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| Who is Bluestar Silicones ? | Created on 1 February 2007 following the acquisition of Rhodia Silicones by China National BlueStar Corporation, Bluestar Silicones is a worldwide silicones supplier with sales of €600 million and production sites throughout the world. Bluestar Silicones combines the Bluestar corporation's upstream silicon metal facilities and capacities with Rhodia's downstream silicones markets and applications expertise to create one of the world's leading fully integrated silicone producers. With over 50 years silicones expertise, Bluestar Silicones offers a comprehensive range of silicones products for release coatings, specialty elastomers, healthcare products, specialty fluids, emulsions and resins. |
| Bluestar Silicones key figures |
2007 sales: 610 M€ Number of production sites worldwide: 11 Total headcount worldwide: 2800 Sales offices in 140 countries |
| Bluestar Silicones advantages |
Bluestar Silicones is a global silicones producer with a sales volume of $700 million. Its production facilities are located throughout the world with: • 2 upstream sites: one in Roussillon (France) with advanced silicones technology and China's biggest organic silicone monomers plant in Xinghuo • 9 downstream production sites on three continents: South and North America, Europe and Asia. • World-leading positions in downstream markets and especially in specialty elastomers , Healthcare or even paper and textiles coating. • Leading-edge expertise in Research and Development and applications. |
| What are Silicones ? |
Silicones have a chemical structure that is based on alternating atoms of silicon and oxygen. The originality of silicones compared with natural silica, resides in the fact that the silicon atoms in silicones carry organic groups that contain carbon. According to the nature of these organic groups and production and formulation conditions, the product obtained are extremely varied: their final texture can be fluid, viscous or pasty, elastomeric or rigid. |
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