Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information

1. Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information LUCOBIT agents meeting London / UK 17/07/09Dr. Sandro Kohn

2. Table of contents • Overview of LUCOBIT products • Product range • Table of competition grades • Products and applications • Characteristics of different plastics processing technologies • Samples provided by LUCOBIT AG and asked from agents • Structure of presentations

3. Flexible polymers • Waterproofing • Asphalt modification LUCOBIT‘s product portfolio and applications

4. LUCOBIT FPO materials

5. Lucofin 1400HN/MN and powderversions (500 µm and 300 µm) • Chemical Basis: Ethylene + Butyl Acrylate Comonomer (EBA) • Used in polyolefinc and other plastics formulations to provide -among other others- flexibility, excellent low temperature behaviour and high filler loading • Powder versions with particle size 300 µm (Lucofin 1400 MN) and 500 µm (Lucofin 1400 HN/MN)available for rotomoulding and special compounding • Main competitive materials: • Other EAE Ethylene Acrylate Esters (EBA, EEA, EMA) • Ethylene Vinyl acetate (EVA) • Plastomers based on m-VLDPE

6. Lucofin 1470 Lucofin 1491, 1492, 1493, 1493-4 • Based on Ethylene Butyl Acrylate Comonomer, but more polar • Lucofin 1470: terpolymer with 7 % BA and 4 % AA • Lucofin 1491, 1492, 1493, 1493-4: MAH grafted with increasing MAh content (1 %, 2 %, 3 %) and increasing level of crosslinking (1493-4 more crosslinked than others) • Used • in polyolefinc and other plastics formulations to provide high filler loading • In multilayer structures/ to act as a tie layer between dissimilar materials • Main competitive materials: • Lucofin: • PRIMACOR® 2912 from Dow (EAA) • Lucofin 1491, 1492, 1493, 1493-4: • Lotader and Orevac grades from Arkema • Exxelor grades from Exxonmobil

7. Lucofin 1400 SL Lucofin 1440 H • Based on Lucofin 1400 HN containing • Lucofin 1400 SL: • 0,2 % slip agent • Lucofin 1440 H: • 0,2 % slip agent • anti-blocking agent (>5%) • Used as a pure material or as part of a polyolefinic formulation (masterbatch) in foils, injection and blow moulded parts • Lucofin 1400 SL: to increase slip • Lucofin 1440 H: to increase slip and to avoid blocking

8. Lucopren EP 1500H-90Lucopren EP 1500M-90 • Based on Lucofin PP/EPM • Available as • Low flowing version: Lucopren EP 1500H-90 • High flowing version: Lucopren EP 1500M-90 • Used as a pure material or as part of a polyolefinic formulation (masterbatch) to provide flexibility and softness in foils, sheets and moulded parts • Main competitive materials: • Borsoft SD233CF (Borealis)

9. Lucopren EP 1505-55 • Based on Lucofin PP/EPDM partly crosslinked • Superior thermal stability and chemical resistance (acids, salts and especially oils, fats) due to crosslinked nature of the material • Used as a pure material or as part of a polyolefinic formulation to provide flexibility and softness in injection moulded and extruded parts

10. Lucopren SE 1522 - 30S Lucopren SE 1522 - 40S • Based on TPE/SEPS • Very soft materials (Shore A: 30 and shore A 40) with high melt indexes (20 g / 10 min and 30 g / 10 min) • Used as a pure material in injection moulded parts to provide excellent softness • Main competitive materials: • Kraiburg grades based on SEPS

11. Build-up of product range

12. Extended product range yellow cross indicates commercial business Empty space indicates no opportunity seen yet White cross indicates no activities started yet Green cross indicates project ongoing

13. Product range overview

14. Product range FPO section wire and cable

15. Table competition grade, selected area Dots of same color indicate grade correspondence

16. Products and applications first table, example 1.3.9

17. Examples for recipes, huge variety for each application

18. Products and applications second table , example 1.3.9

19. Technical similarity of Lucofin 1400 HN/MN and grafted versions vs. competition grades

20. Products and applications third table , example 1.3.9

21. Table of important properties in plastics technology

22. Important properties for specific applications

23. Processing characteristics in regard to size and complexity Blow moulding Injection moulding Roto moulding Extrusion High Part complexity Small part numbers Low Small Part size Large

24. Typical melt flow ranges for common processes Lucofin 1400 HN Lucofin 1400 MN

25. Samples provided by LUCOBIT AG • Granules • LUCOBIT materials in collected in a tower of little jars • Injection moulded samples with different thicknesses • Collection of LUCOBIT materials • Collection of some competition grades • Foils prepared • Collection of LD-PE and LLD-PE foils flexibilized by adding various amounts of Lucofin HN and Lucofin MN • Lucofin 1400 HN, Lucofin 1400 MN and Lucofin 1440H • Foams prepared at university of Aachen • Moulded foams with low density (ca. 50 kg/m³) based on Lucofin 1400 HN

26. Samples asked from agents

27. Structure of presentations • Market overview for segment in Europe • Based on AMI data • 2. Short description of technology • Providing overview about specific technical field • 3. Selected case studies for 1-2 applications with detailed information • Real life examples should provide you with ideas how to approach your market, even though in some cases not all information is available because not disclosed by customer • 4. Existing, project and not yet existing applications for each subfield • Guideline how to find opportunities in your market, more detalied information available with Dick • 5. Summary of most promising opportunities • Conjoint analysis of technical and marking information