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United Initiators (UI) and Wanhua Chemical Group (Wanhua) would like to announce today that they have started a 50:50 joint venture company based in Yantai (Shandong province). The Joint Venture will be called UI Wanhua (Yantai) Peroxide Co. Ltd. and will focus on the production and sales of Organic Peroxides, starting with the key raw […]

United Initiators Inc. will increase prices up to 10 % on February 1, 2016, or as contracts allow, for tert.-Butylperbenzoate (TBPB) and formulations, Benzoylperoxide (BPO) BENOX® products and formulations as well solid percarbonates NOROX®600 (BCHPC) and NOROX®605 (MYPC) sold in North America. The announced price increases are necessary to compensate for rising costs and reinvestment […]

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 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 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 […]

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 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 […]

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 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 […]