Stock Report: Chemtura Corp. (CHMT) Report Updated: Jun 17, 2013 | Print This Page

Chemtura Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of specialty chemical solutions and consumer products worldwide. The company's Consumer Products segment provides recreational water purification products, such as sanitizers, algaecides, biocides, oxidizers, pH balancers, mineral balancers, and other specialty chemicals and accessories; and specialty and multi-purpose cleaners. Its Industrial Performance Products segment products include petroleum additives that offer detergency, friction modification, and corrosion protection in automotive lubricants, greases, refrigeration, and turbine lubricants; castable urethane prepolymers, which provide abrasion resistance and durability; and polyurethane dispersions and urethane prepolymers used in various coatings. This segment also offers plastic antioxidants additives that inhibit the degradation of polymers caused by air and heat during manufacture and use; UV stabilizers additives for protecting materials against ultra-violet light; and rubber additives products, which protect elastomers and rubber compounds. The company's Chemtura AgroSolutions segment produces seed treatments, fungicides, miticides, insecticides, growth regulants, and herbicides. Its Industrial Engineered Products segment offers flame retardants, bromine and bromine intermediates, catalyst components, fumigants, and surface treatments and completion fluids for oil and gas extraction. The company has a strategic alliance with Isagro S.p.A. It serves various industries, such as agriculture, automotive, building and construction, electronics, lubricants, packaging, plastics, pool and spa chemicals, and transportation. Chemtura Corporation was founded in 1900 and is based in Middlebury, Connecticut.