Elkem ASA provides silicones, silicon products, and carbon solutions worldwide. The company offers silicones polymers, including chlorosilanes and silicone oils; silicone elastomers, comprising liquid silicone rubber, heat cured rubber, and RTV-1 and RTV-2 silicones; and silicone fluids, such as silicone resin, silicone compounds, silicone grease, and silicone emulsion. It also provides silicon based materials comprising silicon, silicon powder/micronized silicon, silica fume/ microsilica, ferrosilicon, grain refiner, silicon and boron carbide, ferrosilicon nitride, fused silica, polymer additives, and specialties for refractories. In addition, the company offers foundry alloys, such as foundry alloys, preconditioners, recarburizers, conditioners, nodularizers, inserts, and inoculants; and carbon based materials comprising furnace tapping materials, cathode ramming paste, furnace lining materials, electrode paste, and prebaked and other electrodes. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Elkem ASA is a subsidiary of Bluestar Elkem International Co., Ltd. S.A.