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THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY FACTS BOOK
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Foreword .................................................................................................
Preface-- Highlights of the Industry's Story ............................ W
Major Basic T e r m s ................................................................................ *
Chem istr,, Chemists--And An In d u s tr y .......................................
SECTION I GROWTH OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
chapter i. R ise to Basic Industry R an k ................ i chapter 2. What the Chemical Industry Makes . . 13 chapter 3. The Industry's Role in the Economy.. . it chapter 4. The Industry's F u tu re .......................... 3i
SECTION II
HOW THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY OPERATES
chapter s. Distinctive Characteristics of the Indus try .............................................................. 37
chapter 6. The Industry's Raw M aterials................ 4i chapter 7. The Industry's W orkers........................... 49 chapter 8. The Industry's P la n ts............................... 57 chapter 9. The Industry's Fin an ces........................... 63 chapter io. The Industry's Research and Develop
ment .......................................................... 69
SECTION III
CHEMICALS IN EVERYDAY LIFE chapter li. Chemicals and H ealth ............................ n chapter 12. Chemicals and C rop s............................... 89 chapter 13. Chemicals and Clothing............................. 103 chapter 14. Chemicals and Other N eeds.....................109 chapter is. Chemicals and D efense............................. 117
APPENDICES
PART A. The MCA--What It Is and What It Does . 125
PART B. Members of the MCA.................................. 130
PART C. Some Trade Organizations and Professional Societies Concerned with Chemical Manufacturing and Chemistry................................ 135
PART D, Selected Book Reading.................................. 140
INDEX
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Appendix-- Part B
MEMBERS OF MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION, INC.
(as of M ay 1, 1955)
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Chemical Sales Division, North Chicago, 111.
ADVANCE SOLVENTS & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 245 Fifth Avenu, New York 16, N. Y.
AIR REDUCTION COMPANY, INC., 60 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y.-fjg
ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE CORPORATION, 61 Broadway, New York , N. Y.
Barrett Division, 40 Rector Street, New York 6, N. Y. General Chemical Division, 40 Rector Street, New York 6, N. Y. Mutual Chemical Division, 99 Park Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. National Aniline Division, 40 Rector Street, New York 6, N. Y. Nitrogen Division, 40 Rector Street, New York 6, N. Y. Semet-Solvay Division, 40 Rector Street, New York 6, N. Y. Solvay Process Division, 40 Rector Street, New York 6, N. Y.
ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA, 801 Gulf Building, Pittsburgh 19, Pa.
AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, :y N. Y.
AMERICAN POTASH & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 3030 W. 6th Street* Los Angeles 54, Calif.
AMERICAN VISCOSE CORPORATION, 1617 Pennsylvania Boulevard, Phila delphia 3, Pa.
AMERICAN ZINC, LEAD AND SMELTING COMPANY, 1515 Paul BrownCI Building, 818 Olive Street, St. Louis 1, Mo
ARCHER-DANIELS MIDLAND CO., 700 Investors Building, Minneapolis 2,. jg Minn.
ARNOLD, HOFFMAN & CO., INCORPORATED, 55 Canal Street, Provi-: dence 1, R. I.
THE ATLANTIC REFINING CO., INC., 260 South Broad Street, Philadei phia 1, Pa.
ATLAS POWDER COMPANY, Wilmington 99, Del.
J . T . B A K E R C H E M IC A L CO., Phillipsburg, N . J .
BARIUM REDUCTION CORPORATION, South Charleston, W. Va.
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BAY CHEMICAL COMPANY, A Division of Morton Salt Company, 120 So La Salle Street, Chicago 3, 111.
BLOCKSON CHEMICAL COMPANY, Joliet, 111.
THE BORDEN COMPANY, Chemical Division, 350 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.
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HENRY BOWER CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING CO., 2815 Gray's Ferry ; Road, Philadelphia 46, Pa.
CALIFORNIA SPRAY-CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Lucas and Ortho Way, Richmond, Calif.
CANADIAN IN D U STRIES LIMITED, P. 0. Box 10, 1235 McGill College Avenue, Montreal, Q., Canada
CARLISLE CHEMICAL WORKS, INC., West Street, Reading, Ohio CARUS CHEMICAL COMPANY (IN C .), 1375 8th Street, LaSalle, 111. CATALIN CORPORATION OF AMERICA, One Park Avenue, New York 16,
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CELANESE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 180 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N. Y.
CHIPMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., Bound Brook, N. J.
CINCINNATI CHEMICAL WORKS, INC., P. O. Box 20, Evanston Station, Cincinnati 7, Ohio
COLUMBIA-SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, One Gateway Cen ter, 420 Fort Duquesne Boulevard, Pittsburgh 22, Pa.
COLUMBIAN CARBON COMPANY, 380 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS CORPORATION, 260 Madison Avenue, New
York 16, N. Y.
CONSOLIDATED CHEMICAL IND USTRIES, INC., 380 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.
THE CONSOLIDATED MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY OF CAN ADA LIMITED, P. O. Box 300, Place D'Armes, Montreal 1, Canada
CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, P. O. Box 2197, Houston 1, Texas
CORN PRODUCTS REFIN IN G COMPANY, 17 Battery Place, New York 4, N. Y.
COSDEN PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Organic Chemicals Division, Box 1311, Big Spring, Texas
COWLES CHEMICAL COMPANY, 7016 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 3, Ohio DAVISON CHEMICAL COMPANY, Division, W. R. Grace & Co., 101 North
Charles Street, Baltimore 3, Md.
DETREX CORPORATION, 14331 Woodrow Wilson Avenue, P. O. Box 501, Detroit 32, Mich.
DETROIT CHEMICAL WORKS, 125 South Junction, Detroit 9, Mich.
DIAMOND ALKALI COMPANY, 300 Union Commerce Building, Cleveland 14, Ohio
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Midland, Mich.
E. I. du PONT de NEMOURS & Co., INC., Wilmington 98, Del.
DUREZ PLA STICS & CHEMICALS, INC., Walck Road, North Tonawanda, N. Y.
EA STERN GAS AND F U E L ASSOCIATES, 250 Stuart Street, Boston 16, Mass.
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, 343 State Street, Rochester 4, N. Y.
EN JAY COMPANY, INC., 15 West 51st Street, New York 19, N. Y. ETHYL CORPORATION, 100 Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.
FIRESTONE PLA STICS COMPANY, P. O. Box 690, Pottstown, Pa.
APPENDIX-- PART B
MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
FISH ER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY, 711 Forbes Street, Pittsburgh 19, Pa.
FOOD MACHINERY AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 161 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Becco Chemical Division, Buffalo 7, N. Y. Niagara Chemical Division (Fairfield Chemical Division), Middleport, N. Y. Ohio-Apex Division, Nitro, W. Va. Westvaco-Chlor Alkali Division, 161 E. 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Westvaco-Mineral Products Division, 161 E. 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y.
FREEPORT SULPHUR COMPANY, 161 E ast 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y.
FRONTIER CHEMICAL COMPANY, 321 West Douglas, Wichita 2, Kansas
GENERAL ANILINE & FILM CORPORATION, 230 Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, CHEMICAL DIVISION, One Plastics Avenue, Pittsfield, Mass.
THE GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, CHEMICAL DIVISION, Akron, Ohio
THE GIRDLER COMPANY, 224 E ast Broadway, Louisville 1, Kentucky
B. F. GOODRICH CHEMICAL COMPANY, Rose Building, Cleveland 16, Ohio
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, INC., Akron 16, Ohio
GRACE CHEMICAL COMPANY, Division, W. R. Grace & Co., 7 Hanover Square, New York 5, N. Y.
GRIFFIN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 1000 Sixteenth Street, San Francisco, Calif.
GULF OIL CORPORATION, P. 0. Box 1166, Pittsburgh 30, Pa.
HANCOCK CHEMICAL COMPANY, 617 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
THE HARSHAW CHEMICAL COMPANY, 1945 E. 97th Street, Cleveland 6, Ohio
HERCULES POWDER COMPANY, INC., Wilmington 99, Del.
HEYDEN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 342 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.
THE HILTON-DAVIS CHEMICAL COMPANY (Division of Sterling Drug, Inc.), 2235 Langdon Farm Road, Cincinnati 12, Ohio
HOFFMANN-LaROCHE INC., Kingsland Road, Roche Park, Nutley 10, N. J.
R. M. HOLLINGSHEAD CORPORATION, Camden 2, N. J. HOOKER ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPANY, Niagara Falls, N. Y. INDOIL CHEMICAL COMPANY, 910 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 80, 111. INTERCHEMICAL CORPORATION, 67 W. 44th Street, New York 18, N. Y. INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 20 N.
Wacker Drive, Chicago 6, 111. JE F FE R SO N CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., 260 Madison Avenue, New
York 16, N. Y. KOPPERS COMPANY, INC., CHEMICAL AND TAR DIVISIONS, Pitts
burgh 19, Pa. LION OIL COMPANY, El Dorado, Ark. THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION, Box 3057, Euclid Station, Cleveland 17,
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MALLINCKRODT CHEMICAL WORKS, St. Louis 7, Mo.
THE MARBLETTE CORPORATION, 37-21 Thirtieth Street, Long Island City 1, N. Y.
MERCK & CO., INC., Rahway, N. J. METAL & THERMIT CORPORATION, 100 East 42nd Street, New York 17, \v:' N. Y. METALSALTS CORPORATION, 200 Wagaraw Road, Hawthorne, N. J. MICHIGAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, St. Louis, Mich. MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY, St. Louis 4, Mo. MORTON-WITHERS CHEMICAL COMPANY, 2110 High Point Road, P. O. f i , Box 1618, Greensboro, N. C.
' NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION, 99 Park Avenue, i: ' New York 16, N. Y.
National Distillers Chemical Co., Division, State Road, Ashtabula, Ohio National Petro-Chemicals Corp., Division, 99 Park Avenue, New York 16,
N. Y. U. S. Industrial Chemicals Co., Division, 99 Park Avenue, New York 16, iC N. Y. NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY, 111 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y. NATIONAL STARCH PRODUCTS, INC., 270 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. NEVILLE CHEMICAL COMPANY, Pittsburgh 25, Pa. THE NEW YORK QUININE AND CHEMICAL WORKS, INC., 50 Church Street, New York 7, N. Y. NIAGARA ALKALI COMPANY, 60 E. 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. NIXON NITRATION WORKS, Nixon, N. J. OLDBURY ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPANY, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
OLIN M A T H IESO N C H E M IC A L C O R PO R A TIO N , 460 P ark Ave., New York
22, N. Y .
ORONITE CHEMICAL COMPANY, 200 Bush Street, San Francisco 20, Calif. PACIFIC COAST BORAX CO. (Division of Borax Consolidated, Ltd.), 100
Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. PATENT CHEMICALS, INC., 335 McLean Boulevard, Paterson 4, N. J.
PENNSYLVANIA SALT MANUFACTURING CO., 1000 Widener Building, Philadelphia 7, Pa.
CHAS. PFIZER & CO., INC., 11 Bartlett Street, Brooklyn 6, N. Y. PHELPS DODGE REFINING CORPORATION, 40 Wall Street, New York 5,
N. Y. PHILADELPHIA QUARTZ COMPANY, Public Ledger Building, Independ
ence Square, Philadelphia 6, Pa. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY (PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COM
PANY), Bartlesville, Okla.
PITTSBURGH COKE & CHEMICAL COMPANY, P. O. Box 1645, Pittsburgh 30, Pa.
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, M. A. & R. Building, Ivorydale, Cincinnati 17, Ohio
PRODUCTOL COMPANY, 417 South Hill Street, Los Angeles 13, Calif. THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY, Chemicals Department, Merchandise Mart
Plaza, Chicago 54, 111.
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APPENDIX-- PART B
MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
PUBLICKER INDUSTRIES, INC., 1429 Walnut Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa.
RAYONIER INCORPORATED, 161 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. :` '
REICHHOLD CHEMICALS, INC., 630 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y.
REILLY TAR & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 1615 Merchants Bank Build
ing, Indianapolis 4, Ind.
RINGWOOD CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Ringwood, 111.
ROHM & HAAS COMPANY, Washington Square, Philadelphia 5, Pa.
ROYCE CHEMICAL COMPANY, Carlton Hill, New Jersey
F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY, Norfolk, Va.
RUMFORD CHEMICAL WORKS, Rumford 16, R. I.
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SHAWINIGAN CHEMICALS LIMITED, 600 Dorchester St., West, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
SH ELL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 50 W. 50th Street, New York 20, N. Y .;|g
SINCLAIR CHEMICALS, INC., Sinclair Oil Building, 600 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y.
SPENCER CHEMICAL COMPANY, 610 Dwight Building, Kansas City 5, Mo.
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY (OHIO), Petrochemical Department, P. 0. Box 11, Lima, Ohio
STANOLIND OIL & GAS COMPANY, Slauulmd Building, Tulsa, Okla. J S
STA U FFER CHEMICAL COMPANY, 380 Madison Avenue, New York 1 @ S
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SUN OIL COMPANY, 1600 Walnut Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa.
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SUNKIST GROWERS, INC., Ontario, Calif.
T EN N ESSEE COPPER COMPANY, 61 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y.
TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY (INCORPORATED), 75 E. 45th 1 Street, New York 17, N. Y.
THIOKOL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 780 North Clinton Avenue, Tren- % ton 7, N. J.
UNION CARBIDE AND CARBON CORPORATION, 30 E ast 42nd Street,
New York 17, N. Y.
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UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New
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UNITED STATES ST E E L CORPORATION, 525 William Penn Place, Pitts burgh 30, Pa.
THE UNITED STA TES STONEWARE COMPANY, 60 E ast 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y.
R. T. VANDERBILT COMPANY, 230 Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.
VELSICOL CORPORATION, 330 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago 11, 111.
VICTOR CHEMICAL WORKS, 155 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 6, 111
VIRGINIA SMELTING COMPANY, 131 State Street, Boston 4, Mass.
THE VISKING CORPORATION, 6733 W. 65th Street, Chicago 38, 111.
WESTERN ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPANY, 9036 Culver Boulevard, Cui- 'v ver City, Calif.
WITCO CHEMICAL COMPANY, 260 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. |
JACQUES WOLF & CO., Passaic, N. J.
WYANDOTTE CHEMICALS CORPORATION, Wyandotte, Mich.