Witco at a Glance

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Strategic Business Units
- Additives & Initiators
- Metal Organics

Principal Products
Organotin stabilizers, mixed metal stabilizers, organic peroxides, amides, stearates, tin stabilizer intermediates, alkyl aluminums, methyl aluminum oxane, epoxy plasticizers, thiochemicals.

Markets Served
Stabilizers, primarily for polyvinyl chloride, especially for construction and automotive applications. Lubricants and mold release agents for polyolefins, styrenics and engineered thermoplastics. Marine paint additives to prevent barnacle build-up. Catalysts, primarily for polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride production.

Competitive Strengths

• Global leadership in polymer additives.
• New proprietary peroxide molecules that improve safety in handling low-temperature polymerization initiators.
• Leadership in developing environmentally superior organic stabilizers.
• Leadership in tin coatings technology that provides an edge in new markets and new applications, like flat screen television.
• New slip agents for polyolefin films (such as potato chip bags) that enable manufacturers to print with safe, environmentally friendly waterbased inks.

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