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Providing specialized materials for demanding industries and environments - including healthcare, mobility, industrial, and consumer - DuPont™ offers a broad product portfolio and state-of-the-art expertise to help meet critical demands.

DuPont MULTIBASE™ thermoplastics additives contain high or ultra-high molecular weight siloxane, pre-dispersed and/or reacted in a range of polymer carriers and specially engineered to deliver multiple benefits for greater design freedom and production efficiencies. 

DuPont Liveo™ Healthcare Solutions offers high-quality, medical-grade, easy-to-process materials known for their purity and versatility. Backed by science and rigorously tested, Liveo™ solutions support biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical and medical device applications and are designed to meet diverse industry needs with precision and reliability.

Formerra experts can help you select an ideal formulation, facilitate the sourcing process and supply your production at the pace and scale you need.

Featured Materials

Liveo™

Medical-Grade Silicone
Solutions for Healthcare

  • Building on the power of silicone technology and application expertise, Liveo™ products address key skin contact challenges and in-body challenges

  • Helps key medical device converters improve their process efficiency and product performance
  • Serves a wide range of specialty medical applications with strict biocompatibility and quality requirements
  • Offering a broad range of silicone elastomers such as high-consistency rubbers (HCRs) and liquid silicone rubbers (LSRs)
  • Pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) that serve an extensive array of applications, including wearables, prosthetics and ostomy
  • Soft skin adhesives (SSAs), typically used in advanced wound care and increasingly in wearables

MULTIFLEX

Thermoplastic Elastomers

  • MULTIFLEX™ TES & G - Styrenic-based thermoplastic elastomers combine soft touch, elasticity and compression set performances

  • MULTIFLEX™ TPO -
    Olefinic thermoplastic elastomers offer good thermal resistance and cold impact performance

  • MULTIFLEX™ SIE -
    Silicone-enhanced solutions deliver very good scratch and abrasion resistance and superior surface quality

  • MULTIFLEX™ TEA -
    Thermoplastic elastomer-based styrenic alloy combines soft touch, elasticity, and compression set performances

TPSiV®

Thermoplastic Elastomers

  • Offers outstanding durability - from resistance to abrasion and stains, to UV radiation, chemicals or sweat and sebum

  • Contains no plasticizers that can create surface stickiness. Instead, the silicone itself acts as a softening agent

  • Testing according to medical protocols, such as USP Chapter 88 and ISO 10993-10 show that TPSiV® elastomers lack cytotoxic potential and are negative for systemic toxicity and irritation potential, underscoring that these are safe for skin-contact in commercial wearable device applications

MULTIBASE

Siloxane Masterbatch

  • High compatibility including polyamides (PA), polycarbonates (PC), polyesters (PET), polyoxymethylene (POM), polyolefins (PO), thermoplastics (TPE), and styrenics (S)
  • Increases productivity in the extruder and mold, improving dispersion of pigments, mold release, and flow

  • Creates higher-performing thermoplastic compounds/components by extending surface aesthetics and physical properties

  • Because silicone acts as an internal lubricant between filler and polymer matrix, it can help reinforce mechanical properties

Featured Industries and Applications

From wearable patches and drug delivery devices to miniaturized scalpels and drills, to various prosthesis elements, DuPont serves a broad spectrum of medical device applications requiring high-quality, medical-grade materials that are easy to process.

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Scratch resistance and noise reduction are two enormous challenges for designers of automotive interiors. When different materials like polypropylene and PC/ABS are used in adjoining interior components, annoying squeaks can detract from the driving experience. And when interior parts are scratched, a vehicle loses value. DuPont has developed additive solutions that help manage both of these challenges.

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Looking for more information on a specific industry or application? The content below provides information that can help customers learn about the products and services that Formerra offers in areas such as Healthcare, Mobility, Packaging, Industrial applications and more.

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Healthcare

Building on a strong foundation of expertise and innovation brought by Dow Corning's healthcare silicone solutions, Liveo™ performance materials impact a broad range of advanced healthcare applications in three key healthcare markets - biopharmaceutical processing, pharmaceutical solutions and medical devices.

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Healthcare Solutions:
Innovative Silicone Adhesives for your Medical Device

Pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) and soft skin adhesives (SSAs) can be used for wearable monitoring devices, wound care products, medical device attachments, external prosthetic devices and specialty cosmetic applications.

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Healthcare Solutions:
Medical Lubricant Coatings
You Can
Rely On

Liveo™ offers a range of fluids, emulsions, and dispersions used in parenteral medical device lubrication applications or as a process aid for drug manufacturing in antifoam, anti-caking, tablet, and capsule release agent applications.
 
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Healthcare Solutions:
Silicone Elastomers for
Medical Device Applications

The diversity and versatility of Liveo™ healthcare silicone elastomers help manufacturers of medical implants and devices around the world create innovative products to address critical medical needs.
 
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Mobility

Scratch resistance and noise reduction are two enormous challenges for designers of automotive interiors. When different materials like polypropylene and PC/ABS are used in adjoining interior components, annoying squeaks can detract from the driving experience. And when interior parts are scratched, a vehicle loses value. DuPont has developed additive solutions that help manage both of these challenges.

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Long Term Scratch Resistant Additives for Automotive Polypropylene Talc Compounds

DuPont silicone masterbatches MULTIBASE™ MB50-001, MULTIBASE™ MB50-001G2 and MULTIBASE™ HMB-0221 additives help improve long-lasting anti-scratch properties of automotive interiors.

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Permanent Anti-Squeak Performance for PC/ABS without Post-Treatment

MULTIBASE™ HMB-1903 Masterbatch delivers excellent - and permanent - anti-squeak performance for PC/ABS parts at cost-effective low loadings. Incorporated during compounding or molding, there is no need for post-treatment steps.
 
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Siloxane Additives for POM Compounds: Achieve Superior COF Performance Over PTFE

MULTIBASE™ MB40-006 and MULTIBASE™ HMB-1103 can significantly improve a compound's coefficient of friction (CoF), allowing it to achieve greater performance at significantly lower levels of PTFE or silicone-oil.
 
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Materials

Liveo™

Building on a strong foundation of expertise and innovation brought by Dow Corning’s healthcare silicone solutions, Liveo™ performance materials impact a broad range of advanced healthcare applications in three key healthcare markets  ̶  biopharmaceutical processing, pharmaceutical solutions and medical devices.

 

MULTIBASE

MULTIBASE™ thermoplastics additives contain high or ultra-high molecular weight siloxane, pre-dispersed and/or reacted in a range of polymer-carriers and specially engineered to deliver multiple benefits for greater design freedom and production efficiencies. Easy-to-use pellets enable processing improvements for both the compound manufacturer and processor.

 

MULTIFLEX

MULTIFLEX™ thermoplastic elastomers are excellent replacements for thermoset rubber in highly demanding automotive applications. They help reduce costs through streamlined processing and combine design freedom with recyclability. In addition to exceptional colorability and resistance to color degradation, it is resistant to alcohols, acids, bases and detergents.

 

TPSiV®

TPSiV® brings together the strength and abrasion resistance of TPEs with the softness, UV and chemical resistance, and colorability of silicone. TPSiV® products incorporate vulcanized silicone in a thermoplastic matrix. They can be customized for specific applications and recycled and reused in manufacturing processes.

 

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