{"id":3160,"date":"2022-08-01T10:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T08:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruch.de\/news\/multifender-made-of-etpu\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:18:42","slug":"multifender-made-of-etpu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruch.de\/en\/multifender-made-of-etpu\/","title":{"rendered":"Multifender made of ETPU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;8\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Multifender made of ETPU<\/h1>\n<p>ETPU, also known under the brand name Infinergy<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> from BASF, is the world&#8217;s first expanded thermoplastic polyurethane. Pre-foamed particles are welded together in several steps using hot steam. The closed-cell, elastic particle foam combines the properties of thermoplastic polyurethane with the advantages of foams. 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