SYNETIX EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTOR FOR GREAT LAKES ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE

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SYNETIX EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTOR FOR GREAT LAKES ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE
04 December 2001 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation

Synetix has been appointed as exclusive global distributor for Great Lakes' catalyst grade antimony trioxide for use in polyester manufacture.

Synetix has been awarded an exclusive global distributor agreement for Great Lakes’ catalyst grade antimony trioxide for polyethyleneterephthalate (PET).

Synetix is the only dedicated catalyst business serving PET producers. The company is a leader in catalyst development and know-how and has recently launched new catalyst technology for PET based on titanium chemistry. Kevin Fothergill, Business Manager for Polymer Catalysts at Synetix commented, 'Catalysis is at the heart of polyester manufacture. The addition of antimony trioxide will complement our titanium-based catalyst technology, taking us closer to our goal of being the leading supplier of catalysts for PET.'

Great Lakes is the market leader in antimony-based products for the plastics industry, where antimony oxide is used as a highly effective flame retardant synergist. Great Lakes’ customers are guaranteed a unique security of supply as the company sources raw materials from a minimum of five different countries, thereby reducing their dependence upon Chinese sources.

“The combination of Great Lakes’ expertise in antimony trioxide manufacture and the catalyst know-how of Synetix will result in a unique product and service combination” adds Dr Paul Bridges, Business Manager for Antimony products at Great Lakes.

Great Lakes will continue to produce the antimony oxide catalyst grade products, which will be marketed and sold by Synetix under its Vertec brand name.

Catalyst grade antimony oxide is a very high purity product with high solubility in ethylene glycol. This allows the product to be introduced into the PET reactor as a solution or suspension instead of in powder form.

Synetix will stock the catalyst grade antimony trioxide at locations in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

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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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