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Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Inc. is an American speciality chemicals company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Vantage operates through four business units: Personal Care, Performance Materials, Oleochemicals, and Foods. [1] Its Personal Care unit provides chemical ingredients for hair, skin, sun care and other cosmetic products.
Pure Oil Company was a major American petroleum company founded in 1914. History. Early history Postcard showing a Pure Oil station and a lunch counter, ca. 1930-1945 ...
Ashland was founded in 1924 as the Ashland Refining Company in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, by Paul G. Blazer. [3]In October 1923, J. Fred Miles of the Swiss Oil Company of Lexington, Kentucky [4] employed Paul G. Blazer and assigned him the task of locating, purchasing and operating a refinery in northeastern Kentucky.
Emory Clark sold his interest in the company in 1981 to Apex Oil, a St. Louis, Missouri–based company. In 1985, Apex decided to sell Clark Oil. By 1987, Clark and Apex were bankrupt. [1] In 1992, a division of Toronto-based Horsham Corp. bought Clark Oil and Refining, which included the two refineries and around 1,000 gas stations.
Merz Apothecary, located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood in Chicago, is a historic healthcare store that was opened by pharmacist Peter Merz in 1875. Merz Apothecary focuses on herbal, homeopathic medicines, [1] natural medicine, European products, [2] and bath products. [3]
The company's roots go back to a single Chicago, Illinois, gas station in 1938. [1] The owner of Martin Oil, Edward R. Herbst, was credited with becoming "the P.T. Barnum of gasoline" by engaging in unusual marketing strategies, undercutting the competition with low prices, and pioneering the convenience store model. [2]
The Whiting Refinery is an oil refinery located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal [1] and operated by BP.The facility is primarily located in Whiting, Indiana, USA, though portions of the 1,400 acres (5.7 km 2) complex span into the neighboring cities of Hammond and East Chicago.
In 1967, Diamond Alkali merged with Shamrock Oil and Gas of Amarillo. [16] At the time of the merger the company produced about 20 percent oil and gas and 80 percent chemicals. In 1978, Diamond Shamrock moved its headquarters to Dallas. By 1980, Diamond Shamrock had about 12,400 employees in thirty-seven countries. [16]