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August 2008


Contact:
Dawn Duncan
216-447-6488
dawn.duncan@lubrizol.com

 

Estane® TPU Products Offering Masterbatches for Improved Performance
 

CLEVELAND, OH – August 27, 2008 – Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc., a subsidiary of The Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ), introduces masterbatches from its Estane® Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) line. The masterbatches improve performance and are compatible with both polyester- and polyether-based TPUs.

Estane® MB A200T TPU is a TPU based masterbatch that provides both anti-block and gloss reduction of finished extruded TPU articles such as film, sheet, profile, cable jacket, hose, and tube. Typical addition levels of this masterbatch are between three and six percent. In a selected end application, using three percent of Estane MB A 200T TPU to modify a targeted TPU yielded up to a fifty percent reduction in both static and kinetic coefficients of friction (TPU on TPU).

Estane® MB A400T TPU is a TPU-based masterbatch that provides UV protection to finished TPU articles. In their targeted TPU, the Estane MBA 400T TPU masterbatch protects the polymer by reducing color development (yellowing) and retaining physical properties over the exposure time.

“These masterbatches have been created based on our many years of experience as a major global TPU manufacturer. They complement our wide product line of Estane TPUs and provide customers an economical, on-site customization for their individual requirements,” says Ralf Hüther, market manager for film, sheet, and fabric coating, Estane® Engineered Polymers.

Estane® Engineered Polymers offers one of the largest portfolios of TPU technology in the world. Estane TPUs broad product portfolio includes thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) resins for a wide variety of industrial, automotive, textile and medical applications.

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With a wide hardness range from 65A to 95D, Estane TPU resins bridge the gap between flexible rubbers and rigid thermoplastics. For more information about the masterbatches or other Estane TPU products, contact us at 888-234-2436, or visit us on the Web at www.estane.com.

Estane® is a registered trademark of The Lubrizol Corporation.

About The Lubrizol Corporation
The Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) is an innovative specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologies that improve the quality and performance of our customers' products in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These technologies include lubricant additives for engine oils, other transportation-related fluids and industrial lubricants, as well as fuel additives for gasoline and diesel fuel. In addition, Lubrizol makes ingredients and additives for personal care products and pharmaceuticals; specialty materials, including plastics technology and performance coatings in the form of specialty resins and additives. Lubrizol’s industry-leading technologies in additives, ingredients and compounds enhance the quality, performance and value of customers’ products, while reducing their environmental impact.

With headquarters in Wickliffe, Ohio, The Lubrizol Corporation owns and operates manufacturing facilities in 19 countries, as well as sales and technical offices around the world. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol has approximately 6,900 employees worldwide. Revenues for 2007 were $4.5 billion. For more information, visit www.lubrizol.com.

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