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GREAT LAKES EXPANDS PRODUCTION OF ELEMENTAL BROMINE AND KEY FLAME RETARDANT DERIVATIVES
16 November 2004 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
| 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. |
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. Expansion of both the elemental bromine and PBS flame retardants will be completed by the end of the first quarter 2005. Elemental bromine is the primary building block used to manufacture a wide variety of bromine compounds used in industry. Flame retardants, drilling fluids, agriculture, water purification and pharmaceutical products are examples of applications for elemental bromine. Great Lakes' proprietary polybrominated styrene flame retardants are widely accepted as the leading solution for the cost effective flame retardancy of a wide range of engineering thermoplastic resins. These flame retardants are especially effective in applications based on high temperature nylon, such as electrical connectors, relays and switches.
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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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