Five 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.
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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
Ceramic Color & Chemical Manufacturing CompanyCeramic 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.NEW BRIGHTON, PA
Mayco ColorsFounded in 1954, Mayco Colors manufactures ceramic art supplies, including fired glazes, bisque forms and decorating accessories, for everyone from classroom artists to professional potters. The family-owned company has 55 employees and is built around a ceramics-minded staff that includes engineers, art educators and working ceramic practitioners. Since acquiring Duncan Enterprises’ ceramic color division in 2020, Mayco has also carried forward selected Duncan products while providing technical support, education and creative resources through its worldwide distributor network.HILLIARD, OH
Maryland China CompanyNow in its fourth generation of family ownership, Maryland China Company carries on a porcelain tradition that began in 1910 with artist Phillip Weiner. The Reisterstown company is known for serving porcelain artists and commercial decorators with blank porcelain, decorating expertise and custom work, drawing on long-standing relationships with overseas factories and its own Maryland decorating department.REISTERSTOWN, MD