For decades, the Monprene® TPE product line has been the premier material choice for consumer product designers, OEMs, and processors. Today the latest enhancement to the Monprene portfolio is the RG series of standard products, specifically designed for food contact applications, and other regulated markets such as children's and infants products. These grades are available from 40 to 80 Shore A and are suitable for molding and extrusion.
Download this Monprene TPE Product Selector Guide and obtain useful physical property data for the Monprene RG-10100 Series, and choose the best material for your food contact application.
Every ingredient used to manufacture the Monprene RG series of standard products is “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) according to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, subject to an effective Food Contact Notification (FCN), Threshold of Regulation (TOR), or is identified in at least one section of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In addition, these grades comply with European Directives for Food Contact, EU 1935/2004 and PIM10/2011, as well as the Toy Safety Directives: 2009/48/EC and EN-71-3. Compliance with these various regulations accelerates our customers’ speed to market with new products.
Teknor Apex employs a staff of product safety experts dedicated to global regulatory affairs. This team utilizes an integrated system to ensure the integrity of every raw material and finished good, in all of our manufacturing plants in North America, Europe, and Asia. Our expertise in this area is integral to the success of Monprene TPEs used in regulated markets. Monprene compounds are PVC and Phthalate free, latex free, BPA free, and RoHS and REACH SVHC compliant.
Monprene standard grades are developed to address today’s consumer market requirements, however, customized solutions can be built based on your specific needs. In addition to compounding experts, our technical support includes a team of application development engineers committed to aid our customers in process development and product launches, by helping processors run our products more efficiently and cost effectively.
For more information about Monprene TPEs for other applications, including general purpose grades or TPEs suitable for overmolding, go to our Monprene product page.
