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Monprene® Thermoplastic Elastomers

Unleashing design freedom and sustainability: Monprene® TPEs are the trusted choice for designers, converters, and major brands due to their unmatched versatility in meeting specific end-use requirements.

Monprene® TPE for Consumer

Monprene® thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) offer a winning combination of performance, aesthetics, and safety for a wide range of applications. From providing a soft-touch grip on a toothbrush to adding ergonomic functionality to a power tools, Monprene® elevates your product design.

Key Advantages:

Unmatched Versatility: Achieve a variety of tactile qualities, from smooth and silky to tacky for enhanced grip.

Superior Comfort and Safety: Skin-safe and resistant to everyday chemicals, making it ideal for consumer products. Food contact grades available.

Eco-Conscious Choice: Recyclable and requires less energy to process compared to traditional thermoset rubber.

Effortless Customization: Standard grades for quick sampling or custom formulations to perfectly match your design vision.

Enhanced Aesthetics: Excellent colorability lets you achieve any shade to reinforce your brand identity.

Multi-Functionality: Wide hardness range, broad thermal performance, and ideal for 2-shot or insert molding, creating comfortable handles, tight seals, and anti-slip surfaces.

Make your products stand out with Monprene® TPE, the versatile thermoplastic elastomer trusted by consumers.

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CP-10100 Series

Monprene® CP-10100 Series : Low-Density General Purpose TPEs for Consumer Products

The Monprene® CP-10100 Series consist of low-density general purpose TPE products developed for injection molding applications. These materials are suitable for skin contact, are resistant to household chemicals and cosmetics, and are available in a wide hardness range of 40 to 90 Shore A. These grades also exhibit broad thermal performance, superior colorability, high flow properties for improved moldability, and excellent adhesion to polyolefins.

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CP-11100 Series

Monprene® CP-11100 Series: General Purpose TPEs for Consumer Products

The Monprene® CP-11100 Series consist of general purpose TPE products developed for injection molding applications. These materials are suitable for skin contact, are resistant to household chemicals and cosmetics, and are available in a wide hardness range of 40 to 90 Shore A. These grades also exhibit broad thermal performance, superior colorability, high flow properties for improved moldability, and excellent adhesion to polyolefins.

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CP-16500 Series

Monprene® CP-16500 Series: TPEs for Dog Toys

Monprene® CP-16500 series of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) are durable and sustainable alternatives to thermoset rubber for dog toys, with a broad range of performance and aesthetic characteristics. This series includes clear, translucent and opaque grades with low, medium and high gloss, and exhibits excellent colorability to meet a variety of dog toy requirements. Specialty grades offer superior puncture and tear resistance. The Monprene CP-16500 series is formulated with only FDA listed ingredients and is not formulated to contain PVC, BPA, latex, phthalates or metals, nor REACH SVHC or Prop 65 listed substances. The materials mold with ease with excellent flow characteristics.

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RG-10100 Series

Monprene® RG-10100 Series: Regulated Products for FDA Food Contact

The Monprene® RG-10100 series was specifically designed for more sensitive applications in regulated markets like packaging, food contact and housewares, toys, and infants’ products. These grades comply with various U.S. FDA and European Union (EU) regulations and directives for food contact and toy safety. The Monprene® RG-10100 series is available from 40 to 80 Shore A and is suitable for injection molding and extrusion. These grades exhibit excellent adhesion to polyolefins and are safe for the microwave and dishwasher.

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Monprene Rx CP-15100

Monprene® Rx CP-15100 Series: TPEs with up to 35% Recycled Content

Monprene® Rx CP-15100 series TPEs are styrenic-based compounds containing 25% to 35% recycled content. This is a significant added value that helps major brands achieve their sustainability goals. These materials are formulated with PCR (Post Consumer Recycled) content, contributing toward a circular economy while decreasing reliance on virgin fossil-based resources and energy. The Monprene Rx CP-15100 series is available globally but manufactured around the world with locally sourced raw materials procured to exacting specifications - turning local waste into resource. Available from 55 to 80 Shore A, these high flow materials are formulated for injection molding applications or overmolding onto polypropylene.

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Applications

Overmolding Applications

Consumers are increasingly looking for improvements in product safety, ergonomics, and aesthetics. OEMs and product designers use Monprene® TPEs to provide that soft, rubbery feel that can protect hard plastic parts or provide a non-slip grip. On a power tool, for example, Monprene® can be overmolded onto the handle to not only enhance the grip, but also to dampen the vibration, improving ergonomics. Monprene® overmolding grades are chemical and oil-resistant, and can be formulated for food contact applications.

  • Grips
  • Seals
  • Buttons
  • Anti-skid pads
  • Cushion

Drinking (Potable) Water Applications

For flexible components such as gaskets, seals, and membranes, Teknor Apex offers Monprene® thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) for direct and indirect contact with drinking water. The Monprene RG-14000 series was specifically designed to meet Germany’s stringent drinking water requirements, including the KTW guideline and DVGW Technical Standard W270. These materials are made with FDA CFR 21 compliant ingredients for food contact and comply with European directives EU 10/2011.

  • Gaskets
  • Seals
  • Membranes
  • Diaphragms

Eco-Conscious Applications

For applications where environmental impact is crucial, consider Monprene® TPE made with UBQ™ -- a sustainable plastic substitute converted entirely from organic and unrecyclable waste. Biobased and highly recyclable, UBQ™ offers a climate-positive solution towards a circular economy. Monprene® S3 CP-15170 BLK is made with 35% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, and is designed for a lower carbon footprint. Currently available in 70 Shore A and pre-colored black, this is a high flow material designed for injection molding or overmolding onto polypropylene. 

  • Hand tools
  • Power tools
  • Consumer electronics
  • Appliances

Consumer Products

Monprene® TPEs enhance the experience of using consumer products, by improving performance, aesthetics, or tactile appeal. Increase the value of your product by using Monprene® TPEs to provide anti-skid protection, vibration dampening for noise reduction, or ergonomic benefits that increase usability and safety. Monprene® TPEs can be formulated to achieve a broad range of physical properties and aesthetics. Attributes like surface finish, feel, and gloss level can be tailored to meet consumer preferences.

  • Personal Care: Grips for Toothbrushes & Razors
  • Children’s Toys & Infant Products
  • Writing Instruments: Grips & Erasers
  • Sports and Leisure: Swim Fins, Grips, Cushioning, & Padding
  • Hand-Held Appliances and Tools: Grips, Buttons, & Anti-Skid Pads
  • Pet Care: Dog Toys, Groomer Grips & Accessories
  • Personal Care
  • Toys
  • Writing Instruments
  • Sports & Leisure
  • Footwear
  • Furniture

Food Contact / Housewares

Monprene® TPEs enhance the safety and functionality of common household items, in the form of a non-slip grip on a can opener, or an airtight seal on a food storage container. Specifically designed for parts which come into contact with food, the Monprene® RG series already complies with U.S. FDA and European Union (EU) regulations and directives for food contact, therefore accelerating our customers' speed to market with new products. Monprene® TPEs remain flexible at very low temperatures and also exhibit good high-temperature performance, making them safe for the refridgerator, microwave, and dishwasher.

From ergonomic grips on kitchen utensils to a flexible blender cover, Monprene® TPEs can be tailored to your specific needs, or custom colored to match the latest trend in housewares design. These grades are sustainable alternatives to PVC and silicone, are free of latex, phthalates, and BPA, and are RoHS and REACH SVHC compliant.

  • Food Saver Seals
  • Utensil Grips
  • Gaskets, Knobs, & Anti-Skid Parts for Kitchen Appliances

Pet Products

Monprene® TPEs help pet product brands differentiate their offerings with an extensive range of performance and aesthetic characteristics, including enhanced bite and tear resistance, a broad hardness range and varying gloss levels and opacity. The Monprene TPE product line includes overmolding grades with excellent adhesion to a variety of materials for grip and anti-skid parts.

Monprene TPEs offer a sustainable and recyclable alternative to rubber for pet products. Grades specifically designed for dog toys are formulated with only FDA-listed ingredients and meet relevant requirements of European Directives for Food Contact, EU 1935/2004 and PIM10/2011. Monprene TPEs are not formulated with PVC, BPA, latex, phthalates or metals, nor are formulated to contain REACH SVHC or Prop 65 listed substances.

  • Dog Toys
  • Mats
  • Anti-Skid Bowls
  • Grooming Products

Personal Electronics

In personal electronics like smart phones and wearable devices, consumer preferences are constantly evolving. To meet the ever-increasing performance demands on these products, OEMs turn to Teknor Apex for the latest innovations in TPEs. Critical properties, like optics and haptics, are easily tailored to meet the needs of the application.

Monprene® can be formulated to have a glossy, smooth surface finish like vinyl, or Monprene® can look and feel like rubber, with increased surface friction for a tactile feel and a matte surface finish. With manufacturing and technical resources in North America, Europe, and Asia, Teknor Apex is very competent in managing global projects, as well as supporting OEMs and their suppliers from design to commercialization. Teknor Apex has teamed up with global leaders in the consumer electronics industry to develop high-performance Monprene® TPEs that are durable enough for repeated use, yet safe enough for constant skin contact.

These Monprene® TPEs are resistant to staining from skin oils and household chemicals like suntan lotion and olive oil. In addition, these grades are UV and weather-resistant to prevent damage when these devices are used outdoors.

  • Earbuds & Headphones
  • Cable Jacketing
  • Wearable Electronic Devices
  • Accessories & Protective Cases
  • Overmolded Grips & Buttons

Appliances & White Goods

Teknor Apex offers an entire portfolio of products designed for use in major appliances, such as refrigerators, dishwashers, clothes washers, and dryers. In hoses, seals, and gaskets, thermoplastic elastomers like Sarlink® TPVs and Monprene® TPEs have steadily displaced thermoset rubber where it's over-engineered and too costly. TPEs allow engineers to create more complex, efficient designs that result in better performance; for example, a gasket can be over-molded on to a rigid part for a water-tight seal. Manufacturers can consolidate parts and reduce manufacturing costs. TPEs are also used in motor mounts and other parts that improve vibration control and reduce noise.

Monprene® TPEs introduce a new level of style to household appliances, where textures, colors, and gloss levels can be customized to match your brand. The Monprene RG series is formulated for food contact applications and NSF 51 compliance, making these grades excellent candidates for parts on refrigerators and freezers.

  • Door Seals & Gaskets
  • Hoses & Connectors
  • O-Rings & Gaskets
  • Shock Absorbers
  • Filter Seals
  • Feet
  • Sump Pump Seals
  • Motor Mounts
  • Drum Roller
  • Anti-Vibration Pads

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