Newly created role combines technology & advocacy functions to reinforce company's commitment to innovation and drive its sustainability vision

15-Aug-2008

Albemarle Corporation has promoted Dr. David Clary to the newly created position of vice president and chief sustainability officer. The new role combines the activities of Albemarle's technology and consumer advocacy functions to reinforce the organization's commitment to a sustainable business ...

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14-Aug-2008

Albemarle Corporation will increase the price of its ETHANOX 330 polymer antioxidant by up to 50 percent worldwide effective on all orders shipped after September 15, 2008, or as contracts and sales agreements allow. "Albemarle continues to support growing demand for ETHANOX 330, but we have ...

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11-Aug-2008

Albemarle Corporation will increase the prices of its fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts for both heavy feed (Resid) and vacuum gas oil (VGO) cracking applications by 20 percent worldwide, effective September 1, 2008, or as contracts allow. Natural gas and rare earth surcharges will ...

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Albemarle adds mercury-control products, services to clean energy portfolio

05-Aug-2008

Albemarle Corporation has acquired full-service power plant mercury-control provider Sorbent Technologies Corporation. The transaction closed on July 31 following approval of the transaction by Sorbent Technologies shareholders at a meeting held on July 24. The acquisition was an all-cash ...

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25-Jul-2008

Albemarle Corporation will increase the prices worldwide of its ANTIBLAZE(R) and certain phosphorus-containing SAYTEX(R) flame retardants used in construction and furnishing applications by up to 25 percent. The increases are effective immediately, or as contracts allow. In addition, all extended ...

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09-Jun-2008

Albemarle Corporation and Sorbent Technologies Corporation jointly announced that they have signed an agreement of merger. The transaction will be an all-cash transaction in which the shareholders of Sorbent Technologies could receive approximately $6.00 per share of common stock, which ...

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23-May-2008

Albemarle Corporation will increase the prices of its NcendX P-30 flame retardant by 0.45 $/kg worldwide effective immediately, or as contracts allow. "The price increase is needed to help offset the volatile and rapidly escalating costs of elemental phosphorus, a key starting material for ...

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15-Apr-2008

Albemarle Corporation and Sorbent Technologies Corporation jointly announced that they have signed a letter of intent for Albemarle to acquire Sorbent Technologies, a full-service power plant mercury control provider. The transaction will be an all-cash transaction in which the shareholders of ...

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Strategic move will further strengthen position in the China plastics additives marketplace

04-Mar-2008

Albemarle Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has approved a project to more than double the antioxidant production capacity of Shanghai Jinhai Albemarle Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd., part of the "Jinhai Albemarle" manufacturing joint venture in which Albemarle gained a majority ...

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20-Feb-2008

Albemarle Corporation will increase the prices of the neat portion of all of its aluminum alkyl products by approximately 40 percent in the Middle East and 25 percent in the Americas effective April 1, 2008, or as contracts allow. Prices for solvent blends of organometallics also will be ...

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