20 Jan 2005
GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION COMPLETES PHASE-OUT OF TWO FLAME RETARDANTS
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today confirmed that it voluntarily stopped production of penta- and octa- polybrominated diphenyl ether on December 31, 2004. The move, first announced by the company in November 2003, comes years ahead of legislative mandates and is a direct result of the company’s development of an alternative flame retardant called Firemaster® 550. An assessment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that the alternative flame retardant has a favorable environmental profile compared to penta-BDE. Customers have readily embraced Firemaster® 550 in the marketplace as the only penta-BDE alternative that simultaneously meets performance, fire-safety, and environmental standards.
7 Jan 2005
GREAT LAKES INCREASES PRICE FOR KP-140 SPECIALTY ADDITIVE
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced a worldwide price increase of 18 percent where contracts allow of its KP-140® specialty additive. The increase takes effect with all shipments from January 10, 2005, or as contracts allow. This price increase is necessary to keep pace with escalating global raw material and energy costs.
7 Dec 2004
GREAT LAKES INCREASES PRICES OF ALL BROMINE AND PHOSPHORUS-BASED FLAME RETARDANTS
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced it will increase prices worldwide by 20 percent for all bromine-based flame retardants and by USD 0.35/kg for all phosphorus-based flame retardants within its Polymer Additives division, effective for shipments beginning January 1, 2005, or as contracts allow. These price increases are in addition to all other increases previously announced.
7 Dec 2004
GREAT LAKES ANNOUNCES PRICE INCREASE FOR A RANGE OF POLYMER STABILIZERS
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced it will increase prices worldwide for a range of its polymer stabilizers, effective for shipments after January 1, 2005, or where contracts allow.
19 Nov 2004
GREAT LAKES EXPANDS ELEMENTAL BROMINE AND KEY FLAME RETARDANT DERIVATIVE PRODUCTION
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced it will add a new bromine supply well for the extraction of elemental bromine at the company’s South Arkansas, USA facility 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.
8 Nov 2004
GREAT LAKES INTRODUCES INNOVATIVE CONCEPT IN POLYMER STABILIZER SOLUTIONS
DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced a new, innovative concept in polymer additive solutions that is tailored to specific application or processing needs and enables the resolution of previously unanswered polymer stabilizer demands.
8 Nov 2004
GREAT LAKES OFFERS FLAME RETARDANT SOLUTION FOR LEAD-FREE SOLDER SYSTEMS USED IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY – Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today 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.
27 Oct 2004
GREAT LAKES TO RAISE ELEMENTAL BROMINE AND BROMINE DERIVATIVES PRICES
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA—Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced it will increase minimum prices of elemental bromine, 48% hydrobromic acid, ethylene dibromide, and methyl bromide industrial, effective for all shipments after October 1, 2004 worldwide, where contracts allow.
22 Oct 2004
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Fact Sheet
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22 Oct 2004
GREAT LAKES TO FORM JOINT VENTURE WITH TEIJIN CHEMICALS FOR BROMINATED CARBONATE OLIGOMER FLAME RETARDANTS
DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY – Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) and Teijin Chemicals LTD announced today they intend to combine their global brominated carbonate oligomer (BCO) activities as part of a joint venture to market flame retardants for various engineering polymers and blends, including polybutylene terephalate (PBT) and polycarbonate (PC) resins for use in electronic component applications.
22 Oct 2004
GREAT LAKES LAUNCHES HALOGEN-FREE FLAME RETARDANT FOR POLYPROPYLENE
DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY – Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced the launch of Reogard® 2000 intumescent flame retardant, a cost efficient, halogen-free solution for polypropylene and other polymers.
