Hammond Group, Inc.

1414 Field Street
Building B
Hammond, Indiana 46325-6408

PHONE:	(219) 931-9360
FAX:	(219) 931-2140
E-MAIL:	info@hmndgroup.com

Founded in 1930 in Hammond, Indiana, Hammond Lead Products continues to grow as a producer of lead chemicals even as many competitors leave the business. Hammond's original products were litharge and red lead; we have since developed lead silicates, carbonates, and sulfates in a variety of particle sizes, treatments, and packages to meet increasingly specialized demands for performance and safety. For example, we developed the means to produce ultra-high purities - to 99.99% - to satisfy the needs of optical and emerging fiber optic markets. Hammond's in-house technical and engineering groups developed 400Y, a dedusted granular litharge, to meet the environmental and batching needs of the television glass industry. Our low-solubility lead frits, CERAFLUX ® and Bisilicate B-15, responded to the occupational safety requirements of the ceramic industry. Our participation with the World Health Organization and the International Standards Organization has helped establish international standards for the safe use of lead for ceramic food ware.

Hammond Lead sponsored some of the original research into expanders for lead acid batteries, and began producing them in the late 1930's. To meet the rising demands for higher battery reliability, Hammond developed several specialized expander products - for deep cycle service and varying temperature ranges of industrial batteries, to enhance cold cranking power and battery life in automotive applications, even a special non-organic formulation for calcium batteries used in communications, solar power, and emergency lighting. Hammond Expander will also produce proprietary expanders to customer specifications. We assure consistent uniformity in expanders - and consistent reliability in batteries - by using the highest purity raw materials, precise blending techniques, and thorough quality control. Hammond Expander makes its extensive knowledge of expander selection available to customers on request.

Red lead pigments have been effectively protecting bridges and other structures against corrosion for decades. But as the use of lead paint pigments became restricted, HALOX Pigments Division was established to give its customers cost-effective performance in corrosion inhibiting lead-free pigments. The performance of HALOX boron and phosphate pigments is proven - over a decade of exposure, in a diverse range of applications, in practically every kind of coating in use.

To maintain a clean and bright finish over wood substrates, which bleed tannins into the paint film, HALOX pigments effectively inhibit discoloration and unsightly stains. In fact, HALOX makes the only pigments specifically for tannin stain inhibition.

As coatings technology keeps developing, HALOX pigment technology advances accordingly. HALOX has developed a comprehensive range of recommendations for high performance in all types of water and solvent-based coatings, including the newest high solids / low V.O.C. vehicles. We're ready to apply our advanced technology against corrosion and tannin stains in any coating our customers are considering.

Plastic Additives for PVC products are as essential as PVC products themselves. The HALSTAB Division was created to ensure that PVC formulators would get the variety and quality of stabilizers they need. We produce some twenty-five different types and grades of PVC stabilizers to perform under high process temperatures...minimize moisture pickup...reduce agglomeration...and disperse more uniformly in the finished plastic. Today, HALSTAB produces lead and non-lead stabilizers, lubricants and flame-retardants. Our additives add value to the many vinyl products used by consumers - improved heat and light stability, improved electrical insulation resistance, ease of manufacture, improved fire resistance, color stability, extended life, etc.

The first HALSTAB plant was built in 1971. In 1983, an entirely new plant was engineered to once again set industry standards for quality, productivity, and safety. In fact, HALSTAB's automated processes and sophisticated environmental controls not only surpass existing EPA and OSHA standards, but should comply fully with stricter standards anticipated in the future.