Great Lakes Chemical Corporation |
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9025 North River Road, Suite 400
Indianapolis
IN 46240
USA
[t] +1 317 715 3000
[f] +1 317 715 3050
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Great Lakes Chemical Corp’s products and services help treat and purify water, eliminate germs and contaminants from household surfaces, protect against and extinguish fire, and enhance the stability and performance of a wide range of consumer products, such as computers, electronics, cars, packaging, building materials, and furniture. It serve its customers around the world through an integrated network of research, production, sales, distribution and technical services facilities. The stock of the company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Great Lakes Chemical Corporation is the world’s leading producer of certain specialty chemicals for such applications as water treatment, household cleaners, flame retardants, polymer stabilizers, fire suppression, and performance chemicals. Through its Polymer Additives division, Great Lakes offers a full line of UV stabilizers, antioxidants, additive blends , nucleating agents/clarifiers, and optical monomers, as well as a leading line of flame retardants that include bromine-, phosphorus-, and antimony-based flame retardants and other synergists. These are available as powder blends or in NDB (No Dust Blend) granular form. Each blend contains exactly the correct composition of additives required to achieve optimum polymer quality and productivity. |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corp has named Kevin Dunn President and CEO of its subsidiary BioLab Inc and Corporate Executive Vice President of Specialty Products, effective 4 January 2005. |
14 December 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corp is increasing the price worldwide by 20% for all of its bromine-based flame retardants, and by US$0.35/kg for all phosphorus-based flame retardants within its Polymer Additives Division. |
06 December 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corp is increasing the list prices in all regions for calcium bromide, zinc bromide/calcium bromide solution, and sodium bromide for shipments beginning 1 January 2005, or as contracts allow.
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06 December 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corp is increasing the prices worldwide for a range of its polymer stabilizers, effective for shipments after 1 January 2005, or where contracts allow. |
03 December 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corp has announced that its BioLab Water Additives division will increase prices for its industrial water additives products on a global basis.
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18 November 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corp has announced that it will add a new bromine supply well for the extraction of elemental bromine at the company's facility in South Arkansas, USA, and double the capacity of its polybrominated styrene (PBS) series of performance brominated flame retardants to meet strong industry demand. |
16 November 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corp has announced that tests using its Firemaster CP-44HF di-bromostyrene flame retardant in electronics applications show superior results in lead-free solder systems to be introduced by the industry in 2006. |
08 November 2004 |
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Great Lakes introduces three optimised and flexible additive systems that are customised to meet specific polymer stabilisation requirements that until now have remained unfulfilled in the industry. |
08 November 2004 |
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GLCC Laurel, LLC today announced completion of the manufacturing transition for FireShield and Thermoguard flame retardants and PetCat catalyst grades of antimony oxide from its facility in LaPorte, Texas, to its ISO 9001:2000 certified facility in Reynosa, Mexico. |
22 October 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has expanded its Anox Clearlite nucleating and clarifying agent product range with the introduction of Anox Clearlite NU 011, designed for wide use in plastics. |
22 October 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Reogard 2000 intumescent flame retardant, a cost efficient, halogen-free product for polypropylene and other polymers. |
22 October 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corp has launched Lowilite Q21, a nickel-based UV stabilizer system, in a dust-free granular form, that lowers the melting point to normal processing temperatures and alleviates dispersion issues in the manufacture of agricultural films. |
22 October 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has recently expanded production capacity at its Pyongtaek, Korea, plant due to growing demand for its Lowinox 1790 high performance phenolic antioxidant that is used in polyurethane fibers and polyolefins applications. |
30 September 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation is to launch the latest additions to its range of flame retardants and polymer stabilisers at the international trade fair for plastics and rubber, K 2004, to be held 20-27 October 2004, in Düsseldorf, Germany. |
18 June 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has completed a transaction that will merge its antimony business with OxyChem’s Laurel Industries unit in a 50-50 joint venture, GLCC Laurel, LLC. |
27 April 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has introduced Clearlite NU 004 nucleating agent and Clearlite NU 005 nucleating and clarifying agent to its extensive portfolio of polymer additives. |
09 March 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Firemaster BP411, a brominated polystyrene flame retardant additive for electrical component applications.
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27 January 2004 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporationc will voluntarily cease production of two widely-used flame retardant chemicals, penta- and octa- polybrominated diphenyl ether, by the end of 2004 and replace Penta-PBDE with a new product called Firemaster 550. |
20 November 2003 |
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Global specialty chemicals producer Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has announced the establishment of an EVP of sales and marketing position at Gulf Stabilizers Industries, the company’s joint venture for the production of antioxidants in Saudi Arabia.
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14 November 2003 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has announced further advancements to its range of polymer stabilisers for polyurethane. |
01 October 2003 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation will begin producing a new grade of Anox 20 hindered phenolic antioxidant with a non-organotin catalyst. The new grade will be first available in the 4th quarter of 2003. |
26 June 2003 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Anox FiberPlus polymer stabiliser blends, for the process stabilization of polypropylene fibres. |
26 June 2003 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Firemaster CP-44HF flame retardant, a high flow, polybrominated styrene co-polymer that offers unique compatibility in thermoplastic polyesters and high temperature polyamides. |
26 June 2003 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has introduced three flame retardants that meet changing demands of the polyurethane foam market sparked by regulatory actions in North America and Europe. |
26 June 2003 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Smokebloc AOM-100 smoke suppressant and flame retardant additive for rigid and flexible PVC applications with low-smoke requirements. |
26 June 2003 |
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Investment at the Great Lakes Trafford Park site now totals £15 million in five years |
03 June 2003 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has added a fifth antimony oxide production line at its Reynosa, Mexico, facility. Commercial production started in February 2003 and immediately boosted capacity by 20%. |
21 May 2003 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Durad 40, Durad48 and Durad 60 trialkyl phosphate anti-wear and extreme-pressure lubricant additives as effective alternatives to aryl phosphate additives for environmentally sensitive applications where the release of phenolic materials is a concern. |
28 April 2003 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has introduced a new ashless, multifunctional additive, Durad MA3000, developed as an alternative to metal-containing additives for industrial oils. |
28 April 2003 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has boosted production capacity by 100% for its patented no dust blends (NDB) line of polymer stabilisers with the opening of a production and service centre in Arlington, Texas. |
18 December 2002 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has acquired Flexsys America’s non-staining phenolic antioxidants business that includes process technology associated with Santonox TBMC, Santovar TAHQ, and Santowhite BBMC. |
05 December 2002 |
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Reolube Turbofluid 46XC, a fire-resistant hydraulic fluid and lubricant for steam and gas turbines, has been used successfully in an industrial gas turbine for over 100,000 hours since commissioning without any significant change in condition. |
07 November 2002 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has introduced Firemaster 520, a higher reactivity flame retardant for rigid polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foam applications. |
29 October 2002 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has announced that its Durad 310M phosphorus-based specialty additive has been approved by the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt-UBA) for use in rapidly biodegradable hydraulic fluids and lubricants. |
24 June 2002 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has announced that an expansion at its manufacturing facility in Pedrengo, Italy, has increased production capacity by 50% for its line of Anox NDB polymer stabiliser blends. |
03 June 2002 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has announced the start-up of a production unit for hindered phenolic antioxidants at Gulf Stabilizers Industries (GSI), the company’s joint venture in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. |
13 May 2002 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Lowilite 92, a new hindered amine light stabiliser (HALS) that offers UV protection for polymers. |
12 April 2002 |
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Synetix has been appointed as exclusive global distributor for Great Lakes' catalyst grade antimony trioxide for use in polyester manufacture. |
04 December 2001 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has expanded its portfolio of flame retardants with the launch of Firemaster a new general purpose, non-diphenyl oxide (non-DPO) based brominated flame retardant. |
30 October 2001 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched two Alkanox P24-based antioxidant blends. The new, optimised blends offer improved hydrolytic stability compared to performance of the Alkanox P24 molecule as a component additive on its own. |
26 October 2001 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has announced the launch of Anox 330, a high performance phenolic antioxidant for polyolefins and other plastics. |
26 October 2001 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has expanded its Anox antioxidants line with the addition of two new polymer stabiliser blends containing both a hindered phenolic antioxidant and a phosphite antioxidant. |
26 October 2001 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has introduced a new high performance flame retardant for flexible polyether and polyester polyurethane foams. |
26 October 2001 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has introduced a new flame retardant for polyurethane foams that meet MVSS 302 test requirements.
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26 October 2001 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Reogard 1000, a new, highly efficient flame retardant for polypropylene. |
26 October 2001 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has introduced two, high-performance liquid thermal and light stabiliser blends that provide outstanding protection against light and weather degradation of polyurethane products. |
26 October 2001 |
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The use of flame-retardant (FR) additives is expected to experience strong growth in the next five years, according to Great Lakes Chemical Corporation. |
26 October 2001 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has expanded its range of Lowilite benzotriazole UV absorbers, which protect polymers against the devastating effects of UV radiation. |
26 October 2001 |
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation offers a safer and more cost-effective alternative to powder and liquid polymer additives through their patented custom, pre-mixed blends. |
01 January 2000 |
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