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VWR was founded by John Taylor as the John Taylor Company in 1852, selling mining and laboratory products. [7] Since then, the company evolved to focus on the laboratory market. It also has a presence in the cleanroom, safety, and clinical markets. In 1902, it was purchased by F.W. Braun, and merged into his company the F.W. Braun Corporation. [8]
Quaker Chemical Corporation, doing business as Quaker Houghton, is an American chemical company that was founded in 1918. It is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. With its global presence in 21 countries and 35 locations worldwide, the company has over 50% of net sales outside of the United States. [2]
ABA Chemicals, also known as Abachem, [1] is a Chinese chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Taicang. The company was founded in 2006 as Suzhou ABA Chemicals, [1] and is traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as 300261. [4]
AdvanSix Inc. is an American chemical company that produces nylon 6 and related chemicals such as caprolactam and ammonium sulfate fertilizers. [2] It operated as Honeywell's Resins and Chemicals division until 2016, when it was spun off as a separate company. [3] The unit accounted for 3 percent of Honeywell's sales at the time. [4]
A second company, Chloé Chimie (40% Elf Aquitaine, 40% Total and 20% Rhône-Poulenc) was formed in 1980 to take over Rhône-Poulenc's chlorochemicals business. Three years later, Total sold its stake in Chloé Chimie to Elf and chemical production in France was reorganized around Atochem, a wholly owned Elf Aquitaine subsidiary that ...
Uniqema was a global oleochemical manufacturer which was acquired by Croda from Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in 2006. [7] Under H.I.G.'s ownership, Vantage expanded through a series of acquisitions, including Lambent Technologies in 2008 (which became Vantage's Performance Materials unit) and Lipo Chemicals in 2010 (which became the ...
The newly developed EPDM polymer was both durable and waterproof. It was a cost-effective solution to the increasing costs associated with built-up roofing. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, EPDM was one of the fastest growing roofing products and accounted for almost 40% of new and replacement roofs on commercial and industrial properties. [1]
Innospec Inc., formerly known as Octel Corporation and Associated Octel Company, Ltd., is an American specialty chemical company. It comprises three business units: The Performance Chemicals business trades in the personal care, home care, agrochemical, mining and industrial markets.