Products > Viton® > News Press Releases 6/17/2008 DuPont Performance Elastomers announces price increase for Viton® fluoroelastomers DuPont Performance Elastomers today announced a price increase of 10 percent on Viton® fluoroelastomers and chemicals effective July 15. Click here for full story   11/2/2007 Viton® Fluoroelastomers help seal success of BMW SAUBER F1 Team Formula 1 Grand Prix motor racing is tough. Tough on drivers, and tough on components. At speeds up to 350km/h, engines rev up to 19,000 r.p.m., cornering forces can pull over 4g, and brake discs reach temperatures in excess of 1,000°C. It’s an environment that puts vital components to the supreme test — and one that would wreck the working parts of a normal car. In the super-competitive world of F1, failure is unacceptable. Click here for full story   10/24/2007 DuPont Performance Elastomers announces that Viton® and Vamac® will join to form “V Solutions” DuPont Performance Elastomers (DPE) has announced that effective January 1, 2008, in order to serve its customers more effectively, Vamac® ethylene acrylic elastomers and Viton® fluoroelastomers will be combined within DPE. The new market-facing group, called V Solutions, will provide customers with a broader range of solutions, greater flexibility and improved efficiency when evaluating materials and developing solutions for sealing and hose applications. Click here for full story   10/9/2007 DuPont Performance Elastomers celebrates 50th Anniversary of Viton® Fluoroelastomers This year, 2007, is the 50th anniversary of the commercialization of Viton® and the birth of the fluoroelastomers industry. Since the first commercial application of Viton® in the aerospace industry in 1957, fluoroelastomers (FKM) have made a major contribution to fluid sealing and containment in industries as diverse as aerospace and automotive, chemical, petrochemical, food and pharmaceutical processing, and construction. Fluoroelastomers now represent a global industry with total annual sales volume expected to reach an estimated 20 thousand tons in 2007. Click here for full story   9/21/2007 Viton® 50th Anniversary celebrations highlight DuPont Performance Elastomers showcase at ACS Celebration of two historic milestones — the 50th anniversary of Viton fluoroelastomer, and the birth of the fluoroelastomers industry — are highlights of DuPont Performance Elastomers (DPE) participation at this year’s ACS Rubber Division Fall Expo and Technical Meeting. The company is marking the occasion with two technical presentations substantiating the effectiveness of the latest Viton® fluoroelastomers in food, beverage, and pharmaceutical process sealing and in the oil and gas industry. In addition, Engel Canada, Desma and Rutil will demonstrate injection molding efficiencies gained by using Viton® GBL-S. Coincidentally, DPE will also celebrate 50 years of production of Hypalon® chlorosulfonated polyethylene at its Beaumont, TX, plant, and will round out its ACS line-up with Neoprene polychloroprene Click here for full story   9/21/2007 Injection molded Viton® Fluoroelastomer and AEM bond uniquely in Nolato Filler Neck Hose Filler neck hoses are key components in the modern automotive fuel system. They must provide a flexible connection between the filler pipe and the fuel tank, strong enough to withstand significant crash impact without fracture and fuel leakage, while providing an impermeable barrier to evaporative emissions in compliance with tough U.S. PZEV and Lev II and European Euro 4 requirements. Click here for full story   Trademarks, Terms Of Use, Privacy, and Copyright© 1996-2008 DuPont Performance Elastomers. All rights reserved. DuPont™ is a trademark of DuPont and its affiliates. Copyright© 2008. All rights reserved.