New name for DuPont Dow elastomers.On July 1, DuPont Dow Elastomers, Wilmington, Del., the former joint venture of DuPont and Dow Chemical Co., became a subsidiary of DuPont Co., called DuPont Performance Elastomers. It supplies Viton fluoroelastomers, Viton FreeFlow processing aids, Kalrez perfluoroelastomer parts, and Neoprene neoprene: see rubber. neoprene Any of a class of elastomers (rubberlike synthetic organic compounds of high molecular weight) made by polymerization of the monomer 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene and vulcanized (cross-linked, like rubber), by sulfur, and Hypalon synthetic rubbers synthetic rubber: see rubber. . Meanwhile, Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., has reorganized re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. its plastics businesses to include materials from DuPont Dow. The new Dow Specialty Plastics and Elastomers in Midland includes Engage metallocene polyolefin elastomers (POEs), Tyrin CPEs, and Nordel EPDM--all from DuPont Dow--as well as Dow's Affinity plastomers, new Versify ver·si·fy v. ver·si·fied, ver·si·fy·ing, ver·si·fies v.tr. 1. To change from prose into metrical form. 2. propylene-ethylene TPEs, and wire and cable compounds. This unit also includes TPUs and Saran products. Dow's other major plastics business unit is now called Base Plastics, located in Houston. It includes PE, PP, PS, and engineering resins. |
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