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 - mehr als nur eine Messe

Reed ExhibitionsDie Interplas 2002 ist die größte internationale Fachmesse in diesem Jahr für die Kunststoff- und Gummibranche und die 19. seit 1951. Die von Reed Exhibitions organisierte und präsentierte diesjährige Veranstaltung ist das Ergebnis einer engen, straff koordinierten Zusammenarbeit mit einem Lenkungsausschuss mit Industrievertretern. So ist gewährleistet, dass die Messe auch künftig die Anforderungen und Wünsche von Besuchern und Ausstellern erfüllt.

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.

Mehr Auswahl für Designer: Barlo Plastics erweitert die Farbpalette für Spectar® Platten

Barlo Plastics möchte hiermit darauf hinweisen, dass die Farbpalette für Spectar Platten erweitert wird und dass jetzt auch Plattendicken von 12 mm und 15 mm erhältlich sind. (Photo BARPR040/0402 - Spectar New Colours) Barlo Plastics möchte hiermit darauf hinweisen, dass die Farbpalette für Spectar Platten erweitert wird und dass jetzt auch Plattendicken von 12 mm und 15 mm erhältlich sind. Außerdem wurden Spectar Platten von Barlo Plastics hinsichtlich ihrer Schlagfestigkeit auf europäischer Ebene zertifiziert. Durch diese neuen Produkte bietet sich dem Designer in Zukunft eine noch größere Auswahl und er verfügt somit über noch mehr Möglichkeiten für neue und bereits bestehende Anwendungen.

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.