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December 07, 2010 11:00 PM

Merquinsa Bio TPUs to be used by Ford

Simon Robinson
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    By Frank Esposito, Plastics News

    Spanish materials firm Merquinsa will see its Bio­ TPU brand thermoplastic polyurethanes used in a Ford Motor Co. auto part and a Brooks Sports running shoe next year.

    Ford will use Merquinsa's material as a top layer on a console tambour door on its 2011 Lincoln MKZ vehicle. The bio based material offers the same performance as a standard TPU while remaining cost-competitive, Merquinsa commercial general manager Jean­ Marc Galvez said in an interview at K 2010.

    The Brooks shoe - available next spring - is 5 percent lighter as a result of using the Bio TPU in its soles, Galvez added. The material is also replacing a standard TPU in that use.

    Since launching Bio-TPU in 2007, Merquinsa has added almost 5 kT/year of annual capacity for the material at its plant in Barcelona. Bio-TPU is based on unspecified non-food plants.

    Merquinsa will also open a sales office in Guangzhou, China, early in 2011,and hire five new application development staff during the year.

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