API Launches Innovative Lightweight Footwear Solutions to Meet Customer Demand for Quality, Flexibility and Aesthetics
February 19 2018 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
Company Experts to present at SIMAC Tanning
Tech in Milan
API, an Italian company specialized in the production of
thermoplastic elastomeric compounds and bioplastics who was
acquired by global materials company Trinseo in July 2017,
introduces its newest lightweight footwear solutions, APILONTM 52
EXP and APILONTM 52 LIGHT, at the SIMAC Tanning Tech in Milan.
API’s experts will be presenting their innovations in footwear
materials at booth A38 in hall 14 from February 20 to 22, 2018.
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The market demand for flexible and lightweight footwear has been
constantly increasing. APILON 52 EXP and APILON 52 LIGHT are API’s
newest expanded thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) materials,
offering an outstanding combination of soft touch, aesthetics and
especially lightness. APILON 52 EXP is designed specifically for
microcellular midsoles, whereas APILON 52 LIGHT, due to its good
abrasion resistance, is suitable for outsoles and midsoles.
Both materials offer a good chemical adhesion on TPU outsoles
and can be mixed with blowing agent masterbatch, and APICOLORTM
color masterbatches especially designed for expanded TPU
grades.
“APILON 52 EXP and APILON 52 LIGHT stand out for their excellent
physical-mechanical characteristics like flexibility and long-term
bond reliability to upper materials,” says Giancarlo Busa, Business
Unit Manager Footwear. “Both materials are particularly well-suited
for overmoulding.”
API has been dedicated to the development and manufacturing of
innovative footwear material for decades. The company’s wide range
of TPU’s provides manufacturers with almost unlimited design
freedom. API’s TPUs are available in a wide range of hardness, a
variety of densities, specific grades for security and with various
aesthetic properties.
About API
API is an Italian company specialized in the production of
thermoplastic elastomeric compounds and bioplastics. Founded in
1956, API has developed a deep and proven experience based on
continuous research into innovative, customized compounds for a
wide range of applications. API was acquired by global materials
company Trinseo in July 2017. For more information visit
www.APIplastic.com and http://www.trinseo.com/API-Plastic.
About Trinseo
Trinseo (NYSE: TSE) is a global materials solutions provider and
manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber. We
are focused on delivering innovative and sustainable solutions to
help our customers create products that touch lives every day —
products that are intrinsic to how we live our lives — across a
wide range of end-markets, including automotive, appliances,
consumer electronics, medical devices, electrical, building and
construction, textile, paper and board, footwear and tires. Trinseo
had approximately $4.4 billion in net sales in 2017, with 16
manufacturing sites around the world, and approximately 2,200
employees. For more information visit www.trinseo.com.
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