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EPDM has not been immune to significant price increases, material shortages and allocations. As extrusion expenses are dominated by material cost and throughput, price and efficiency are of the essence. One of the most common ways to improve cost efficiencies in extrusion compounds is to lower material cost by extending the polymer as much as possible using high amounts of filler, for which EPDM is perfectly suited. The other option to decrease costs is to run more product in the same amount of time, requiring a material with higher extrusion rates.

components. In the medical technology, automotive and food industries, silicone rubbers are often used as media carrying components in the form of hoses or profiles. All applications have in common that high demands are placed on the material, as well as on the geometric dimensions, and thus on the manufacturing process.