GREAT LAKES ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL ADDITECH 2002 CONFERENCE

Almost 70 representatives of the Middle East Polymer Manufacturers attended ADDITECH 2002

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 INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - April 19, 2002 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced the success of its ADDITECH 2002 Conference held on April 8th and 9th in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Interplas is more than just an exhibition

Reed ExhibitionsInterplas 2002 is the largest international plastics and rubber exhibition being held this year and the 15th in a series dating back to 1951. The strategy for the organisation, presentation and staging of this year’s event, by Reed Exhibitions, is being co-ordinated in close association with an industry lead steering committee and guarantees the exhibition will continue to meet the demands of both visitors and exhibitors.

NEW OMNEXUS surPLUS CENTER CONNECTS PROCESSORS WITH EXCESS INVENTORY FROM BRANDED SUPPLIERS

OmnexusATLANTA (April 15, 2002) – The new surPLUS Center, available through the Omnexus portal at www.omnexus.com, is a searchable catalog containing the listings of excess inventory from a variety of well-known, branded resin producers. Plastics buyers and sellers ranging from small to large companies now have a direct online channel to view this discounted inventory, and buy it directly from the seller.

Distrupol signed as sole distributor for Solvay’s IXEF® and SOLEF® products in the Nordic region

DistrupolAs of 1st of April Distrupol, one of Europe’s leading polymer distributors and a member company of Royal Vopak, became the sole distributor for Solvay’s Ixef® polyarylamide (PAA) and Solef® polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) product ranges throughout Scandinavia. This new agreement with Solvay extends an earlier arrangement under which the company handled Ixef® for Sweden and Norway, and later included the distribution of the Benvic® range of PVC blends and alloys throughout the four Nordic countries. It now broadens Ixef® coverage to Denmark, and adds distribution of Solef® products for Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

GREAT LAKES EXPANDS LINE OF HINDERED AMINE LIGHT STABILIZERS WITH LAUNCH OF LOWILITE® 92

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Lowilite® 92 is particularly effective in liquid polymer systems used in the manufacture of coatings and rigid polyurethane (PUR) and is primarily used in polyolefin applications including automotive plastic parts, fibres, plastic crates and films. 
Photo GLPR063/0402 - LL92 Lowilite INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced the launch of Lowilite® 92, a new hindered amine light stabiliser (HALS) that offers UV protection for polymers.

Eastman Continues Consolidation Efforts in Europe

Eastman ChemicalEastman Chemical Company announced another step in its continuing strategy to improve capacity utilization by consolidating manufacturing operations.

Barlo Plastics brengt kleur in het Spectar® productengamma

Barlo Plastics kondigt aan dat het haar aanbod voor Spectar platen verruimt met 12 kleuren en dat nu ook 12 mm en 15 mm dikke platen verkrijgbaar zijn. (Foto BARPR040/0402 - Spectar New Colours) Barlo Plastics kondigt aan dat het haar aanbod voor Spectar platen verruimt met 12 kleuren en dat nu ook 12 mm en 15 mm dikke platen verkrijgbaar zijn. Daarnaast behaalde Barlo Plastics een Europees kwaliteitslabel betreffende schokbestendigheid voor Spectar. Dankzij de lancering van die nieuwe producten ontstaan meer mogelijkheden bij het ontwerpen van nieuwe en bestaande toepassingen.

HYPERION OFFERS FIVE NEW THERMOPLASTIC MASTERBATCHES WITH FIBRIL(TM) CONDUCTIVE CARBON NANOTUBES

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – April 11, 2002 – Hyperion Catalysis International, the world’s only tonnage producer of carbon nanotubes, announced today that it has added five resin families of commercial-quantity thermoplastic masterbatches containing FIBRIL™ multi-walled carbon nanotubes to the company’s product offering. This high aspect ratio, curvilinear form of graphitic carbon confers electrical conductivity at lower loadings than other conductive additives when compounded with otherwise-insulating materials such as thermoplastics. All masterbatches are supplied in pellet form, in either drum or gaylord quantities. Processors can vary the letdown ratio on the masterbatches to optimize the conductivity level of a molded plastic part to meet its end-use application requirements.