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• n  any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed)

• Indeed, soon after manufacturers realized that the insulating "elastomer," a fancy name for a material that stretches, could actually be worn, it became a material of choice for .

News & Articles

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• Bluestar Silicones Presents Elastomer Solutions at Medical Design and Manufacturing ...
  PHILADELPHIA – Bluestar Silicones will showcase its new Silbione® silicone elastomer solutions, including low durometer liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and self-bleeding LSR, at the upcoming Medical Design Manufacturing (MDM) East Conference (Booth #3744), June 18-20. Bluestar Silicones' new 1 Shore A (ShA) hardness product, Silbione LSR 4301, uniquely combines strong physical properties and ...
  June 20, 2013 - ThomasNet
• Thermoplastic Elastomers Market By Types, Applications & Geography - Trends & Forecasts To 2018
  DUBLIN, Ireland, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/96d8dh/thermoplastic ) has announced the addition of the "Thermoplastic Elastomers ...
  June 17, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• First Medical-Grade TPES That Can Be Calendered Provide a Real-World Alternative to PVC in ...
  O'Sullivan Films Produces Calendered Films from Teknor Apex Company's Medalist® MD-500 Elastomers that Have Performance Advantages over PVC and Save Weight and Cost PHILADELPHIA -- New technologies from three cooperating suppliers to the medical device market possible film products that combine the advantages of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) over PVC, the quality benefits of calendering, and ...
  June 17, 2013 - ThomasNet

Quotes

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• Dhirubhai Ambani in European Plastics News
  He said: "Reliance is the largest player in the synthetic rubber business in India. We want to build on this leadership to become one of the top ten elastomer companies in the world. Reliance will create additional capacities of poly butadiene...