Suppliers in Thermoset Elastomers: Transfer Molding

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. is a global leader in silicones and advanced materials, with a 75+ year heritage of being first to market with performance applications for major industries that support and improve everyday life. The Company delivers science-based solutions, by linking custom technology platforms to opportunities for customers .

Astlett Rubber Inc. is a trader and distributor of raw materials to the rubber industry. We were founded by Harry Anderson Astlett in 1885 to import natural rubber from Manaus, Brazil harvested from wild rubber trees in the Amazon jungle. We now acquire natural and synthetic rubber from producers worldwide and distribute to the rubber industry via our North American warehouses or ship directly to our customers worldwide. Our decades worth of experience in the rubber industry have given us the best networks of producers and transportation providers to give our customers the highest quality products and most reliable service. Our long history is from making innovation our core strength and constant improvement being our focus.

DuPont (www.dupont.com) is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 90 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

Among the various plastics, phenolic resin has the oldest history. It was developed by Dr. Leo H. Baekeland, an American of Belgian ancestry, in 1907 and he named that synthetic resin "Bakelite". In 1911, Sankyo Company (currently Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.)