Bluestar Silicones Launches New Elastomer RHODORSIL(R) MF 175 U SP for the Rubber Industry

Bluestar Silicones, Announces the Launch of a New Elastomer Product RHODORSIL(R) MF 175 U SP for September 2010.

LYON, France, September 14, 2010 - RHODORSIL(R) MF 175 USP is a heat curing rubber (HCR), manufactured at
the Bluestar Silicones plant in St Fons near Lyon.

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It will also be available as ready-to-use product through Bluestar
Silicones' global compounding network called "Mix&Fix Centers(TM)".

This product targets the global rubber industry market. It can be used in
all transformation processes using calendering, extrusion and injection
moulding technologies to obtain tubing, profiles, technical parts and items
for household appliances, building, food contact and electrical insulation.
It is also used by the transformers of rubber items for the consumer goods
market.

According to Luigi Stoppa, Global Market Manager for "Rubber and
Electrical Insulation Industries" within Bluestar Silicones, this general
purpose product covers a wide range of applications thanks to optimised
performance in terms of processing and the excellent compromise of its
mechanical properties. It is a highly transparent product which is ideal for
specific applications such as tubing, ducting and calendered sheeting."

This new RHODORSIL(R) MF 175 U SP product is part of the extensive
Bluestar Silicones HCR range currently used in the Rubber and Electrical
Industries. After the successful launch of MF 160 U SP in 2008, the
development of Rhodorsil (R) MF 175 U SP completes the improvement of the 100
Series which is Bluestar Silicones front line range in general purpose HCR's.
Bluestar Silicones is one of the leaders in Europe on this type of market.

Bluestar Silicones is a global supplier of silicones with a turnover of
EUR600 million and manufacturing sites in all regions of the world. Bluestar
Silicones is one of the world's leading manufacturers of completely
integrated silicones. With over 50 years' experience in silicones, Bluestar
Silicones offers a complete range of silicone products in the fields of
release coatings, specialty elastomers, health products, specialty fluids,
emulsions and resins.

Press contact: Pascal Louis Caillaut, Bluestar Silicones, Phone: +33-(0)4-72-13-19-09 - Fax: +33(0)4-72-13-19-44, E-mail: pascal-louis.caillaut at bluestarsilicones.com .