Media Relations
2004 Archive
Nov 12, 2004
NuSil Technology Offers Cosmetic Formulators Customized Silicone Solutions
Cosmetic companies will be able to obtain custom fluorosilicone and phenylsilicone polymers and film formers. “NuSil Technology has essentially opened it’s research and development laboratories to the cosmetic industry” stated Brian Nash, Vice President of Marketing and Sales. “We feel that we can offer considerable value to these customers in taking a customized approach. NuSil knows silicone chemistry and partnering with our customers with specific properties in mind creates great business opportunities” Nash added. NuSil Technology will consider exclusivity agreements with the right partners in this market...
Sep 27, 2004
NuSil Technology Acquires Ingestible Simethicone from GE Silicones
NuSil has more than 25 years experience working with healthcare-related materials, including silicones for drug delivery systems. In June 2003, with the acquisition of Rhodia Silicones, the company strengthened its position in long-term implantable silicones serving the medical device industry...
Jun 15, 2004
NuSil Technology Introduces Pigmented Masterbatches for Liquid Silicone Rubbers
“We realized that adding powder-based pigments such as titanium dioxide or barium sulfate to silicone systems can be a messy and inaccurate process,” said Brian Nash, VP of Marketing & Sales for NuSil Technology. “So NuSil’s solution is to add pigment to functional polymers, creating a user-friendly ‘solid/liquid’ mass that can be easily added to elastomer systems.”..
Jun 7, 2004
NuSil Technology Donates Adhesives to Delancey Street Foundation
The Delancey Street Foundation, formed in San Francisco during the 1970’s as a criminal rehabilitation and vocational training center, has become one of the best rehabilitation centers in the world today. Using the philosophy of “extended family,” co-founder Dr. Mimi Silbert dedicates her life to keeping the Delancey Street Foundation open and growing. Having expanded to four other sister projects, located in New York, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Los Angeles, the Delancey Street Foundation continues to turn hard-core criminals into upstanding citizens...
Jun 7, 2004
NuSil’s Lightspan Brand Offers the Most Material Options for Matching a 1.57 Refractive Index
Now a NuSil product family, Lightspan brand’s ability to continually progress with customer demands places NuSil at the forefront of the photonics industry. As technology advances, such as the expanding use of Light Emitting Diodes (LED’s), the demand for higher refractive index materials increases. Obtaining a higher refractive index in a material provides more efficiency in configurations. By offering the most complete line of the highest refractive index materials, NuSil offers their customers options, and in turn, helps improve the efficiency of photonics technology, including LED, waveguide and optical plastic applications...
Feb 11, 2004
NuSil Technology Acquires Lightspan
Lightspan designs and manufactures engineered materials based on advanced polymers for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the fiber optics and photonics industries. The company, which built its product portfolio to cater to the needs of performance-driven applications, also offers testing services for optical materials characterization including UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometric transmission, and refractive index vs. wavelength and temperature. NuSil will maintain a relationship with Fiber Optic Center, the current distributor of Lightspan products...
Feb 9, 2004
NuSil Technology Acquires MorehouseCowles from MFIC Corporation
In its 75-year history, Morehouse-COWLES has gained an excellent reputation for delivering reliable and efficient standard machines and specialized designs that provide users with high production rates, low maintenance costs and superior product quality. A significant amount of the equipment currently used by NuSil Technology is designed and customized by Morehouse-Cowles...