That is excellent news. Though I know nothing about metals sequestration, I'll be interested to hear your reply to Michael_r's question, and how it relates to environmental toxicity.
In a related thread, antonio_b mentioned "Besides the practical reasons I prefer to buy from Foma or Fotoimpex, they have done a lot of work in order to keep film alive. Fotoimpex was reselling Czech and Yugoslavian film, ie. Foma and Fototeknika (Efke) in the aftermath of reunification, then they bought Adox patents/name from the croats, then relaunched Rodinal when Agfa went down. They have been keeping R&D active.
It's the opposite of Kodak, that as been destroyed by the usual american financial speculation games and lack of cultural interest for small companies."
Though there are certain notes in that statement that are bound to be disputed, ADOX seems like a very attractive company for the reasons antonio_b stated, in addition to perhaps producing a superior product. XT-III can't get to the local suppliers soon enough to suit me.