Product Selection Guide: GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers - PolyOne

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GLS TPEs are Engineered to Your
Exact Specifications
Innovative TPE Solutions for
Thousands of Applications
If your design demands alternatives to standard TPE products, GLS can
custom-formulate a TPE solution that will add the greatest value to your
application. GLS can formulate for a wide variety of attributes including;
performance, function, aesthetics, and processability.
Common TPE Applications
Consumer
Packaging
Appliance
Transportation
• Personal care items
• Films
• Household
• Automotive interior
• Sporting goods
• Food storage containers
• Kitchen appliances
• Automotive exterior
Performance
Functional
Aesthetics
Processability
• Infant care & toys
• Caps & closures
• Outdoors
• Window & door seals
• USP VI & ISO 10993 compliant
• High strength & elasticity
• Custom quality surface appearance
• Injection moldable
GLS TPEs are used in a wide range of markets and applications. De-
• Housewares
• Tubing
• Under hood parts
• FDA compliant
• Overmold adhesion
• Comfortable soft touch grip
• Extrudable
signers can apply the benefits of TPEs to new products by drawing on
• Lawn & garden
• Liquid storage & seals
Building & Construction
• HVAC seals
• EU food contact compliant
• Oil & chemical resistance
• Custom colors & color effects
• Blow moldable
our extensive standard and custom grades - the broadest range of soft
• Furniture
• Dispensing valves
• Hand & power tools
• UL listed
• Vibration and noise damping
• Ultra-clear grades
• Pourable gels
TPE materials available in the industry.
• Window & door seals
Industrial
• NSF listed
• Sealing & gasketing
• Custom scented TPEs
• Rotomoldable
Healthcare
Wire & Cable
• Pipe fittings
• Belts and conveyors
• Halogen-free flame retardant
• Heat resistance
• Ultra-soft grades
• Co-moldable
We can help you combine function with comfort, slip resistance,
• Medical devices
• AC/DC power cables
• Safety equipment
• Chemical resistance
• Compression set resistance
• Wide range of unique feels
• Co-extrudable
compliance or any of dozens of attributes common to TPEs. Need to
• Medical tubing
• Connectors
Electrical & Electronics
• Industrial hose
• Gas barrier
• Antimicrobial
• High-grip
• Calendarable
marry structure with comfort? We offer options for overmolded soft
• Catheters
• Halogen-free cables
• Personal media players
• Industrial tubing
• Electrically conductive
• Scratch resistance
• Low friction
• Improved cycle times
touch TPEs that bond to a variety of engineered thermoplastics. Need
• Drug storage & delivery
• Automotive cables
• Protective cases
• Ultra-high density
• Low extractables
• Matte or glossy finish
• Improved run rates
chemical resistance combined with extremes in flexibility? GLS can
• Respiratory systems
• Computer accessories
supply grades that stand up to the roughest environments.
• Telecommunications