TEPEO®

The Compact Foil and Foam Laminate

State-of-the-art extrusion technology is used in the manufacture of TEPEO® foils.

TEPEO® compact foil and foam laminate is not as heavy as conventional foil. It is nonaging, recyclable and thus environmentally friendly and chemically-physically quite impressive.

Different lacquers in combination with our patented embossing technologies ("leather-simulation", silicon-laser, steel roller technology) allow for a customer-specific surface finish. We continuously expand our product range.

 

TEPEO®	Compact foil	Foam laminate
Structure	TPO compact foil	TPO foam laminate
Total thickness (mm)	0.8 - 1.4	2.0 - 3.7
Thickness cover coating (mm)		0.5 - 0.8
Foam thickness (mm)		1.5 - 3.0

Product range TEPEO®	compact foil	compact foil foam laminate	compact foil foam laminate	compact foil foam laminate
Processing	Deep drawing / foam molding	Thermal lamination	In-mould graining	LPM process, press molding, low pressure molding (LPM)
Surface quality	Good grain quality, virtually infinite grain selection (laser), good harmonization possibility	Good grain quality, virtually infinite grain selection (laser), good harmonization possibility	Limited grain selection (two-gloss effect, real leather technology), high and uniform grain consistency, steel-etched grain well reproducible	Good grain quality, virtually infinite grain selection (laser), good harmonization possibility
Recycling	Punch scrap: reusable, basic thermal use	Punch scrap: reusable, basic thermal use	Punching scrap: reusable, basic thermal use	Single-material solution, no bonding agent required
Cost-efficiency	Generally high cost level, manufacture of component is high-cost due to two-stage deep drawing/foam backing process; more economical thanks to use of recycled material	Favorable cost level for component manufacture	25%-30% lower cost than PVC slush; marked reduction in weight (use of expanded vinyl reduces weight of instrument panel by approx. 3.0 kg)	Low cost level for component manufacture