®

Kopel

Apigo

TPU

Megol®

SEBS

Raplan®

SBS

Tivilon

TPV

®

Pebax

Polyether block amides TM

SBC

TM

SBC

Asaprene Tufprene TM

Hifax Basell

TPO

Hostacom

TM

Softell Styrolux

SBS ®

Elastollan TPU ®

Bayer MaterialScience Borealis

TPU

Texin®

TPU

Daplen

TM

TPO

TM

Vector

Degussa AG

Vestamid® E

SBS

TM

Engage

TM

Pellethane TM

Versify Dynasol

TPU

Desmopan

Dexco Polymers LP

The Dow Chemical Company

TPO TPO

®

BASF Corporation

TPV

Apilon 52

®

Asahi Kasei

TPE compound

TPO ®

Arkema

Melt processable rubber

COPE

®

API spa

TPE Type

Polyether block amide/PA12 TPO TPU Propylene/ethylene copolymer

®

SBS, SEBS

®

SEBS

Calprene Solprene

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Company

DSM

COPE

Keltaflex®

TPV

®

Kelprox

TPV

®

TPV

DuPont Hylene

ETPV

®

Hytrel

COPE

Ecdel/Elastomer ®

Equistar Chemical Company ExxonMobil Chemical

Grilon ELX ®

Grilamid ELV

TPO

®

GE Plastics

LNP*Lubricomp compounds

SBS, SB ®

SBC

KratonTM compounds

SBS, SIS

®

SBC, TPV, TPU

®

TPV

®

TPU

Versaflex compounds Versollan compounds ®

Irogran

TPU (Extrusion and injection molding grades)

Krystalgran®

TPU (aliphatic)

Huntsman Oleflex

®

TPO (Dynamically cross-linked)

JSR TR

SBC

JSR SIS

SIS

JSR DYNARON

Hydrogenated polymer

JSR RB

Syndiotactic 1,2 polybutadiene ®

SBS or SEBS

®

TPV (SEPS/PP)

®

Acrylate based TPE

Thermolast K Kraiburg GmbH

Thermolast V Thermolast A ®

SBS, SIS

®

SEBS, SEPS

®

SEBS grafted with maleic anhydride

TM

SIS, special isoprene technology

Kraton D Kraton Polymers LLC

Kraton G Kraton FG

Kuraray Co. Ltd. Merquinsa

TPEE compounds

Dynaflex compounds

Versalloy compounds

JSR Corporation

COPA /PA12 TPO

Stereon

Japan Polyolefins Co.

COPA /PA6

TM

Flexathene Vistamaxx

COPE

®

Firestone Polymers

GLS Corporation

TPV TPU

®

EMS Chemie AG

TPE Type

Arnitel®

TM

Eastman Chemical Company

THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS

Trade Name

Sarlink DuPont

OF

Hybrar

TM

Septon

Pearlthane

S*EBS*, S*EEPS* reactive types ®

TPU

Pearlcoat®

TPU

LG Chem Ltd

Keyflex®

TPEE

Mitsui Chemicals

Milastomer®

TPO

APPENDIX 2: MAJOR SUPPLIERS

OF

THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS

Company

Multibase, Inc

TPSiVTM

Silicone TPV

®

SEBS/SEEPS/PP

®

EP/EPDM/PP

Estane

TPU ®

Estagrip

TPU ®

Polymedics

TPU

®

Polyamide TPE

®

SBS, SIS, SEBS

Nycolastic

Europrene SOL T TM

Sunprene PolyOne

Riken Technos Corporation

TM

Elastamax

SBS, SEBS, SEPS XL, EB

PVC/NBR

Actymer®

TPV

Trinity

®

TPV

Leostomer

®

RTP 1500 Series

COPE

RTP 2700 Series

SBC

RTP 2800 Series

TPO

RTP 2900

COPA

RTP 6000 Series

Specialty TPEs

TM

Polytrope

TM

Sunfrost

Nexprene

TPV

TM

TPO

Indure

®

TPO ®

Sumitomo TPE ®

TPV, TPO

Riteflex COPE

COPE

Uniprene®

TPV

Tekbond®

Proprietary compounds

Elexar

SEBS ®

Monprene ®

Tekron Telcar

Proprietary compounds

Pelprene ®

Sarlink

Saturated SBCs Block copolymers

® TM

Toyobo Co. Ltd.

Low gloss PVC TPE PVC TPE

®

Teknor Apex Company

TPO

®

Dexflex Ticona Engineering Polymers

TPO

TM

Sunprene

Sumitomo Chemical

TPO TPU

Invision

Solvay Engineered Polymers

Styrenic elastomer ®

RTP 1200 Series

TM

A. Schulman Inc

TPO

ElastamaxTM HTE

Multiuse Leostomer

RTP

TPE Type SEBS/SEEPS/Engineering thermoplastics

®

Polimeri Europe

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Multifex® TEA

Multiflex TPO

Nycoa

COMPOUNDS

Trade Name

Multiflex TPE

Noveon

AND

COPE TPV

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Company UBE Industries Ltd.

PAE NitrovinTM Sevrene

TM

Dryflex

SBS, SEBS, TPO ®

Vitaprene

Mediprene

®

®

Goniomer Quintac

TPV SBS

®

Zeon

TPO SEBS

Sevrite

Wacker Chemie AG

TPE Type COPA

TM

TM

VTC Elastotechnik

THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS

Trade Name Ethavin

Vichem Corporation

OF

®

TPV SBS medical grades Silicone TPE SIS

®

Zeotherm TPV

TPV (PA/ACM)