The Lubrizol Corporation’s Engineered Polymers business has selected Apta, Vinmar Group, as the new distributor for the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) portfolio of the company's business throughout Brazil. Apta distributes engineering plastics in Brazil with significant territory coverage. They have warehouses and office facilities strategically located in Sao Leopoldo-RS, Joinville-SC and Sao Paulo-SP.The agreement, which took effect on April 17, 2018, includes the following key product lines which are well-suited for today's innovative and demanding applications: •Estane TPU: Estane TPU products are utilized in film and sheet, extrusion, blow molding, injection molding, over molding, calendaring and solution coating processes. •Isoplast ETP: Isoplast ETP products are hard and high flexural modulus polyurethane engineering resins with excellent chemical resistance and barrier properties. •Pearlbond TPU: The Pearlbond TPU portfolio includes products for Hot Melt Adhesives (HMA) and Reactive Hot Melts (HMPUR), typically used in automotive interior parts, bookbinding, furniture, textile and footwear.•Pearlstick TPU: Pearlstick TPU products are designed for use in the manufacture of solvent-based adhesives. Other products that will also be distributed by Apta are: Pearlcoat TPU, Pearlthane TPU, Pearlthane ECO* TPU and Carbo-Rite Conductive Compounds and Sheet Products.
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