Sports

A sportsman never wants to be let down by inferior equipment, our TPE compounds enhance product design by offering the end-user superior control and accuracy while the soft-touch feel and non-slip surface ensures added comfort.

And it’s not just the material performance that counts, as sports and leisure equipment have taken on fashion status the properties of our TPEs deliver optimum style possibilities; surface finish, colour, gloss, transparency and hardness can all be formulated to give the desired effect.

Applications include;

Outdoor winter/summer: shells for ski boots, roller blade skates and ice skates, tongues for boots and skates, soles for cross-country ski shoes and for alpine touring ski boots, snowboard binding, straps for snowboard binding, mouthpieces for snorkels, swim fins, transparent diving masks, bicycle saddles, soles for cycling shoes, grips for bicycles, motor bikes, ski poles, diving goggles, as well as many other sport associated applications.

Features

Excellent UV stability
Wide flexural modulus range for increased comfort
Good endurance and impact resistance - also at low temperatures
Adhesion to technical thermoplastics
Smooth surface finish
Fulfils high design and fashion requirements
100% recyclable
Transparent grades as well as colours
Soft-to-touch feeling, comfortable grip
Easy to paint and glue
Adjustable viscosity for complex and critical mouldings
Adhesion to technical thermoplastics
Exceptional scratch, abrasion and flex fatigue resistance
Surface finish according to customer requirements - dull matt, rubber-like surfaces or glossy
Resistant to ageing and salt water
Optimised price/quality ratio