Founded in January 1990 by Lynn Bente, a pioneer in coloring plastics, Buckeye Color & Chemical has built its identity around helping plastics customers bring color into polymer products. The company began by importing TR-354 Channel Black from the Soviet Union, later expanded to offices in Dover, Ohio, and achieved ISO certification in 2004.
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General Color Chemical CoFamily-owned since George C. Gartner founded it in 1938, General Color Chemical Co. remains guided by the founder’s grandson and his customer-service roots. The Minerva manufacturer supplies colorants for plastics and develops custom solutions for processors using molding or extrusion. Its quality system has been ISO certified since 2003.MINERVA, OH
Spectra Polymers & Color SpecialtiesFounded in 1983 as a color-matching house, Spectra Polymers & Color Specialties now distributes specialty polymers and produces custom color compounds and additive blends for plastics manufacturers. Ewerton Borges bought the company in 2017 after rising from a floor-sweeping job to plant manager, and Spectra has since expanded its manufacturing and warehousing to a 20-acre Vineland, New Jersey site while maintaining its laboratory in Bohemia, New York. Its color library of more than 67,000 established variations and practical recycling work give the company a distinctive role between resin suppliers and molders.NEW YORK, NY
ChromaScapeChromaScape formally took shape in 1998, growing from a Cleveland colorant business founded by George and Carol Ann Chase in 1968 into a specialty manufacturer with five U.S. manufacturing and distribution facilities. Today, the company develops colorants and additives for manufacturers, with its Amerimulch heritage tracing back to a mulch production operation and informing its practical, application-focused approach.INDEPENDENCE, OH
Plastore, IncFounded in 1976 by Ingemar Lundh, Hudson, Ohio-based Plastore makes Plasticolor color and additive feeders for plastics processing equipment. Its rugged systems feed materials directly at the machine throat, with tool-less screw changes and options ranging from volumetric and gravimetric feeding to the ACLCC closed-loop color-control system. Plastore says thousands of units are installed for customers worldwide.HUDSON, OH