Momentive’s solutions for the automotive sector are designed to help make cars lighter, stronger, more durable and more efficient. For more than 75 years, our products have been enabling transportation, from tires to electric and autonomous vehicles to the aviation and aerospace industries. Our portfolio includes ultra strong sealants, adhesives and protective coatings that enable weight reduction and increased fuel efficiency.

As the automotive industry becomes increasingly automated and electrified, the role of displays are designed to be more functional and of complex shapes. Our InvisiSil™ Optical Bonding solution is helping to fill auto manufacturers’ need for material solutions to produce high-quality, large-format displays. Created and produced by our colleagues in Ohta, Japan, and Hwaeseong, Korea, our UV curable solutions have the potential to dramatically improve productivity for our customers compared to conventional thermal curable grades. This technology delivers efficiency and sustainability benefits to our customers, including a simplified mixing process, room temperature storage capability and lower energy consumption during display assembly.

NXT™ Silanes for Tire Treads, a Momentive product made from key renewable raw materials, are used to build tires with lower rolling resistance, resulting in decreased energy consumption and lower CO2 emissions. They also can improve processability during tire manufacturing, thereby reducing energy use. Our NXT™ P97 silane can deliver 20% improved tire tread wear, making tires last longer and generating fewer microparticles. Tires made with tread using NXT™ P97 can be lighter, which also can help decrease energy consumption.

Momentive’s SFR100 silicone fluid is a non-halogenated flame retardant solution that can be used in EV battery housing components to provide fire safety performance without compromising other critical performance properties like mechanical toughness - and unlike halogenated flame retardants, our solution is non-corrosive.

Niax™ EF Catalysts reduce volatile organic emissions (VOE) in the interior of automobiles from foam. In addition, EF-700 allows use of higher content of recycled polyol out of polyurethane foam waste for reuse in flexible polyurethane foam formulations, and hence reducing the fossil material consumption (used for traditional polyols).

For more than 75 years, Momentive has been a trusted partner with formulators in the personal care industry, providing silicone and specialty ingredients that help them create new products with benefits consumers can see and feel. These include silkier lotions, more efficient shampoos and conditioners, brighter, smoother and longer lasting cosmetics, drier antiperspirants and more spreadable and effective sunscreens.

Momentive is enabling a world of health and wellness. Our products and materials meet the accelerating demands of the healthcare & medical device industry. Our decades of collaboration with leading industry players have led to a range of solutions that help enable customers to create products that improve people’s daily health — from medical devices to vaccines to life-improving treatments. Momentive’s solutions make them a perfect candidate for various applications, such as Biopharma tubing, wound care, contact lens, prosthetics and drug delivery devices.

Momentive silicones are found throughout the construction industry, from sink and shower seals, to house and building paint, to fiberglass used for insulation, to the walls of glass on the façades of high-rise buildings. Sustainability considerations, including reducing carbon emissions and lowering energy use, are embedded across our building and construction products portfolio.

One example of this is our Enduris™ roof coating which protects and extends roof life, reducing the amount of worn-out roofing materials in landfills and saving money for the consumers. Instead of replacing a roof, it can be coated with our Enduris™ product that reflects heat and saves on energy costs. 

Our Structural Silicone Glazing and Insulating Glass sealants rely on the unique power and properties of silicone to attach façade panels (such as glass) to a building frame. Silicone provides superior durability, UV stability, low temperature flexibility and high temperature stability, making it possible for new generations of glass skyscrapers to reach greater heights. Our innovative sealant reduces material use and saves energy. Specifically, the two part structural silicone glazing sealant SSG4650 has best-in-class design tensile strength, which means up to 30% less silicone is required to bond an insulating glass unit to the building curtain wall.