DU PONT DOW ELASTOMERS

ENGAGE - Polyolefin Elastomers, A Product of Du Pont Dow Elastomers. Product Information, 2003. 

Typical products in this class include Aflas (Ashai Glass Co.), Dyneon (Dyneon LLC), Viton (Du Pont Dow Elastomers LLC), and Kalrez (Du Pont Dow Elastomers LLC). 

Major suppliers of TPOs include Advanced Elastomer (Santoprene), Advanced Polymer Alloys (Alcryn), Du Pont Dow Elastomers LLC Engage, Affinity), Nova Polymers (Novalast), Montell (HiFax), Solvay Engineering Polymers Deffiex), and Teknor Apex (Uniprene, Telcar). 

PE-based elastomers Du Pont Dow 1994 EVA Flexible PVC EPDM EP rubber... 

Annual worldwide production of all products is now about 40,000 tons. The primary producer, with about 85% of world capacity, is DuPont Dow Elastomers, Inc., a joint venture of E.I. du Pont de Nemours Co. Inc. and The Dow Chemical Co., with a single plant in the United States. The remaining capacity is provided hy Toyo Soda Manufacturing Limited, with one plant in Japan. DuPont Dow Elastomers products are sold worldwide under the trade names of Hypalon, Acsium, and Hypalon CP. Products similar to several grades of Hypalon products are made by Toya Soda and sold under the trade names of CSM-CP and CSM-Ts. The material cost variability is related mostly to the petroleum costs. Prices generally range from 3 to 6 per kilogram. 

Sanoprene. TP elastomer. Monsanto Co. Saran. PVDC resin. Dow Chemical Co. ScLAiR. Linear PE resin. Du Pont. 

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