Shin-Etsu Siliones of America
Shin-Etsu Silicones engineers a wide variety of silicon-based products including silane coupling agents, functional silanes and silylating agents for the Coatings Industry. Silane coupling agents are organosilicon compounds that function as intermediaries in bonding organic materials to inorganic materials. Functional silanes are organosilicon compounds that have one or more functional groups directly attached to the silicon atoms. They are used in the manufacture of ceramics as surface modifiers for organic materials, as resin modifiers, and also as silylating agents.