Fire Retardant Market Highlights 3. Flame Retardant Cotton –...

Fire Retardant Market Highlights

3. Flame Retardant Cotton – Alexiflam NF

• FR cotton chemistry market +US$250m per year.
• FR cotton chemistry market dominated for decades by two
products, Pyrovatex CP and Proban.
• Difficult application process and high levels of
formaldehyde in both incumbents.

Alexium Progress Success

• Alexium has developed a groundbreaking new FR cotton technology that:
• Performs to the same level as the incumbents
• Cost-competitive on raw materials
• Much lower variable cost to convert
• Zero reportable levels of formaldehyde

• Alexium is in negotiations to license this technology with three global chemical
suppliers.
•Licensing agreement anticipated in 2017.