24 February 2010, Lyon - Bluestar Silicones is launching a
new line of TCS 7560 and TCS 7561 Silbione products designed for the elastic
band market for lingerie and medical applications such as support stockings and
medical equipment. These two new silicone elastomers are said to have excellent
‘anti-slip’ and non-compression properties, helping improve wearer comfort.
For more than twenty years, manufacturers of self-fixing
stockings or ‘hold-ups’ have applied transparent silicone technology, which is
adhesive and ‘anti-slip’ for elastic bands and lace. The same technology is
also used for other lingerie items, braces and bra cups for example.
Bluestar Silicones syas its is going further with a new
range of platinum polyaddition bi-component products, Silbione TCS 7560 and TCS
7561, based on its expertise in LSR technologies (Liquid Silicone Rubber) and
its experience in the medical device field.
The innovative technology is said to be able to offer new
solutions to the paramedical market for support stockings and prostheses.
According to Bluestar, Silbione TCS 7560 provides elasticity, less compression
for the wearer and is perfectly harmless to the skin. The company says that Silbione
TCS 7561 is even more flexible, with a very low compression thus reducing skin compression
and friction, bringing the wearer greater comfort and confidence, for new
sensations and enhanced pleasure.
From a coating process point of view, the new range offers
flexibility and higher productivity, allowing production output to be increased
substantially, Bluestar adds.
Created in 2007 with China National BlueStar Corporation’s
acquisition of Rhodia Silicones, Bluestar Silicones is a global supplier of
silicones with a turnover of €600 million and manufacturing sites in all regions
of the world. Bluestar Silicones is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of
completely integrated silicones. With 180 researchers throughout the world and
over 50 years’ experience in silicones, Bluestar Silicones offers a complete
range of silicone products in the fields of release coatings, specialty
elastomers, health products, specialty fluids, emulsions and resins.
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