New Dow Corning® MS-1001 Moldable Silicone Offers High Hardness, Enabling Unique Design Options for Next-Generation LED Optics

Published Mar 31, 2014

Frankfurt, Germany – Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, today launched new Dow Corning® MS-1001 Moldable Silicone for LED lighting applications. In addition to offering the ultra-high clarity, good moldability and photo-thermal stability for which the Dow Corning family of Moldable Silicones is known, MS-1001 Moldable Silicone introduces the product line’s highest hardness material of the family. Delivering a Shore D 25 hardness after cure, this advanced new silicone technology enables breakthrough LED lighting designs that demand high hardness optical parts, finer details and excellent reproduction of mold features.