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
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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.
22 Oct 2004
GREAT LAKES INTRODUCES LATEST ADDITIONS TO LIGHT STABILIZERS
DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY — Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) today announced the introduction of three new products to its comprehensive range of Polymer Stabilizers with Lowilite® 36 and Lowilite® 234 UV absorbers and Lowilite® 19 light stabilizer. These latest additions complete the company’s UV stabilizer range that complements their uniquely broad antioxidants portfolio.
