BEIJING (Sept. 21, 2012)—DuPont Performance Polymers and Chenguang Chemical Research Institute plan to form 50-50 joint venture that will produce and market fluoroelastomer gums and precompounds in China.
The partnership will include a precompounding plant to be built in Shanghai, DuPont said. It is expected to start up in the first half of 2013
Chenguang is a subsidiary owned by China National Chemical Corp.