Effective February 1st, 2015, or as contracts allow, United Initiators will increase prices 7- 10% depending on specific grades for all MEKP formulations and blends sold in North America under the recognized brand NOROX®. The announced price increase is necessary to compensate for rising costs in raw materials and reinvestment in the business to ensure long […]
United Initiators North America Price Increase Announcement – February 2014
United Initators North America will increase prices up to 15% by March 1, 2014, or as contracts allow, for all formulations and blends of Benzoyl Peroxide (BPO) as well as tert.-butylperoxybenzoate (TBPB) sold in North America including its recognized brands NOROX® and Benox®. The announced price increase is necessary to compensate for rising costs and […]
United Initiators Price Increase Announcement November 2013
United Initiators will increase prices for ketone peroxides produced in Europe including its recognized brands NOROX® and CUROX ® by up to 10% depending on product groups and formulations by Nov 15th 2013 or as soon as contracts allow. This price increase is necessary to compensate for cost increases as well as in order to […]
United Initiators Starts Construction of World-Class Persulfate Plant in Hefei, PR China
On October 18, 2012, United Initiators formally started plant construction and held the ground breaking ceremony for its new Persulfate plant in Hefei Circular Economy Demonstration Park, Hefei / Anhui Province. In a ceremonial act joined by representatives from the Chinese authorities, specifically Mr. Han Jiang, Mr. Lu Jun, Mr. Huang Hua Bo, and people […]
United Initiators Acquires Syrgis Performance Initiators
United Initiators is pleased to announce today that it has acquired Syrgis Performance Initiators (SPI) from Syrgis Performance Products which is owned by Edgewater Capital Partners. SPI is a leading manufacturer of customer tailored formulations of ketone peroxides in North America and Europe and benzoyl peroxides in North America. Both products are organic peroxide initiators […]
United Initiators and Euroresins Announce Strategic Collaboration for European Distribution
Euroresins will exclusively distribute the CUROX product range of United Initiators in Europe. Euroresins Europe Holding GmbH & Co. KG (Oldenburg, Germany) and United Initiators GmbH & Co. KG (Pullach, Munich) are pleased to announce that the existing partnership for the distribution of organic peroxides for cold cure application in Europe will be expanded.The partnership, […]
Vision Capital Acquires a Majority Stake in German-based United Initiators
Vision Capital will acquire a majority stake in German-based United Initiators and a minority stake in U.S. based Sweet Ovations from Speyside. United Initiators, which has an annual turnover of over €150 million, is a leading specialty chemical business focused on the manufacture of organic peroxides and persulfates, with operations in Germany, the U.S., China […]