Biomass Content TPUs Reduce Carbon Footprint
Lubrizol Advanced Materials is introducing four new grades.
Lubrizol Advanced Materials announced the launch of four new biomass balance solutions in the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) portfolio commercialized as ESTANE RNW TPU. According to Lubrizol, these materials have the same quality and performance as standard petroleum-based resins while using more sustainable mass-balanced biomass feedstocks.
Lubrizol is now offering new grades of Estane TPU produced from mass-balanced biomass feedstocks. Source: Lubrizol Corporation
The four new grades — ESTANE RNW90 58300, ESTANE RNW90 58887, ESTANE RNW85 GP52DT and ESTANE RNW60 ZHF90AT2 TPU — are fully commercially available. ESTANE RNW60 ZHF90AT2 TPU is being consistently applied in cable applications that are flame retardant.
This TPU series offers a product carbon footprint reduction up to 59%, Lubrizol estimates.
“Lubrizol is leading sustainability by offering our own solutions as ESTANE RNW TPU and ESTANE ECO TPU, and supporting our customers’ target of carbon reduction by positioning our portfolio in material replacement projects. The new biomass balance product line is an example of working in collaboration with customers and our focus on market trends,” says Rogerio Colucci, business director EMEAI at Lubrizol.
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