WILMINGTON, Del. - DuPont and Rhodia announced the signing of an agreement by which DuPont plans to purchase the ISCEON® hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant blends business from Rhodia, pending regulatory approvals. The transaction will likely be finalized sometime in the third quarter.
The ISCEON range of refrigerants comprises non-ozone-depleting blends used as a replacement for ozone-depleting refrigerants in air conditioning, cold storage, domestic refrigeration, and process cooling.