BATON ROUGE, La., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Stannica LLC, a leading producer and supplier of organotin intermediates used mainly in the production of PVC heat stabilizers, will raise prices of its organotin intermediates up to 15 percent globally, effective July 1, 2007, or as contract terms permit.
Stannica, a joint venture of Albemarle Corporation and Arkema Group, produces organic and inorganic tin intermediates used as key raw materials in the production of tin-based PVC heat stabilizers. Tin stabilizers aid in the processing of rigid PVC applications (pipe, window profiles, siding, fencing) and some flexible PVC applications (packaging). Learn more about Stannica at http://www.stannica.com/ .
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