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

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 2 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

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 3 LUCOBIT‘s product portfolio and applications Waterproofing Asphalt modification Flexible polymers

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 4 LUCOBIT FPO materials

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 5 Lucofin 1400HN/MN and powder versions (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 Specification :MFR(190/2.16)ComonomerShAMP Vicat-TE-modulus [g/10 min]content (%) [°C] [Mpa] Lucofin 1400HN1, Lucofin 1400MN Main competitive materials: Other EAE Ethylene Acrylate Esters (EBA, EEA, EMA) Ethylene Vinyl acetate (EVA) Plastomers based on m-VLDPE

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

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 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

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

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 9 Lucopren EP Based on Lucofin PP/EPDM partly crosslinked Used as a pure material or as part of a polyolefinic formulation to provide flexibility and softness in injection moulded and extruded parts Superior thermal stability and chemical resistance (acids, salts and especially oils, fats) due to crosslinked nature of the material

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 10 Lucopren SE S Lucopren SE S Based on TPE/SEPS Main competitive materials: Kraiburg grades based on SEPS Used as a pure material in injection moulded parts to provide excellent softness Very soft materials (Shore A: 30 and shore A 40) with high melt indexes (20 g / 10 min and 30 g / 10 min)

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 11 Build-up of product range

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 12 Extended product range Green cross indicates project ongoing yellow cross indicates commercial business White cross indicates no activities started yet Empty space indicates no opportunity seen yet

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 13 Product range overview

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 14 Product range FPO section wire and cable

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

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 16 Products and applications first table, example 1.3.9

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

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 18 Products and applications second table, example 1.3.9

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

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 20 Products and applications third table, example 1.3.9

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 21 Table of important properties in plastics technology

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 22 Important properties for specific applications

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

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

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 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

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 26 Samples asked from agents

/ Agents meeting London /Applications of LUCOBIT products: General information/ Dr. Sandro Kohnconfidential 27 Structure of presentations 1.Market overview for segment in Europe Based on AMI data 5.Summary of most promising opportunities Conjoint analysis of technical and marking information 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