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Product Focus - Caroat
26 Septermber 2008
Redox to continue to provide a pathway to market in Australia and New Zealand for newly re-branded United Initiators (formerly Degussa Initiators).
Caroat (potassium peroxymonopersulphate) is an extremely effective pool and spa oxidizer which is used to eliminate organic contaminants and improve the efficacy of sanitizing products like pool chlorine.
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The global Degussa Initiators business and all sites globally operated by Degussa Initiators was acquired by the U.S. based investor Speyside Equity LLC.
The sale of the Initiators group from Evonik Industries AG to Speyside Equity was finalized June 30.
Product Focus - Activated Carbon
26 May 2008
We are very pleased to announce that PICA and Redox have set up an alliance for the sale of Activated Carbon in Australia and New Zealand into the Water Treatment, Food & Beverage and Industrial markets.
Activated Carbon find numerous applications - water and air treatment, food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, automotive, chemical processing, catalyst support or metal recovery - where it is used to purify, decontaminate, extract or protect.
PICA is a leading manufacturer of Activated Carbon drawing on 50 years of experience. It has total expertise on the product and its life cycle (design, manufacture, servicing, application monitoring) and thus the ability to offer customized solutions. PICA has a worldwide presence and has a strong base in Australia since 1996 through its subsidiary Pica Activated Carbon Australia.
Today, PICA is also the first and only Activated Carbon company having Sustainable Development as its core corporate value, offering solutions based on renewable resources and on a responsible product life cycle management.
Redox is a leading chemical distributor in Australia and New Zealand, who have strong experience in Activated Carbon, covering the territory with more than 200 employees, 8 regional sales offices and over 70 storage locations.
With this alliance, the two companies endeavor to reach all Activated Carbon users in this large territory: from the largest customers who will be offered dedicated services, to the most remotes councils or wineries who will get access to our full range of solutions, and the care of our regional sales and logistics teams.
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Product Focus - Glycolic Acid
9 January 2008
Redox is the proud distributor of 70% Glycolic Acid from the world’s leading manufacturer DuPont™.
DuPont™ Glycolic Acid combines a unique set of properties that makes it ideal for a broad range of applications Extremely efficient at cutting through hard water salts, it is a very effective cleaning agent with many added benefits, including low corrosion to most common metals, negligible odour and low toxicity.
Highly soluble in water, Glycolic Acid is also easy to rinse, readily dilutable at all concentrations and compatible with many additives. It is environmentally friendly, biodegrading at a rate of 89% in 7 days. Non-flammable by nature, Glycolic Acid is the versatile liquid that is both safer to handle and easy to use.
Some useful properties of Glycolic Acid –
- Low corrosivity: most common metals and synthetic materials
- Low toxicity: Oral LD 50 = 1938 mg/kg in rats
- Low volatility: VOC exempt at < 0.1 mm Hg pressure at 25C
- Low colour: very pale amber
- Low odour: very mild burnt sugar
- High compatibility: many compounds and additives
- Precipitation point: -19°C for 50%; 10°C for commercial 70%
- Water solubility: 2440 g/kg water (>99% glycolic acid) @ 25°C
- High rinseability
- High biodegradability: 89.6% biodegradability after 7 days
- Nonflammability: will not burn
- Chemical stability: most conditions except to active metals or strong oxidizers
- Ease of handling: as a liquid easier to handle than oxalic or sulfamic acids
- Technical support: partnered development for success probability
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