Paint
and Coatings Materials are used to make architectural
paints used by consumers and contractors around the world.
We also make specialty materials used in industrial coatings,
home insulation, traffic paints and floor care products.
Packaging and Building Materials provides
adhesive and plastics additives technologies used in
building and construction, consumer, industrial and automotive
applications worldwide. This business also offers differentiated
products for use in the textile, graphic arts, nonwovens,
paper and leather markets.
Primary Materials produces building-block
acrylic monomers both for internal use and external sale,
and fulfills global household and industrial market needs
for polyacrylic acid (pAA) dispersants and opacifiers.
These three segments, representing the Specialty Materials
Group, together leverage our world-class expertise in
acrylics and other chemistries.
Electronic Materials is a leading provider
of technologies used in semiconductors, circuit boards
and packaging/finishing for advanced electronics.
Semiconductor Technologies – specializes
in photoresist technology used to replicate tiny circuitry
patterns on integrated circuits and semiconductor chips.
It also is a market leader in chemical mechanical planarization
(CMP) technology used to polish delicate circuitry
and semiconductor wafers.
Circuit Board Technologies – develops
and delivers the technology, materials and fabrication
services needed for increasingly powerful, high-density
printed wiring boards in computers, cell phones, automobiles
and many other electronic devices today.
Packaging and Finishing Technologies – is
a leader in the development and marketing of innovative
materials and processes that boost the performance
of a diverse range of electronic, optoelectronic and
industrial packaging and finishing applications.
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Performance
Materials represents the company’s expertise
in enabling technologies that meet growing societal needs
for water treatment, health care and energy.
Process Chemicals and Biocides – deliver
innovative, practical and environmentally sound solutions
for the world’s current and emerging needs. Purification
technology adds value for food and nutrition, healthcare,
potable water and energy markets. Our biocides are
used in a variety of processes, substrates and products
in paints and coatings, building and construction materials,
plastics, water treatment, metalworking fluids and
mineral processing, as well as household and personal
care applications.
In addition, this segment includes other unique technologies
such as advanced materials, as well as AgroFresh, a
leading global expert at reducing the negative effects
of ethylene on fruit, vegetable and flower quality,
as well as crop development, including our SmartFresh™ Quality
System for the produce industry.
Powder Coatings – offers a
full range of thermoset and thermoplastic powder coatings
used for consumer goods as far ranging as backyard
grills, kitchen cabinetry, office furniture, automotive
parts and industrial shelving.
Salt markets the leading table salt
brands in the United States and Canada, Morton® Salt
and Windsor® Salt, respectively. One out of every
two containers of salt purchased in the United States
bears the image of the Morton Salt Umbrella Girl and
the familiar slogan, “ When it rains, it pours.®” Salt’s
product offerings extend well beyond the consumer market
to include salts used for food processing, agriculture,
water conditioning, roadway ice control and industrial
processing applications.
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