LYCUS LTD.
Lycus Ltd. is an Arkansas chemical plant headquartered at 181 Cooper Drive in El Dorado, Arkansas, that manufactures ultraviolet (UV) light absorbers for use in plastics, coatings, adhesives, polyester films, cosmetic product protection and other personal care applications. Added to a customer's formulation, the company's products preserve and enhance the color, adhesive bond or fragrance of the final product that could otherwise degrade with continued exposure to UV radiation.
The company's key products include the MAXGARD® line of UV absorbers. Lycus Ltd. is the only domestic manufacturer of certain UV absorbers currently used on the market today. This Arkansas chemical plant is a wholesaler and contract manufacturer with a strong reputation serving the world's leading chemical companies with the highest quality products and value-added technical service and logistics.
We are proud of our highly experienced workforce, exceptional process engineering capabilities, and track record for quick customer response.
ARKANSAS CHEMICAL PLANT
At Lycus Ltd. we are more than just another manufacturer, we care about the future for all of us. At our chemical plant, we understand our responsibility to our employees, the community in which we live and work, our customers, and the world around us. We are proud to be part of an industry that understands this responsibility and whose products improve the quality of life.
The chemical industry is an integral part of the world economy, and Lycus Ltd. makes its contribution by adding value to our customers' products. As our Arkansas chemical plant produces products that benefit people's lives around the world, we are obligated to produce those products with environmentally sound and safe methods. Lycus Ltd. encourages its customers to exhibit the same diligence to safety and the environment through waste minimization, proper chemical storage, handling, and use.
As a chemical manufacturer in Arkansas, safety is our top priority for not only our employees, but their families and the communities around us. In an effort to be a leader in safety, Lycus Ltd. has recently celebrated 17 years accumulated without a time loss accident.
HISTORY
Lycus Ltd., began operations in 1988 as Garrison Industries, a privately held custom chemical and toll manufacturer. In 1994, the company changed its strategic direction and within three years developed its line of MAXGARD® UV absorbers using proprietary technology.
In July, 2000, Garrison Industries was acquired by Edgewater Capital and renamed Lycus Ltd. The company further expanded its focus on chemical synthesis and contract manufacturing requiring difficult to handle reagents. In 2004, as part of the strategic growth plan of Edgewater to expand its presence in halogen chemistry, fine and performance chemicals and custom synthesis, the company became an operating division of Syrgis. To further support the group's strength, Lycus Ltd. was renamed Syrgis Performance Specialties in 2009.
Effective August 31, 2012, one hundred percent of the member units of Lycus Ltd., LLC, formerly Garrison Industries, Inc. was purchased by John Sinclair Enterprises, LLC. The company returned to the name Lycus Ltd.
SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT/DIFFICULT REAGENTS
At Lycus Ltd., the reactors at our Arkansas chemical plant are batch type and range in size from 4,000 to 11,000 liters, with varying temperature and pressure capabilities. Our chemical manufacturing plant has stainless, HASTELLOY C, Monel, and glass lined reactors with internal and external heating/cooling capabilities and various multi-unit configurations.
The other specialty equipment at our Arkansas chemical plant includes 3 Chiller systems we use that vary from +40 - -40 degree C., crystallizers, filters, centrifuges, driers and grinders. Infrastructure equipment includes scrubbers, cooling towers, chillers, boilers, vacuum systems and solids handling equipment.
At our chemical plant, we routinely handle Phosgene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, Boron Trifluoride, Resorcinol, beta-Resorcylic acid, Aluminum Chloride, Anisoyl chloride, Chlorosulfonic acid, Methanol, Xylene, and various inorganic acids and bases.
WHY, LYCUS?
Lycus refers to a river with westerly flow, which meant it had a constant current, moving in a positive direction. Lycus was an ancient river that brought essential fresh water to the center of early civilization in the Phrygia region. The water provided the means for vitality and growth. Think of Lycus as the flow of innovation and chemistry to many products that enhance our everyday lives.
CONFLICT MINERALS
Lycus Ltd., LLC is committed to conducting our business activities in accordance with the highest legal and ethical standards. We are committed to sourcing materials from suppliers that share our values.
Lycus Ltd., LLC is concerned that trade in certain minerals mined in regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries (“Covered Countries”) and metals refined from those minerals – tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold (“3TG”) – may be contributing to human rights abuses. We are committed to working with our suppliers to determine whether our purchased materials contain 3TG from a Covered Country, and if so, to confirm that the use of such minerals does not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups.
COUNTRIES IN WHICH WE HAVE A PRESENCE
USA, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Germany,
Poland, Japan, South Korea
Bangladesh, Colombia,
Mexico, Canada, India
