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“New reporting data
published by U.S. EPA
in January 2015 show
that all Stewardship
Program companies
are on track to meet the
goal of globally phasing
out these chemicals by
the end of 2015.”
Founded in 2011,
the FluoroCouncil
membership is com-
posed of the world’s
leading companies that
manufacture fluoro-
technology products:
fluoropolymer products, fluorotelomer-
based products, fluorosurfactants and
fluoro-surface property modification
agents. Members of the FluoroCouncil
include Archroma Management LLC,
Arkema France, Asahi Glass Co., Daikin
Industries, DuPont Company and Sol-
vay Specialty Polymers.
For the outdoor industry, it is perfor-
mance and environment stewardship that
drive many of the brand identities, and
the PFC industry has responded. As part
of the voluntary 2010/15 Stewardship
Program, the participating companies
were to report on their production and
emissions, both domestically and by
“non-U.S. operations.” The yearly reports
were to start in 2007 and end in 2015.
Of the eight companies participating
in the 2010/15 Stewardship Program,
3M was quiet vocal about getting rid
of PFOA, PFOS (not covered under the
Stewardship Program) and their precur-
sors early on. Dan Hakes of 3M corpo-
rate said by late 2001 that a substitute
had already been made for PFOS, the
mainstay in ScotchGard. 3M reported
no domestic production of FPOA and
its associated precursors by the first
report in 2007. By 2012, 3M’s non-U.S.
operations had ceased production per
the EPA’s Stewardship Program, as
well. (To see progress reports of the
participating companies for years 2007
through 2014, you can check out the
EPA’s Web site:
)
Like all the perfluorocarbon manu-
facturing companies, DuPont shifted its
research toward developing new PFCs
with C8 performance minus the draw-
backs. Many of these new products have
six carbons (C6 or perfluorohexanoic
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Textile mill/finisher
Capstone repellent and stain
release products made by
DuPont
PHOBOL CP textile finishes are made by
Huntsman from Capstone repellent and
stain release products.
Huntsman provides many finishes that
deliver a wide range of textile effects (e.g
repel, softness, wrinkle-free).
PHOBOL CP textile finishes are
applied by mills and finishers
to fabrics following Hunstman
recipe and application
guidance in order to deliver
desired textile effects.
Fabric treated
with PHOBOL CP
products that meet
DuPont performance
specifications may be
branded Teflon fabric
protector.
Figure 1. DuPont Capstone’s supply chain journey (after 1 July 2015); courtesy DuPont/Chemours
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