The Chemours Company announced a sustainable process innovation to produce Advanced Polymer Architecture (APA) grade Viton™ fluoroelastomers, without the use of a fluorinated polymerization aid.? With the introduction of this new technology and prior innovations, Chemours now has the capability to manufacture the entire Viton™ fluoroelastomers portfolio using a non-fluorinated surfactant, and continues its leadership in fluoroelastomer process and product development. Viton™ APA grade fluoroelastomers enable products and applications critical for several markets?, including transportation, advanced electronics, industrial manufacturing, and oil and gas.?

Designers and engineers recognize the high performance of Viton™ APA grade fluoroelastomers for their ability to be durable while retaining their flexibility, strength, and shape in the most extreme environments. The new Viton™ APA grade fluoroelastomers have equivalent performance to the company's other fluoroelastomer products. The team successfully completed research into a non-fluorinated surfactant for this application.

The company is now entering the final phase with customer testing and validation to make it widely available.