Talk:Ethyl Corporation
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[edit] Cleanup
Re the cleanup question: I assume the methyl bromide alludes to the controversy over Ethyl/Albemarle's production of the stuff: see Corpwatch (strongly POV, but it indicates the issues). Tearlach 12:35, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Should there be a section with a heading for TEL? RJFJR 17:13, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Ethyl is part of Newmarket (NYSE:NEU). As a company Ethyl mostly ships fuel additives made by Afton around the world. Ethyl has a marketing and servicing agreement with Innospec (nee Octel) to market and service remaining TEL customers worldwide
The key point about Ethyl is that it managed the shrinkage of the TEL market very nicely while preserving shareholder value. The company divested itself of non-core businesses (aquired during the conglomerate mania of the the 1960s-1980s), aquired complementary businesses to keep its postion as a leading supplier of fuel additives.
As for TEL, Ethyl shut down its TEL operations and bought/buys TEL from Octel (Associated Octel) which was Ethyl's Non-US operations (owned by Great Lakes Chemical Corp) Now Chemtura.Chemtura and ALB were big players in the bromine business. Ethyl needed bromine to make Ethyl Bromide.
GLCC spun out OTL in 1998. Sadly no one wants to be associated with the rich heritage of TEL anymore. So Ethyl changed its name to NewMarket in 2004, and Octel changed its name to Innospec. Of the five TEL plants operating in 1998, there is only one remaining Ellesmere Port UK.
"Lead pollution has increased by over 625% in the past century due in large part to pollution by leaded fuel." While I concur with the rise in lead contamination, the use of lead-based paint for both exterior and interior surfaces until recently outlawed also was a contributing factor to lead contamination. The paint will flake, erode, degrade resulting in a finely divided lead-containing powder. ASIDE: Children living in apartments or other dwelling with interior lead-based paint would consume the chips -- crunchy but sweet. Children in a middle class neighborhood were found to have high blood lead levels though their houses contained no lead-based paint. Investigation found the children were eating lead-based paint from a can in a neighbor's garage -- it tastes like bubblegum. Source: FDA investigator speaking at LSU seminar in the 1970's. J. R. Madden 17:50, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
