GLCC Laurel Increases Antimony Trioxide Flame Retardant Prices INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GLCC Laurel, LLC today announced that the company will increase the price for all grades of antimony trioxide by $0.25/lb in the Americas and by $550/MT in Europe and the Asia Pacific region, where contracts allow, for shipments after September 1, 2004. The price for other antimony derivatives will also increase dependent upon antimony content. The new pricing for antimony trioxide reflects recent major increases in the London Metal Bulletin (LMB) value for antimony metal and its impact on the cost of finished antimony derivatives. Further tightening of raw material supply and, therefore, additional price increases are anticipated through the balance of the year. Additionally, the company announced that it reserves the right to adjust prices weekly if expected increases in the London Metal Bulletin price for antimony metal materialize. The company's antimony trioxide, sold under the trade names TMS(R), Timonox(R), Trutint(R), Microfine(R), FireShield(R), Thermoguard(R), and UltraFine(R), is used as a synergist, along with brominated flame retardants, in flame retardant polymer formulations widely used in electrical and electronics applications. Antimony trioxide is also an effective flame retardant in high performance PVC applications. GLCC Laurel, LLC develops, produces, and markets antimony-based flame retardants, synergists, and catalysts. The company is a 50-50 joint venture that combined the antimony oxide businesses of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation and Occidental Chemical's Laurel Industries in April 2004. DATASOURCE: GLCC Laurel, LLC CONTACT: Wendy Chance of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, +1-317-715-3027, Web site: http://www.greatlakeschem.com/

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