FRX Starts Up DPP Monomer Plant:Critical to its Flame Retardant Business

Chelmsford  MA., USA: 13 April 2010 - FRX Polymers, Inc. (FRX), the inventor and manufacturer of an entirely new family of inherently flame retardant, transparent polymers and oligomers, has recently started up a 50 ton DPP (DiPhenyl methyl phosphonate) plant beginning in January 2010. The pilot plant currently runs 24 hours a day, 6 days a week. FRX is currently one of the only producers of DPP in the world. DPP is a key raw material used in the polymerization process of FRX's polyphosphonate polymers and oligomers. "DPP is a strategic raw material for our business," said Marc Lebel, FRX CEO. "We have spent the better part of two years developing a high yield process on a small scale and it is very gratifying to see this monomer scale-up so smoothly."

More info on the press release or on FRX's website.