GREAT LAKES FURTHER EXPANDS RANGE OF ANOX CLEARLITE NUCLEATING AND CLARIFYING AGENTS

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GREAT LAKES FURTHER EXPANDS RANGE OF ANOX CLEARLITE NUCLEATING AND CLARIFYING AGENTS
22 October 2004 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation

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.

Anox Clearlite NU 011 is a highly-effective nucleating and clarifying agent for semicrystalline polymers such as polypropylene (PP), polyethyleneterephthalate (PET), polybutyleneterephthalate (PBT), and polyamide (PA), that decreases the polymer crystallization temperature by inducing and speeding crystal growth. Anox Clearlite NU 011 disperses easily in the polymer and, even at low concentrations, helps to improve the mechanical properties and clarity of the polymer.

“We expanded our services to the polymer industry in March 2004 by adding the Anox Clearlite nucleating and clarifying agents to our product range,” explained Maurizio Butti, executive vice president of polymer stabilizers. “Many of our customers were already using nucleating and clarifying agents with our polymer stabilizers, and we were also combining the additives in our non-dusting blends. It was a natural expansion for us to begin offering the nucleating and clarifying agents directly to our customers. Now our customers benefit from the quality, technical support, and dedicated supply that they have long enjoyed from Great Lakes.”

Great Lakes’ expertise in blending technology allows the company to incorporate ‘difficult to handle’ additives such as nucleating and clarifying agents into Anox NDB (No Dust Blend) product forms that ensure accurate additive dosage into the polymer mix, reduced loss of product due to its non-powder form, and pre-dispersion of additives.

Anox Clearlite products launched by Great Lakes earlier this year include Anox Clearlite NU 004, a micronized, sodiumbenzoate-based product that increases the overall crystallization rate of semi-crystalline polymers like polypropylene, polyamide, and polyester, resulting in productivity gains and improved mechanical and physical properties, and Anox Clearlite NU 005, a sorbitol-based product that in addition to its nucleating function also acts as a clarifying agent, reducing haze and significantly increasing polymer transparency.

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About: Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
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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