Dow Corning Rubber

Dow Corning RubberDow Corning (www.dowcorning.com) provides performance-enhancing solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide. A global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation, offering more than 7,000 products and services, Dow Corning is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning Incorporated. More than half of Dow Corning’s sales are outside the United States.

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DOW CORNING TO INTRODUCE NEW GENERATION OF INSULATOR COATING AT IEEE 2003

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Insulator coated with Sylgard® HVIC and covered with iron ore dust  Midland, Mich. (August 1, 2003) – Dow Corning Corp. will launch its Sylgard® brand High Voltage Insulator Coating Plus (HVIC+), a new generation of high voltage insulator coating, at the IEEE/PES Transmission & Distribution Conference & Exposition held in Dallas, Texas, September 8-10, 2003 (Booth #1556, Hall B).

Dow Corning establishes new venture in China to expand silicone rubber manufacturing, product offerings

In a move to expand its rubber manufacturing capability and product offerings to customers in Asia and around the world, Dow Corning Corporation and Dow Corning Toray Silicone Co. Ltd. (DCTS) have formed a new company, Ling Dao Silicone (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, to utilize the strong technology and capability in the rubber industry from DCTS and operates a new manufacturing facility in the Min Hang District of Shanghai.

DOW CORNING SILICONE MOLDING COMPOUNDS FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS

Dow Corning Silicone molding compounds for high-voltage applications
 Midland, Mich. (November 28, 2002) ― A new generation of silicone rubber compounds has been developed for molding high-voltage insulators, surge arresters, weather sheds and other HV components. All are high-consistency rubber (HCR) products in the Dow Corning® 1600 series, designed to deliver outstanding tracking resistance over a wide voltage range, superior wet electrical performance, hydrophobic transfer and recovery, as well as good mold release and other processing characteristics.(See Table 1.)

DOW CORNING INCREASES FLUOROSILICONE CAPACITY TO ENSURE RELIABLE LONG-TERM SUPPLY OF SILASTIC® BRAND FLUOROSILICONE RUBBER

Dow Corning increases Fluorosilicone capacity to ensure relialble long-term supply of Silastic® Brand Fluorosilicone rubber MIDLAND, Mich. (October 8, 2002)—Dow Corning has significantly increased its fluorosilicone capacity with the start up of a new specialty silicone intermediates plant at its manufacturing complex in Midland, Michigan. The $16MM capacity expansion supports increased demand for its Silastic® brand fluorosilicone rubber (FSR), and ensures reliable long-term supply.

NEW PLATINUM-CURED SILICONE COMPOUNDS FROM DOW CORNING OFFER IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OVER PEROXIDE-CURED RUBBER

Sesto, Italy (June 10, 2002) – A new line of platinum-cured silicone rubber compounds offering improved mechanical performance and more accurate cure rates than peroxide-cured rubber is available from Dow Corning.

Dow Corning Completes Multibase S.A. Acquisition

Midland, Mich. Dow Corning Corp. today announced it has completed its acquisition of Multibase, a leading independent thermoplastics compounder serving the automotive, appliance, construction and packaging industries. Dow Corning’s Plastics business unit and Multibase are now integrating operations under the Multibase corporate brand name to become a global leader in the market for thermoplastic/elastomeric materials and solutions.

NEW DOW CORNING WEB FEATURE FOR RUBBER MATERIALS SLASHES MATCH-TO-SAMPLE DELIVERY TIMES 25%

HANNOVER, GERMANY - (April 26, 2002) - Dow Corning announces the addition of a new feature to its rubber Website that can reduce the match-to-delivery time for custom-compounded silicone rubbers by as much as 1-2 days or 25 % compared with conventional specification-matching processes. This e-business tool can be accessed at http://www.dowcorning.com/content/rubber/rubber_compounder.asp.

Dow Corning to Acquire Multibase S.A.

Midland, Mich. - Dow Corning Corp. today announced its intent to acquire Multibase S.A. of France, a leading independent thermoplastics compounder serving the automotive, appliance and packaging industries. The Board of Directors for each company has approved the plan. Final approval by Multibase shareholders is expected in April, with the acquistion expected to be finalized by April 30. Certain government approvals in Europe are required prior to the completion of the transaction as well.