Ethyl`s MMT ready to hit the road

Journal Article · Wed Jan 03 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Chemical Week

OSTI ID:508299

Stringer, J

After spending two decades and about $30 million on the fight to sell the fuel octane booster methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT), Ethyl has started marketing the product. Ethyl president and chief operating officer Thomas Gottwald says he expects a profit from MMT from the outset. {open_quotes}MMT is a gangbuster new product,{close_quotes} says Paul Raman, an analyst with S.G. Warburg (New York), {open_quotes}and it will be very profitable for Ethyl.{close_quotes} Ethyl`s effort to bring MMT to market faced pressure from EPA and automakers. EPA says MMT should not be marketed until more research is done on health effects of the manganese-based additive. US automakers oppose MMT, fearing it will damage catalytic converters. Last October Ethyl won a federal appeals court decision compelling EPA to approve MMT use. Gottwald says the MMT fight has been well worth it: {open_quotes}We fought with our eye on the bottom line.{close_quotes}

• OSTI ID: 508299
• Journal Information: Chemical Week, Journal Name: Chemical Week Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 158; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
FUEL ADDITIVES
MANGANESE COMPLEXES
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PRODUCTION
PROFITS
US EPA