Silicone Producers Roll Out Investments.(Statistical Data Included)

Chemical Market Reporter, December, 2000 by Boswell, Clay

Asia is an especially hot region for these versatile polymers.

Demand for silicones will continue to grow faster than the economy, particularly in more specialized markets where they provide entirely new performance characteristics as well as improvements over materials already in use. The greatest growth will be in Asia, where global producers are making major investments in preparation.

Silicones are used in diverse applications. Though they are polymers, their backbones do not contain carbon, but rather alternating silicon and oxygen atoms. Organic substituents are attached to the silicon atoms, but the carbon-less backbone gives silicones unique properties that include chemical and physical inertness, thermal and oxidative stability, low...

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