Rhodia sells silicones business.Paris-based Rhodia (U.S. office in Cranbury, N.J.) will soon close the sale of its global silicones business to China National BlueStar Corp. of Beijing. Rhodia's silicones unit, including two U.S. plants in Rock Hill, S.C., and Ventura, Calif., consists primarily of silicone rubber Noun 1. silicone rubber - made from silicone elastomers; retains flexibility resilience and tensile strength over a wide temperature range synthetic rubber, rubber - any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber for moldmaking as well as silicone silicone, polymer in which atoms of silicon and oxygen alternate in a chain; various organic radicals, such as the methyl group, CH3, are bound to the silicon atoms. fluids and silanes, including a mold release for polyurethanes polyurethanes (pŏl'ēy  r`əthānz), group of plastics that may be either thermosetting or thermoplastic. Polyurethane can be made into both flexible and rigid foams. . A large state-owned chemical company, China National BlueStar Corp. is a major silicone producer. It also makes engineering plastics and TDI TDI - Transport Driver Interface . Tel: (609) 860-4000 * www.us.rhodia.com
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