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Albemarle Corporation
Albemarle Invests in Cleaner, Safer Magnesium Alkyl Process
July 11th, 2008
Leading catalyst maker Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) is continuing its aggressive focus on sustainable business practices by investing in a new process that is expected to eliminate more than 80 percent of the process-related waste at Albemarle's main organometallics plant, located in Pasadena, Texas, USA. The waste is associated with the production of BEM, an essential component in the manufacture of two of the world's most widely used plastic resins. BEM, or n-Butylethylmagnesium, is a magnesium alkyl catalyst component used in the manufacture of Ziegler-Natta catalysts that are critical in making the plastic resins polyethylene and polypropylene. ...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-07-11)
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