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2022 Become distributor GE Silicone ( General Electric )

2022 Become distributor GE Silicone ( General Electric )
Structural Silicone Glazing:
Redefining Boundaries to Achieve the “Impossible”

More than 70 years ago, GE ingenuity fueled the discovery of silicone. In the decades that
followed, GE laboratories inspired innovations to silicone that created items such as gasket
seals for WWII bombers and the protective shields for the boots and space suits worn by
Neil Armstrong and his fellow astronauts. Building on the advancements from WWII and the
U.S. Space Program, GE scientists continued to move forward, honing new applications for
silicone that would serve as proving ground to silicone’s indispensable use in modern day
construction.

Today, the sealants team is at the forefront of the construction industry in the manufacturing and application
of products used in structural silicone glazing (SSG), a cutting-edge construction method. GE scientists and
lab engineers helped to pioneer SSG in the 1970s which, over time, transformed the world’s skylines into
towering skyscrapers and mirrored marvels. From the daring construction of the Chicago Art Institute in
1974, the world’s first four-sided structural silicone glazing project without safety mechanisms, to the recent
completion of the Shanghai World Financial Center, the world’s tallest completed two-sided SSG façade, the
sealants team of experts is behind many of the world’s most awe-inspiring structures.

Outstanding mechanical properties, coupled with excellent flexibility across a wide temperature range
and lasting durability, are fundamental to the high performance of GE sealants. This combination makes it
possible to respond to today’s ever-more-inventive, increasingly demanding architectural designs. Simply put,
GE structural silicone glazing solutions help make the impossible possible

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