Velox has announced a new distribution partnership with Lubrizol for its Merquinsa legacy TPU technologies. Velox, is a distributor of raw material specialities for the plastics, composites, rubber, paints and coatings industries across Europe. The firm will offer Lubrizol’s speciality thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) brands Pearlthane, Pearlcoat, Pearlbond and Pearlstick for adhesives, injection moulding, extrusion and compounding applications in France, the UK, Ireland, Benelux, Italy, Turkey, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland and other Central and Eastern European markets.
Velox and Lubrizol have been cooperating for the last 12 years, Velox being the distributor for Lubrizol’s brands Estane (elastomeric thermoplastic polyurethanes), Estaloc (reinforced engineering TPUs) and Isoplast (hard and high flexural modulus polyurethane engineering resins).
Guillaume Fromont, Velox Product Manager, said: “We are delighted to have signed this agreement. By combining Velox’s expertise in the field of speciality products and chemicals distribution with Lubrizol’s proven excellence in speciality TPU materials, we are further expanding our constructive cooperation with Lubrizol – and we look forward to strong growth for our product range as a result.”
Lubrizol’s Pearlbond and Pearlstick TPU product lines include TPU specialities used as additives to increase crystallization speed in PUR hot melts and in heat-sealable fabrics for technical textiles and footwear.
Lubrizol Engineered Polymers’ speciality TPU resins can be bio-based, recyclable, light stable and optical clear (aliphatic), fast-cycling and high-performance polycaprolactone copolyester- or copolymer-based specialties for the industrial, automotive, electronics and sports and recreation markets and applications.