The new Elastollan® Soft Touch Feel thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) series creates new design possibilities with its excellent touch, feel and performance. With Meiban's laser texture "Innovative Meiban Skin" (IMS) technology, Elastollan has made considerable progress in the consumer electronics accessory market.
Meiban's IMS technology can imprint various textures and graphics on new materials. The Elastollan Soft Touch Feel TPU series achieves greater design versatility through this technology, and is an ideal solution for consumer electronic accessories and products that are critical to style and function, such as watch straps, speakers, laptop covers, etc.
In order to meet the constant requirements for functionality and comfort of consumer electronics, the Elastollan Soft Touch Feel TPU series also has other mechanical properties suitable for wearable devices. These characteristics include excellent adhesion on glass, opacity and anti-slip ability.
In addition, compared with traditional TPU, the new series can be easily processed without any overflow problems. In addition, the material also stands out with a new color palette, providing brand owners with different bright color options.
"Meiban continues to innovate in polymer technology and design," said Helen Ho, the head of Meiban's R&D. "Through cooperation with BASF, we are very pleased to be able to provide consumer electronics brands with high-quality designs through our IMS technology. This Technology provides consumers with better, stronger, and more diverse design options for mobile phones and electronic accessories. When applied to medical technology applications, it can also enhance the look and feel of products."
This cooperation complements BASF's existing position in providing high-quality TPU materials for consumer electronics brands while providing ideal lifestyle solutions. The comprehensive products of the Elastollan Soft Touch Feel TPU series for consumer electronic accessories will appear in the kit developed in cooperation with Meiban. Brands will have a large selection of exquisite and versatile accessories to try and feel these materials. The product includes watch straps made of Elastollan TPU material and complex designs embossed by Meiban's IMS technology.
"The collaboration with Meiban is a great opportunity to demonstrate the design flexibility of Elastollan in wearable devices," said Minli Zhao, vice president of high-performance materials consumer industry at BASF. "The newly added soft touch series strengthens us as a consumer electronics The positioning of the brand's overall solution provider."