Elkem Silicones News

The Gender Equality Index is one of several measures in the Professional Futures law of September 2018 the 5^th aimed at eliminating wage inequalities between women and men.

For nearly 40 years, RCMA has been leading the roof coatings industry to promote the benefits of various coating technologies, including silicone roof systems, and representing its members to the industry.

Elkem Silicones is proud to announce our membership and support to The Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation. 

On March 30th 2021, we celebrate National Doctors' Day and say thank you to physicians around the world for their hard work and sacrifices while treating our families, friends, and colleagues over the past year. 

On March 9^th, the 2021 Ringier Technology Innovation Award for plastic industry, which has been spotlighted, was grandly held at the Longemont Hotel in Shanghai. Elkem Silicones BLUESIL™ HCR 5750 U silicone rubber for turbine application won the “Rubber/Elastomer  Material-Technology Innovation Award”.

Elkem Silicones’ Saint-Fons plant obtains ISO 14001 certification and demonstrates  its commitment to environmental management at the Saint-Fons site south of Lyon.

Shanghai, March 18, 2021 - Today, the worldwide leading integrated silicones provider, Elkem Silicones marked the start of construction of a new workshop producing low viscosity silicone fluids for the personal care and textile & leather markets in Asia Pacific. This new production workshop is located at its Xinghuo site, the largest silicones manufacturing site in China, and is scheduled to open in January 2022. The investment was announced on 10 February.

Material selection, supply chain integrity, and evolving regulatory requirements: three case studies addressing challenges faced by today's MedTech Designers.

Date: 25 May

Time:​ 7am Pacific Time / 10am East Coast time / 4pm CET

Elkem Silicones, a division of Elkem ASA and one of the world's leading fully integrated silicone suppliers, is proud to announce its participation in the CELAB consortium which shows that this engagement is part of a wider sustainability program within Elkem group.

Because we are an innovative company.

Because we are young thanks to our history.

Because we are professionals thanks to our expertise.

Because Silicones combine two great chemistries, that of solidity and that of organic.

Because we are a topical company, Elkem Silicones, through our president, was invited to talk about it.

Elkem Silicones participated to the 27th edition of WINDOOR Façade Expo, an opportunity for the Construction Team to showcase their latest development: STARSIL™ 3FC, a food contact grade silicone sealant which passed the US relevant FDA food contact migration test.

Elkem ASA presenting on Advanced Materials for Thermal Management

10 February 2021: Elkem has signed an agreement to acquire a brand-new plant near Lyon in France, custom-designed for producing highly specialised organo-functional silicones (OFS). The acquisition underpins Elkem’s strategy of growth and specialisation.

Safety and reliability in EV Battery Packs

Celebrate over 1M EVs on the road today protected by Elkem Silicones!

Basel Chemie is a Korean producer of specialty silicone gels for cosmetics and water repellents for the construction industry.

Elkem ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the shares in Polysil, a leading Chinese silicone elastomer & resins material manufacturer

Our name has changed, but our strategy hasn't. Two years after Bluestar Silicones merged with Elkem, China National Bluestar's Norwegian subsidiary, the new entity has been united under a new name, Elkem Silicones.

Elkem announces the integration of two Chinese entities into the Elkem group, as well as the renaming of Bluestar Silicones to Elkem Silicones.