Albemarle opens second nature trail

TYRONE, Pa. -- For the second time in nine months, leading specialty chemical maker Albemarle Corp. has opened a public nature trail and wildlife habitat to conserve and showcase wetlands next to a company plant site, this time on a 50-acre site in central Pennsylvania.

Late last month, Albemarle’s Tyrone manufacturing plant held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the Albemarle Nature Trail to the community.

“Work on this natural area actually began in 1995,” said Albemarle Tyrone Plant Manager Randy Andrews. “Local residents cleared the trail twice after the design was laid out. But efforts over the last year have pulled everything together. Starting in the fall of 2007, an employee team helped with layout and construction of the trails, visitor signs, and brochures.”

About 28 employees from the plant formed the core team involved in the project, Andrews said, but as more people visit and walk the Nature Trail, he expects more people will lend a hand to continuing development of the site.

The Albemarle Nature Trail follows a 3/4-mile loop through a 50-acre section of deciduous forest, open meadow, and wetlands formed by a beaver dam on Cook Hollow Creek.

Last year, at Albemarle’s Orangeburg facility, the company opened a wildlife habitat and nature education center certified by the national Wildlife Habitat Council, a nonprofit, non-lobbying group dedicated to restoring and enhancing wildlife habitat.

Albemarle raising price of Ethanox

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Albemarle Corp. will increase the price of its Ethanox 330 polymer antioxidant by up to 50 percent worldwide effective on all orders shipped after Sept. 15 or as contracts and sales agreements allow.

“Albemarle continues to support growing demand for Ethanox 330, but we have experienced unprecedented increases in raw materials, waste handling and disposal costs,” said John McChesney, Albemarle global business manager-additives. “The price increase will allow continued investment in providing this important product to the polymer market.”

Albemarle’s Ethanox 330 polymer antioxidant helps maintain the performance integrity and processing stability of polyolefin plastics, elastomers, adhesives and other materials.

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