Our Japanese customers can now view the KRAIBURG TPE website in Japanese. With the launch of this latest language version, the company wishes to demonstrate its commitment to Japan which is the one of an important market in Asia Pacific.

Waldkraiburg, September 2011 With its new website at www.kraiburg-tpe.com KRAIBURG TPE, a leading global manufacturer of thermoplastic elastomers, now offers its visitors information in seven languages. Since September 2011, the site is also available in Japanese. "We have taken this step to communicate more efficiently with existing and potential customers in Japan. We believe with our new website, we will well position ourselves in this important growth market.", explains Franz Hinterecker, CEO of KRAIBURG TPE. With the launch of the Japanese website version, KRAIBURG TPE offers its Japanese customers direct access to all relevant information on products and services, emphasising the global outlook that is at the heart of the company's business.

Global expansion brings us closer to our customers
Whether based in Sao Paulo or Tokyo – our customers can rely on local, efficient and friendly KRAIBURG TPE support staff. Thanks to its global sales and service network, the company can offer custom-engineered products and excellent services to all its customers, wherever they are. A number of crucial steps were taken recently with the launch of the company's website in Japanese, the establishment of a sales office in Brazil and a new Portuguese website. For customers in the French-speaking countries, including North Africa, KRAIBURG TPE now operates a French website. The company also recently opened two additional offices in India, doubling the number of its sales agencies in this very important market. Last but not least, the company's production plant in Malaysia is in the process of being upgraded with two additional production lines expected to be operational in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

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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. The sales organization covers Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, China, India, Taiwan and Brazil. In Japan KRAIBURG TPE is represented by a distributor.