Anaheim, California, USA, February 9, 2010. KRAIBURG TPE Corporation, a leading manufacturer of tailor-made thermoplastic elastomers based on hydrogenated styrene block copolymers, today announced a new strategic partnership with Chase Plastics Services to distribute KRAIBURG TPE THERMOLAST® TPE compounds in North America. This agreement solidifies KRAIBURG TPE’s commitment to align with a partner that has a similar desire to offer North American plastics processors best in class TPE’s with unsurpassed customer service.

The strategic partnership with Chase Plastics is another indication of the growth and awareness for KRAIBURG’s TPE compounds, as well as, the company’s ability to supply a major channel of distribution. Chase Plastics is one of North America’s fastest growing, full-service specialty engineering thermoplastic distributors, serving plastic processors in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. Chase Plastics delivers specialty, engineering and commodity thermoplastics in a wide variety of compounds encompassing every thermoplastic. Chase operates more than 30 warehouses throughout North America capable of carrying and stocking KRAIBURG’s standard TPE portfolio and supporting customer demand of custom compounded TPE’s.

KRAIBURG TPE (www.kraiburg-tpe.com) manufactures thermoplastic elastomers based on HSBC (hydrogenated styrene block copolymers) and markets them all around the world. In addition to custom solutions, the company offers under the THERMOLAST^® brand name a broad spectrum of standardized compounds to cover a wide range of applications. With its high-performance HIPEX^® compound, KRAIBURG TPE is opening up the world of rubber for all the companies that process thermoplastics. The TPE specialist has production sites in Germany, the USA and Malaysia. KRAIBURG TPE also maintains sales offices in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, China and India.

About Chase Plastics
Chase Plastics distributes more than 5,000 specialty, engineering and commodity thermoplastics from the industry’s leading manufacturers and global suppliers. In addition, Chase delivers engineering expertise and blending, repacking, inventory management, third-party storage capabilities and logistics services via a network of distribution centers, warehouses and sales locations throughout North and Central America. Chase Plastics is redefining plastics distribution with an approach to business that puts customer needs first. Formed in 1992, Chase Plastics has built its business on the ability to respond quickly with all of the flexibility and agility that its customers require. Based in Clarkston, Mich., Chase Plastics was founded by Kevin and Carole Chase who serve as the company’s president and vice president, respectively. Find more information at www.chaseplastics.com