WILMINGTON, Del. — Leading elastomers-industry suppliers including Bayer, CK Witco Corp., DSM Elastomers, DuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C., Flexsys, M.A. Hanna Rubber Compounding, and Zeon Chemicals L.P., have signed a letter of intent to create www.ElastomerSolutions.com. This global, neutral marketplace, and customer-focused, Web-based community will be devoted solely to the elastomers and associated-products industry. The marketplace will bring together rubber processors; materials, ingredient and equipment suppliers; service providers; and other parties.
ElastomerSolutions.com will improve the efficiency of existing channels and business processes while incorporating the speed of electronic commerce. Customers will benefit from improved information availability, access to a broad spectrum of products and services, and opportunities to collaborate on-line. The site is expected to launch in the third quarter of 2000.