TPE/TPR vs PVC in toy industry

The toy industry has been the important export industry in China. Soft plastic toys is always an active element in toy industry, such as: cartoon dolls, doll eraser, monster high fashion doll toys and the simulation toys and so on. They has been praised by foreign and domestic children.

But all the toy entrepreneurs feel that Export environmental safety inspection of toy industry is becoming more and more strict, Export inspection strict inevitably lead to the problems of production management and the rising cost of raw materials, so, toy companies only constantly digging and find the market demand, develop high value-added products so they can be in a better position to in the fierce competition of market.

At present most domestic enterprises usually use PVC soft rubber to produce toys. Due to most of PVC soft rubber contain toxic plasticizer(Phthalates), Foreign markets of children toys is reject PVC, and the European Union(EN71) and the the United States standard(ASTMF963) which also limits the application of PVC in the toy industry.

Soft TPE/TPR material is based on SEBS, SBS.TPE, TPR soft rubber material has been recognized by more and more foreign company because they contains no plasticizer, halogen free environmental safety materials. What is more, most TPE/TPR manufacturers can provide the Environmental production test report.

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