GE Advanced Materials

Paints & Coatings

Boron Nitride Spray Coating comes in aerosol package.

Eliminating use of methylene chloride, Boron Nitride (BN) Spray II coating contains high-purity, high-crystalline grade of BN that imparts optimal lubrication properties. Non-reactive formulation exhibits high-temperature resistance, optimal release qualities, and chemical stability. Product is suited for use as release agent and lubricant in applications from metalforming and glassmaking to...

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Adhesives & Sealants

GE's Performance-Based Silicones Portfolio Offers the Pharmaceutical Industry Innovative Solutions to Address Current & Future Trends

WILTON, CONN. - Mar. 20, 2006 - The pharmaceuticals industry is marked by regulatory requirements, changes in the medical industry, and competitive pressures. GE - Advanced Materials, Silicones addresses these issues by offering an expansive portfolio of high-performance silicone elastomer materials. GE's silicones portfolio targeted for use in pharmaceutical industry applications includes both...

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Adhesives & Sealants

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive offers chemical resistance.

For permanent bonds, even in hostile environments, SPUR + 2000 combines initial tackiness with adhesion of silane hybrid technology. Product provides chemical and thermal resistance, weatherability, and adhesion across range of surfaces, including metals, glass, ceramics, and plastics. Free of isocyanates and plasticizers, adhesive is suited for manufacture of labels, fastening tapes, and decals...

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Adhesives & Sealants

Textile Enhancers impart fabric softness and fullness.

Delivering softening permanency, hydrophilic Magnasoft Derma NT imbues durability to textiles under stresses imposed by laundering process by coating fiber surface and penetrating into its interior. It imparts voluminous, silky hand and exhibits emulsion stability. Stable under alkaline conditions up to 14 pH and temperatures up to 100Â-

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Chemicals & Gases

Silicone Additive minimizes VOC emissions.

Added to polyurethane flexible foam used in furniture, bedding, and automotive parts, Niax L-590 minimizes volatiles that can impact environment. Based on non-hydrolyzable chemistry, product emulsifies chemicals during mixing, promotes formation of cells, and stabilizes foam during rise stage. It can stabilize range of formulations including hyper soft foams, high-density foams, and low-density...

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Fluid & Gas Flow Equipment

Silicone Rubber Grades facilitate drug delivery to patients.

One-component Tufel I is suited for tubing applications such as catheters and IV lines, while 2-component Tufel III provides resilience and elastic memory in tubing for peristaltic pumps. Both platinum-cure, silicone elastomers are cured without peroxides that can product VOCs, and are compositionally compliant with FDA 21 CFR 177.2600 for indirect food contact. They can be sterilized using...

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Adhesives & Sealants

Dual-Component Adhesive delivers primerless adhesion.

Suited for automated industrial assembly, room-temperature-cure adhesive system is comprised of RTV210A component and either RTV213B for tack-free cure under 30 min and black color, RTV210B for cure under 30 min and gray color, or RTV223B for cure under 9 min and dark gray color. System adheres to substrates such as plastics, steel, aluminum, fiberglass, and Formica. Lap shear testing with these...

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Prepolymer is free of isocyanates and plasticizers.

Suited for adhesive, sealant, and coating applications, low modulus SPUR+ Y-15735 LM adheres to range of porous and non-porous substrates such as metals, glass, ceramics, and plastics. Clear, non-yellowing resin is weatherable and immediately paintable. With no residual isocyanates, product avoids problems of reactivity with additives such as UV inhibitors and antioxidants. Application areas...

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Adhesives & Sealants

Encapsulants/Lens Materials suit LED applications.

Offering high refractive indexes from 1.4 to over 1.5, InvisiSil Encapsulants offer adhesion to range of case and electrode materials including ceramics, polyamides, and silver and gold electrodes. They provide stability under thermal stress and UV light, resisting yellowing and delamination from substrate. InvisiSil Lens Materials are high hardness silicone materials that can be liquid injection...

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Paints & Coatings

Boron Nitride Spray Coating comes in aerosol package.

Eliminating use of methylene chloride, Boron Nitride (BN) Spray II coating contains high-purity, high-crystalline grade of BN that imparts optimal lubrication properties. Non-reactive formulation exhibits high-temperature resistance, optimal release qualities, and chemical stability. Product is suited for use as release agent and lubricant in applications from metalforming and glassmaking to...

Read More »
Adhesives & Sealants

GE's Performance-Based Silicones Portfolio Offers the Pharmaceutical Industry Innovative Solutions to Address Current & Future Trends

WILTON, CONN. - Mar. 20, 2006 - The pharmaceuticals industry is marked by regulatory requirements, changes in the medical industry, and competitive pressures. GE - Advanced Materials, Silicones addresses these issues by offering an expansive portfolio of high-performance silicone elastomer materials. GE's silicones portfolio targeted for use in pharmaceutical industry applications includes both...

Read More »
Adhesives & Sealants

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive offers chemical resistance.

For permanent bonds, even in hostile environments, SPUR + 2000 combines initial tackiness with adhesion of silane hybrid technology. Product provides chemical and thermal resistance, weatherability, and adhesion across range of surfaces, including metals, glass, ceramics, and plastics. Free of isocyanates and plasticizers, adhesive is suited for manufacture of labels, fastening tapes, and decals...

Read More »
Adhesives & Sealants

Textile Enhancers impart fabric softness and fullness.

Delivering softening permanency, hydrophilic Magnasoft Derma NT imbues durability to textiles under stresses imposed by laundering process by coating fiber surface and penetrating into its interior. It imparts voluminous, silky hand and exhibits emulsion stability. Stable under alkaline conditions up to 14 pH and temperatures up to 100Â-

Read More »
Company News

GE to Enhance Presence in China with New Silicones Plant Coming on Stream

WILTON, CONN. - Mar. 16, 2006 - GE Toshiba Silicones, a joint venture of GE's Advanced Materials business and Toshiba, have signed an agreement for the establishment of a new silicones manufacturing facility in Nantong, Jiangsu province in China. With a total investment of US $78 million (RMB 647.4 million) by the two parent companies, the new facility is scheduled for completion at the end of...

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Chemicals & Gases

Silicone Additive minimizes VOC emissions.

Added to polyurethane flexible foam used in furniture, bedding, and automotive parts, Niax L-590 minimizes volatiles that can impact environment. Based on non-hydrolyzable chemistry, product emulsifies chemicals during mixing, promotes formation of cells, and stabilizes foam during rise stage. It can stabilize range of formulations including hyper soft foams, high-density foams, and low-density...

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Company News

GE to Showcase Innovation, Diversity of Materials and Technologies for Healthcare Manufacturing at MD&M West

ANAHEIM, CALIF. - JAN. 31, 2006 - Five GE businesses will display leading-edge materials, broad technologies, and their applications in a wide range of healthcare devices here in GE's booth (#2001) at Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) West. GE - Plastics, GE - Advanced Materials, Silicones, GE - Sensing, GE - Water and Process Technologies, and GE - Energy will join forces to highlight...

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Company News

GE Facility Provides Customized Silicones and Customized Service for Faster Development of Medical Applications

WILTON, CONN. - Jan. 31, 2006 - Individual attention is just one hallmark of GE - Silicones' full-service facility in Garrett, Ind. Comprised of the new application development laboratory along with manufacturing and technology capabilities, the facility was recently expanded to help customers achieve a competitive advantage through rapid development of products featuring versatile GE heat-cured...

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Company News

GE's Silicones Business Increases Customer Reach: Names Tri-iso as West Coast Sales Agent for Additives for the Polyurethane Foam Industry

WILTON, CONN. - Dec. 20, 2005 - At GE's Advanced Materials business, Silicones today announced the appointment of Tri-iso, Inc. of Claremont, Calif., as a West Coast sales agent for polyurethane foam additives. Representing Silicones, Tri-iso provides customers a local resource for expertise supporting GE's portfolio of products, including Niax* silicone surfactants and catalysts, and Geolite*...

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