Applications for laser marking include: • Safety belt buckles • Backside of A-, B- and C-pillars • Critical safety parts • Dashboard controls and gauges • Knobs and buttons In addition to parts that may require a permanent mark, laser marking also can be used to add personalization or branding elements to a vehicle.

Cesa™ Fiber Additives for Heat Preservation Today’s lifestyle tends to be more focused on outdoor sports and long-distance travel, developing more functional clothing is the key for brand owners and OEMs.

Mevopur™ Healthcare Functional Additives Nucleating Agents Colors are used in the medical industry for brand recognition, the coding of different pharmaceuticals, or visual appeal.

Adding an anti-fog solution to a film recipe delivers value to brand owners and film manufacturers in multiple ways: Reduces operating cost: Anti-fog additives are a drop-in solution.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS • Negative, neutral, or low PCF • Available in 60 and 80 Shore A • Performs like traditional TPEs • Naturally opaque and easy to color • Suitable to injection mold, or overmold onto PP and PE MARKETS & APPLICATIONS The portfolio of reSound ultra-low carbon footprint TPEs is ideal for brand owners and manufacturers who prefer to use a more sustainable material in personal care, household appliance, consumer electronics, and consumer packaging applications.

These customizable color solutions enhance brand value and promote product differentiation for medical device, cosmetic, or pharmaceutical polymer applications.

Brand owners and convertors alike face the challange of ensuring that the oxygen scavengers they use in their PET bottles maintain efficacy with the introduction of increasing levels of rPET.

With our invest-to-grow strategy, we better serve new and existing markets and applications, and in doing so, accelerate sales growth and margin expansion for us and our customers." Our strategic commercial investments and world class customer-first service continue to differentiate us as we relentlessly focus on our proven four pillar strategy. 

Patterson added, "Beyond 2015, we see tremendous growth upside as we continue to execute our four-pillar strategy and complete the integration of Spartech.  We present Specialty Platform sales, gross margin, selling and administration, and operating income because management believes that this is useful information to investors by highlighting our collective progress in advancing our specialization strategy.

Three-Party Strategy for Bottle Manufacturing Driving improvements in efficiency, sustainability, and product quality.