Supply flexibility and reliability
Shell chemicals companies are well-established suppliers of dicyclopentadiene, with a long history of high quality and reliable product supply. With major production sites on both sides of the Atlantic, we can offer excellent supply flexibility and reliability.
How is this product used?
Dicyclopentadiene is used in many products, ranging from high quality optical lenses through to flame retardants for plastics and hot melt adhesives. As a chemical intermediate it is used in insecticides, as a hardener and dryer in linseed and soybean oil, and in the production of EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer) elastomers, metallocenes, resins, varnishes, and paints. DCPD-containing products are also used in the production of hydrocarbon resins and unsaturated polyester resins.
