TPU Grades for Adhesives are made from renewable sources.

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MERQUINSA Launches First Renewable Pearlbond ECO TPU Grades for Adhesives at WAC 2008, Merquinsa North America Inc.

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Portsmouth Herald Local Business News: Foss Manufacturing in Hampton feels the love of synthetic

What do I know from synthetic fibers? Not a whole lot except I do have a long-standing bias against polyester and the wide-collared polyester shirts and permanent press pants from the 1970s.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/2005news/07242005/business/54379.htm

Applications

How many shoes do you have in your closet? As standards of living improve worldwide, more and more people are buying several pairs of shoes for different purposes. The growing, fashion-driven footwear industry needs product solutions that deliver comfort, performance and savings.

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Renewable TPUs For Textile & Footwear

Typical applications are footwear stiffeners and thermobonding textile sintering and extrusion adhesives, among others, where it offers a wide range of differentiated benefits, such as:

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Portsmouth Herald Local News: New owners rebuild Foss firm, its image

The new owners of Foss Manufacturing are working hard to rebuild the 52-year-old Hampton-based company and its image in the aftermath of a public bankruptcy scandal involving its former owner and chief executive officer, Stephen Foss.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/08202006/nhnews-20hfoss.html