Established in 1936 to supply ballistic dyes to the U.S. government, Lever Colors remains a privately held, U.S.-owned family company making colorants and providing toll manufacturing for colorant businesses. Based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, it is now led by great-grandson Scott Lever and supports customers with custom formulations and color matching. The company also emphasizes resource-efficient manufacturing and environmental stewardship through the ChemStewards program.
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
Caledonian Dye Works, IncFounded in Philadelphia in 1911 as a cotton warp dyehouse, Caledonian Dye Works is now a fourth-generation family business providing commission dyeing for yarns and blends. Kimberly F. Livingston leads the company, which combines computerized color matching with package and skein dyeing and accommodates lots from 30 to 1,000 pounds. Its color-matching lab and focus on smaller and mid-sized dye lots reflect a long-standing role in the region’s textile trade.PHILADELPHIA, 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
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