Silicone
While silicone markets have become more balanced and less volatile since the pandemic, innovation in process know-how has taken top priority for silicone firms both large and small.
Elkem's AMSil and AMSil Silbione series of products won an R&D 100 Award in 2021. The Oslo-based manufacturer is set to announce their next innovations in additive manufacturing at Formnext 2024.
Shin-Etsu Silicones of America is seeing positive results from the LSR production plant it opened last year in Akron.
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. is increasing prices for its silicone products globally.
Elkem S.A. started up a major silicone expansion project at its production facility in the Xinghuo Industrial Park in Yongxiu, China.
Shin-Etsu Chemical is investing $13.4 million in a new silicone products manufacturing plant in China.
Wacker Chemie A.G. has released new silicone-based special resins and a new silicone rubber for the impregnation of electric motors and in the coil winding industry, respectively.
Simtec Silicone Parts sat down with Rubber News at the IME West Show in Southern California to talk liquid injection molding processes and pitfalls.
Elmet finds itself once again at the leading edge of LSR processing as the medical and automotive sectors face tectonic shifts.
Contract manufacturing is the name of the game for customers who are looking to design and produce medical components, and Tessy Plastics Corp. plays "in all spaces."