Article: Silicone slides into more applications; Opportunities keep coming in health care.(News)

Byline: Roger Renstrom

Injection molding machine makers and resin producers make it clear that silicone is here to stay for a growing number of medical market applications.

Among others, equipment makers Engel, Arburg and Toshiba provide processors with liquid silicone rubber and liquid injection molding solutions, while silicone suppliers Dow Corning, Momentive, Shin-Etsu, Wacker, Bluestar, NuSil and Applied Silicone are finding new ways to deliver the goods.

The companies were talking about what's new in the silicone field at the Medical Design & Manufacturing West and Plastec West trade shows, held Feb. 10-12 in Anaheim.

The demand ...

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