The Dow Chemical Company has announced that it is to exit the Peroxymeric Chemicals (PXC) business, with production ceasing for most products by October 31. This follows a period of declining revenue and poor market conditions for the products.

The business will continue to offer Cyracure photoinitiators, produced by a third party on the company’s behalf. All other PXC products will be discontinued, including: Cyracure and ERL cycloaliphatic epoxides; Flexol EPO and LOE epoxidised oils; and Tone caprolactone monomers and polymers, Tone polyols and Tone m-series caprolactone acrylate.

PXC products are specialty chemicals that are used for a wide variety of end use products including shoe adhesives, and insulation tapes.