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Chemtura Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets performance-driven engineered industrial specialty chemicals for industrial manufacturing customers in the United States and internationally. Its Industrial Performance Products segment offers synthetic base-stocks and petroleum additives that enable engine and machine protection through friction reduction, thermal and oxidative stabilization, detergency, corrosion inhibition, and wear protection in transportation and industrial lubricating fluids and greases; and synthetic finished lubricants and greases for aviation, marine, refrigeration, power generation, and general industrial applications. This segment also provides thermoset and thermoplastic urethane polymers for a range of industrial and recreational applications; and polyester polyols for cast polyurethane pre-polymers, flexible polyurethane foams, and water-based polyurethane dispersions for use in various coatings. The companyís Industrial Engineered Products segment offers catalyst components; surface treatments; flame retardants and a bromine based product line used as agricultural and pharmaceutical intermediates; completion fluids for oil and gas extraction; and mercury control products for coal fired power stations. It serves plastics, agriculture, fine chemicals, oil and gas, building and construction, insulation, electronics, mercury control, solar energy, pharmaceutical, and automotive industries. The company offers its industrial performance products under the Adiprene, Anderol, Durad, Everest, Fomrez, Hatcol, Hybase, Lobase, Naugalube, Reolube, Royco, Synton, Vibrathane, and Witcobond brands; and industrial engineered products under the Axion, DayStar, Emerald Innovation, Firemaster, Fyrebloc, GeoBrom, Kronitex, Meth-o-Gas, Ongard, Pyrobloc, Reofos, Smokebloc, Thermoguard, and Timonox brands. Chemtura Corporation was founded in 1900 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.