Partnering with customers to provide flooring made with lower-carbon Vinnolit GreenVin® PVC

 

ISMANING- Altro, an established UK manufacturer of sustainable floor and wall systems for commercial and domestic spaces, has set itself the goal of significantly reducing its carbon footprint for scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions through a combination of increased efficiencies and renewable energy use. One component of Altro’s sustainability strategy is the use of lower-carbon Vinnolit GreenVin® PVC in the production of  Altro’s flooring products, manufactured in both the UK and Germany.  Altro supplies flooring to a wide range of sectors including healthcare, education, hospitality, leisure and retail.  Vinnolit GreenVin® PVC is utilised in the formulation of 90% of Altro’s global flooring products.


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Axiall Provides Update on Fire at Lake Charles, Louisiana, Chemicals Facility

ATLANTA, Dec 22, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Axiall Corporation announced today that the cause of a Dec. 20 fire that occurred in the vinyl chloride manufacturing area of the company’s Lake Charles chemicals complex in Louisiana remains under investigation. The company also is working with outside engineering firms to assess the damage to the structure and the impact on production. The remainder of the Lake Charles facility was unaffected by the fire, and production continues as normal in those areas.

Axiall Comments on Fire at Lake Charles, Louisiana, Chemicals Facility

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2013-- Axiall Corporation announced that today at approximately 1:40 p.m. Central time, a fire occurred in the vinyl chloride manufacturing area of the company’s Lake Charles chemicals complex in Louisiana. The fire was extinguished at approximately 2:38 p.m. Central time. There were no injuries to plant personnel.

Axiall Selects Louisiana as Site of Contemplated Ethylene Cracker

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2013-- Axiall Corporation (NYSE: AXLL) today announced that the company has selected the state of Louisiana as the location of a possible world-scale ethylene cracker to be built in conjunction with a related derivatives plant. Axiall proposes to construct the facility with a soon-to-be-named partner, and Axiall’s contemplated capital investment in the project would be approximately $1 billion. Axiall expects to finance its portion of the investment with a combination of new debt and cash on hand.

Axiall Board of Directors Declares Quarterly Dividend

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2013-- The Board of Directors of Axiall Corporation (NYSE: AXLL) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 16 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable January 10, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 27, 2013.

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