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6 Jul 2006
CHEMTURA INCREASES PRICES ON BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS
MIDDLEBURY, CT – Chemtura Corporation (NYSE:CEM) today announced price increases of $0.30/kg on BA-59P (tetrabromobisphenol-a) and up to 15% on its brominated carbonate oligomer and FF680 (bromo-phenoxy ethane), products, effective July 1st 2006. These increases continue the restoration of Chemtura’s Flame Retardants business to reinvestment economics and to capture the full value of elemental bromine. This reinvestment is essential to ensure a reliable supply chain; to fund research into future technology; and to support on-going product advocacy programs.
6 Jul 2006
For Brilliant Auto Lighting Design, GE’s New Lexan* Xtreme Heat Resins Shine with Performance, Weight & Processing Advantages
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — July 6, 2006 — As space and weight constraints drive more compact, sleeker forward lighting components, automotive suppliers seek materials that can meet the challenges posed by these new designs, including higher temperatures from proximity to bulbs and thinner-wall parts for reduced mass. Addressing this demand, GE Plastics’ new Lexan* Xtreme Heat (XHT) resin portfolio, one of the company’s Signature Surfaces* solutions, now offers automotive lighting designers new material choices for their most demanding applications. Lexan XHT resins deliver excellent resistance to deformation and color shift under high-heat conditions, and surpass many competitive materials such as thermosets in recyclability potential, density, and flow characteristics. Further, when used for bezels and reflectors, new Lexan XHT resins enable direct metallization, which eliminates the costs and environmental impact from pre-coating the part with paint or lacquer.
Borouge will be showcasing its high performance Wire & Cable solutions at wire & Tube China 2006 – the world's biggest trade fair for wire and cable, and tube manufacturing and processing technologies – to be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Pudong from 25 to 28 September 2006.
Chicago, Illinois, June 19, 2006 – On June 1, 2006, Jean-Claude Steinmetz was appointed as Rhodia Vice President in charge of the Automotive and Transportation Markets. In his new position, he will have the mission to accelerate Rhodia’s development and penetration efforts in both markets. He joined Rhodia in 1999 as President of Rhodia’s Engineering Plastics business, and most recently was Vice President of Rhodia’s Engineering Plastics and Industrial Yarns Strategic Business Unit. He will report directly to Yves Boisdron, Rhodia Group Executive Vice President, Strategy.
Chicago, Illinois, June 19, 2006 – Officials from Rhodia Polyamide’s Engineering Plastics Business Unit present at NPE 2006 today announced the introduction of new TECHNYL® XCell 6.6 and 6 polyamide grades optimized for use with Trexel’s MuCell® process. These new grades are the first technology deliverables from Rhodia as part of their newly signed global co-marketing and development agreement, where Rhodia will actively develop and commercialize new material technology optimized for the MuCell® process, and where Trexel will work exclusively with Rhodia for polyamide applications. These new resins will be available in industrial quantities during the third quarter of 2006. However, they are available immediately in trial quantities.