The cooperation with Symplast has enabled hapego plastics GmbH to also offer a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality thermoplastic elastomers. Symplast was founded in 2013 and, with 15 years of experience in compounding TPE/TPV, has concentrated on the development of high-quality polymers for the automotive, electrical and household goods industries. The company’s main products are vulcanised EPDM/PP-based TPV compounds, SEBS and SBS based TPE compounds and EPR/PP-based TPO compounds. The Symflex product lines include:

• Symflex S: TPE compound based on SEBS (styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) with excellent UV resistance, high chemical resistance and temperature resistance up to 130°C.
• Symflex V: A vulcanised TPE compound based on PP/EPDM characterised by excellent temperature resistance up to 140°C and outstanding chemical and UV resistance.
• Symflex T: TPO compounds based on EPR (ethylene-propylene rubber)/PP (polypropylene) with very good UV resistance and good chemical resistance.
• Symflex B: A TPE compound based on SBS (styrene-butadiene block copolymer) for technical applications where UV and temperature resistance are not significant.