1414 Field Street
Building B
Hammond, Indiana 46325-6408

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.
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