Silicone use still growing

摘要

Dow Corning corp.sees steadily rising demand for silicone elastomers in hte modical device market."This is still an improtant technology in the medical device market,"said brian jones,healthcare global marketing manager for the firm.Dow corning does not release any breakdown of its sales into medical and other uses:total company earnings for 2003 were us177 million (25 percent higher than in 2002)on sales of us2870million,a 10 percent increase on 2002.