API Launches Innovative Lightweight Footwear Solutions to Meet Customer Demand for Quality, Flexibility and Aesthetics

Company Experts to present at SIMAC Tanning Tech in Milan

MUSSOLENTE, Italy–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$TSE—API,
an Italian company specialized in the production of thermoplastic
elastomeric compounds and bioplastics who was acquired by global
materials company Trinseo
in July 2017, introduces its newest lightweight footwear solutions,
APILONTM 52 EXP and APILONTM 52 LIGHT, at the
SIMAC Tanning Tech in Milan. API’s experts will be presenting their
innovations in footwear materials at booth A38 in hall 14 from February
20 to 22, 2018.

The market demand for flexible and lightweight footwear has been
constantly increasing. APILON 52 EXP and APILON 52 LIGHT are API’s
newest expanded thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) materials, offering an
outstanding combination of soft touch, aesthetics and especially
lightness. APILON 52 EXP is designed specifically for microcellular
midsoles, whereas APILON 52 LIGHT, due to its good abrasion resistance,
is suitable for outsoles and midsoles.

Both materials offer a good chemical adhesion on TPU outsoles and can be
mixed with blowing agent masterbatch, and APICOLORTM color
masterbatches especially designed for expanded TPU grades.

“APILON 52 EXP and APILON 52 LIGHT stand out for their excellent
physical-mechanical characteristics like flexibility and long-term bond
reliability to upper materials,” says Giancarlo Busa, Business Unit
Manager Footwear. “Both materials are particularly well-suited for
overmoulding.”

API has been dedicated to the development and manufacturing of
innovative footwear material for decades. The company’s wide range of
TPU’s provides manufacturers with almost unlimited design freedom. API’s
TPUs are available in a wide range of hardness, a variety of densities,
specific grades for security and with various aesthetic properties.

About API

API is an Italian company specialized in the production of thermoplastic
elastomeric compounds and bioplastics. Founded in 1956, API has
developed a deep and proven experience based on continuous research into
innovative, customized compounds for a wide range of applications. API
was acquired by global materials company Trinseo in July 2017. For more
information visit www.APIplastic.com
and http://www.trinseo.com/API-Plastic.

About Trinseo

Trinseo (NYSE: TSE) is a global materials solutions provider and
manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber. We are
focused on delivering innovative and sustainable solutions to help our
customers create products that touch lives every day — products that are
intrinsic to how we live our lives — across a wide range of end-markets,
including automotive, appliances, consumer electronics, medical devices,
electrical, building and construction, textile, paper and board,
footwear and tires. Trinseo had approximately $4.4 billion in net sales
in 2017, with 16 manufacturing sites around the world, and approximately
2,200 employees. For more information visit www.trinseo.com.

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Contacts

Press Contact:
Trinseo/API
Marjolein Groeneweg, +49 6196
9693124
[email protected]
or
Media
Contact:
Palmer Hargreaves
Carolin Skupin, +49 221 93322-247
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