ULTRANOX® 800 Antioxidants increase stabilization of end products.

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Addivant’s New ULTRANOX® 800 Antioxidant Series Delivers Performance Improvements and Cost Savings for PP Compounders

Addivant™, a global leader in polymer additive technologies, has launched the ULTRANOX® 800 series of antioxidants which deliver major improvements in performance and cost savings for polypropylene (PP) compounders and recyclers. The company has introduced three grades – ULTRANOX 813, 815, and 817 – which are designed for applications that demand high-temperature storage stability, extreme process stability, enhanced color stability, and better cost efficiency.

“The ULTRANOX® 800 series is a major step change improvement for PP compounders,” said Ronald Becker, Market Development Manager for Addivant. “These antioxidants offer the user the ability to customize their stabilization systems in order to satisfy their unique stabilization needs while reducing cost for the final compound.”

The ULTRANOX® 800 series is intended as an alternative to AO 225 and AO 215 types, both phenolic/phosphite blends which are widely used in the stabilization of PP compounds. Compared with existing AOs, ULTRANOX® 800 grades provide 20% better melt flow retention and cut discoloration in half. They can be used at 60% of the current loading levels of AO 225 and still maintain melt stability. This capability can result in typical antioxidant cost savings of 10%-50%.

ULTRANOX® 815 provides improved melt and color stability while ULTRANOX® 817 offers another level of melt and color stability.

Becker points out that for recyclers, the use of ULTRANOX® 800 can improve the end product by increasing the stabilization efficiency in a cost-effective fashion. Regrind levels can be increased due to the increase in stabilization offered by the ULTRANOX® 800 series. This can also allow processors who recycle their regrind back into prime material a path to reducing their material cost without sacrificing the properties of the final product.

Addivant works closely with its customers to optimize the ULTRANOX® 800 loading levels in PP compounds for a range of end-use applications.

About Addivant™

Addivant™ is an innovator in the field of polymer additives, developing customized solutions that provide customers enhanced application performance, safe handling, and reduction in cost of use. The company is recognized industry-wide for its extensive portfolio of specialty additives including antioxidants, light stabilizers, rubber additives, polymer modifiers, metal deactivators, polymerization inhibitors and intermediates. Addivant is an international company, with 11 plants on five continents, as well as research, manufacturing and sales facilities around the globe. Addivant maintains its global headquarters in Connecticut, USA, with regional headquarters in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, Basel, Switzerland, and Shanghai, China. Addivant is an independent portfolio company of SK Capital. Visit www.addivant.com for more information.

About SK Capital

SK Capital is a private investment firm with a disciplined focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare sectors. The firm’s purpose is to build strong and growing businesses that create substantial long-term economic value. SK utilizes its industry, operating and investment experience to identify opportunities to transform businesses into higher performing organizations with improved strategic positioning, growth and profitability as well as lower operating risk. SK Capital’s portfolio companies generate revenue of approximately $5 billion annually and employ approximately 8,700 people. The firm currently manages more than $1.9 billion of committed capital.

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