Applications of LUCOBIT products General information LUCOBIT agents

Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information LUCOBIT agents meeting London / UK 17/07/09 Dr. Sandro Kohn 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 1

Table of contents 1. Overview of LUCOBIT products 2. Product range 3. Table of competition grades 4. Products and applications 5. Characteristics of different plastics processing technologies 6. Samples provided by LUCOBIT AG and asked from agents 7. Structure of presentations 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 2

LUCOBIT‘s product portfolio and applications • Flexible polymers • Waterproofing • Asphalt modification 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 3

LUCOBIT FPO materials 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 4

Lucofin 1400 HN/MN and powder versions (500 µm and 300 µm) • Chemical Basis: Ethylene + Butyl Acrylate Comonomer (EBA) Specification : MFR(190/2. 16) Comonomer Sh. A MP Vicat-T E-modulus Lucofin 1400 HN [g/10 min] 1, 4 content (%) [°C] [Mpa] 16 90 96 70 62 Lucofin 1400 MN 7. 0 17 88 95 60 45 • Used in polyolefinc and other plastics formulations to provide -among 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 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 5

Lucofin 1470 Lucofin 1491, 1492, 1493 -4 • Based on Ethylene Butyl Acrylate Comonomer, but more polar • Lucofin 1470: terpolymer with 7 % BA and 4 % AA • Lucofin 1491, 1492, 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 -4: • Lotader and Orevac grades from Arkema • Exxelor grades from Exxonmobil 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 6

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 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 7

Lucopren EP 1500 H-90 Lucopren EP 1500 M-90 • Based on Lucofin PP/EPM • Available as • Low flowing version: Lucopren EP 1500 H-90 • High flowing version: Lucopren EP 1500 M-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 SD 233 CF (Borealis) 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 8

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 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 9

Lucopren SE 1522 - 30 S Lucopren SE 1522 40 S • 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 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 10

Build-up of product range 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 11

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 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 12

Product range overview 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 13

Product range FPO section wire and cable 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 14

Table competition grade, selected area Dots of same color indicate grade correspondence 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 15

Products and applications first table, example 1. 3. 9 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 16

Examples for recipes, huge variety for each application 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 17

Products and applications second table , example 1. 3. 9 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 18

Technical similarity of Lucofin 1400 HN/MN and grafted versions vs. competition grades 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 19

Products and applications third table , example 1. 3. 9 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 20

Table of important properties in plastics technology 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 21

Important properties for specific applications 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 22

Processing characteristics in regard to size and complexity Blow moulding High Injection moulding Part complexity Small part numbers Low Roto moulding Extrusion Small Part size 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn Large confidential 23

Typical melt flow ranges for common processes 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn Lucofin 1400 HN confidential Lucofin 1400 MN 24

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 1440 H • Foams prepared at university of Aachen • Moulded foams with low density (ca. 50 kg/m³) based on Lucofin 1400 HN 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 25

Samples asked from agents 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 26

Structure of presentations 1. 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 17. 07. 2009 / Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohn confidential 27