About Silicones
Uses &
Benefits
Silicones bring unique performances and properties that make them the material of choice for countless essential applications in our day-to-day lives. They can make materials that do not want to stick together adhere. They are thermally stable meaning they retain their properties under high thermal stress (which means severe temperature changes). They help cool systems down, insulate, lubricate, protect and much more!
Digital
Technological devices like smartphones have become essential tools facilitating our modern lifestyle. To make the devices ever more efficient materials are needed that can support the huge computing power that is underpinning these devices. This is where the heat resistant nature of silicones plays a critical role. Applying silicones ensures that the fast-speed processes in electronic devices do not lead to excessive overheating.
Silicones also help make smaller devices with higher calculation rates. This means higher temperatures in the semiconductors, and tougher heat management challenges that silicones are uniquely placed to handle.
Lastly, silicones assembly technologies are also key contributors to the shielding of microelectronics against electromagnetic interferences (EMI), itself essential to ensure the highest levels of reliability in applications such as embarked electronics in cars and planes, autonomous vehicles, and more!
Silicones have historically been and will continue to be a key enabler of digital innovation. As the EU pushes to make Europe fit for the digital age, silicones will continue empowering the future of the continent.
How Silicones enable our digital economy
A SELECTION OF DIGITAL APPLICATIONS USING SILICONES
A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES.
Silicones have thousands of applications that collectively bring safety, comfort and enjoyment to life.
up to
18,000 tonnes
annual sale of products
containing silicones in the
energy sector
in Europe (2018)
€120 mln
the total sales value
of energy products containing silicones
in Europe. (2018)
Take a look for yourself and see how silicones help enable a sustainable and digital future across industrial ecosystems, as defined by the EU’s industrial strategy aiming to support the twin transition towards climate neutrality and digital leadership.
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