Great Lakes Launches Firemaster BP411 Brominated Polystyrene

28-Jan-2004 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation announced the launch of Firemaster® BP411, a brominated polystyrene flame retardant additive for electrical component applications. Firemaster BP411 is both thermoplastic and polymeric in nature, and demonstrates good thermal stability and processing ...

Great Lakes Further Expands Range of Flame Retardants for Flexible Polyurethane Foam

13-Oct-2003 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation launched Firemaster® 552, a new high performance flame retardant for mechanically cooled, flexible polyurethane foams, at the Polyurethane Expo 2003 (Booth 511) held in Orlando, Florida on October 1-3, 2003. Firemaster 552, a phosphorus-bromine flame retardant ...

Great Lakes launches polybrominated styrene flame retardent, offering unique compatibility in high performance polyesters

Firemaster CP-44HF allows to produce thinner-walled electrical components with identical safety record

02-Jul-2003 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation today announced the launch of Firemaster(R) CP-44HF flame retardant, a high flow, polybrominated styrene co-polymer that offers unique compatibility in thermoplastic polyesters and high temperature polyamides. Firemaster CP-44HF flame retardant provides higher ...

Great Lakes Increases Price for Anox PP18 Antioxidant

07-Nov-2002 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation today announced that the price for Anox(R) PP18 hindered phenolic antioxidant will increase by 10% in Europe, effective December 1, 2002, where contracts allow. Over the past several years, pricing for hindered phenolic antioxidants has declined to a level that ...

Great Lakes Launches Higher Reactivity Flame Retardant for Polyurethane and Polyisocyanate Foam

28-Oct-2002 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation announced the introduction of Firemaster® 520, a higher reactivity flame retardant for rigid polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foam applications. Firemaster 520 was developed in close consultation with foam manufacturers who need to change their formulations to ...

Great Lakes Announces Antimony Oxide Price Increases

16-Sep-2002 - INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 12 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation today announced that effective for shipments after September 23, 2002, where contracts allow, the company will increase the price of all grades of antimony trioxide by $0.25/lb in the Americas and by $550/MT in Europe and the Asia Pacific ...

Great Lakes Announces Flame Retardant Price Increases

Pentabromodiphenyl Oxides and Decabromodiphenyl Oxide Affected

25-Jun-2002 - INDIANAPOLIS, June 24, 2002- Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, today announced that effective for shipments after July 22, 2002, where contracts allow, the company will increase the price of Great Lakes DE-83R(TM) (decabromodiphenyl oxide) flame retardant by $0.25/kg on a global basis. Great ...

Great Lakes Announces Flame Retardant Price Increases

06-Jun-2002 - INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – June 5, 2002 – Great Lakes Chemical Corporation today announced that effective July 1, 2002, where contracts allow, the company will increase the price of Great Lakes BA-59P™ and Great Lakes BC-58™ flame retardants on a worldwide basis. In addition, the off-list price ...

Great Lakes announces antimony price ingreases

28-Mar-2002 - INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – March 27, 2002 – Great Lakes Chemical Corporation today announced that, effective April 5, 2002, where contracts allow, the company will increase the price for all grades of antimony trioxides in the Americas. The price for all grades of antimony trioxides (TMS®, Timonox®, ...

Great Lakes Delivers Solutions and Real Cost Savings with Lines of Polymer Additives Blends

30-Oct-2001 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (NYSE:GLK) offers a safer and more cost-effective alternative to powder and liquid polymer additives through their patented custom, pre-mixed blends. Great Lakes is the recognised leader in blends technology due largely to its Anox™ NDB (No Dust Blend) polymer ...