Ceramic Color & Chemical Manufacturing Company is a Pennsylvania manufacturer whose roots reach back to nineteenth-century Germany and whose American operation was incorporated in Pittsburgh in 1929. Based in New Brighton, it is one of the few remaining U.S. pigment producers, supplying inorganic pigments and specialty chemical solutions to customers in consumer, industrial, and defense markets.
Mason Color Works IncFive generations of the Mason family have carried Mason Color Works from its 1842 founding in Stoke-on-Trent to its present-day plant in East Liverpool, where the family-owned company continues a pigment-making tradition established in Ohio in 1902. Its deep ceramic expertise is matched by a history of technical innovation, including the development of cobalt-nucleating compounds for investment casting. The company serves manufacturers worldwide while retaining the personalized approach of a small business.EAST LIVERPOOL, OH
WC Manufacturing Company LLCFounded in 1991, WC Manufacturing Company LLC is a York, Pennsylvania color manufacturer whose roots also reach back to the former Keystone Color Works, acquired in 2007 after that company had operated since 1919. At its 20,000-square-foot facility, WC Manufacturing develops specialty pigments and custom aqueous color formulations for applications such as artists’ paints and industrial coatings.YORK, PA
Decorative Color & Chemical, IncSince 1986, Decorative Color & Chemical, Inc. has supplied pigments and pigment preparations for industries that rely on color, from printing inks and plastics to cosmetics and coatings. The Doylestown company is especially distinctive for pairing its COLORRICH dry pigments with custom-formulated dispersions and flushes, including resin-free and epoxy-ester systems. It also brings more than 30 years of experience to cosmetic colorants, including FDA-certified organic colors.DOYLESTOWN, PA
The Shepherd Color CompanyThe Shepherd Color Company makes complex inorganic color pigments for demanding applications, building on a Cincinnati manufacturing heritage that began with porcelain-enamel colors in the 1920s. Founded through the Shepherd family’s original 1916 enterprise, the fifth-generation, family-owned company now supplies pigments globally, including infrared-reflective colors that help products stay cooler and resist sun damage. Its quality system is maintained to ISO 9001 requirements, alongside a stated effort to reduce environmental impacts and improve sustainability.CINCINNATI, OH