Founded in 1971, Troy Chemical Industries manufactures specialty chemicals for the surface-finishing industry, including pretreatment chemistry, metalworking fluids, and wastewater solutions. The Burton, Ohio company remains family-owned under Ted and Beth Bunton, who purchased it in 2020, and serves as an “everyman” vendor for customers that larger suppliers may overlook. Its ISO 9001-certified operation pairs chemical manufacturing with laboratory testing, process troubleshooting, and hands-on support aimed at quick turnarounds.
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Bulk Chemicals, IncFounded in 1974, Bulk Chemicals, Inc. is a southeastern Pennsylvania manufacturer that has spent more than 50 years developing metal pretreatment chemistry for industrial processors. Its distinctive role is as a hands-on technical partner, pairing customized solutions with laboratory support and equipment expertise for customers in metal-finishing operations around the world.READING, PA
BroCo Products, IncBroCo Products, a Cleveland company with origins in the 1940s, formulates and manufactures chemistry for metal finishing while also designing custom processing equipment and fabricating complete lines. Under current family ownership for three generations, it supports plating and related industrial operations with technical field service, electroplating rack repair and manufacture, water-treatment systems, and specially blended chemicals.CLEVELAND, OH
International Chemical CompanyFour generations of family leadership have kept Philadelphia’s International Chemical Company family-owned and family-operated since its founding in 1906. The century-old specialty chemical manufacturer is known for custom-formulating metalworking fluids around the specific needs of manufacturers, backed by technical evaluations and on-site testing.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Columbia Chemical CorporationColumbia Chemical Corporation began in 1975 when two chemists established the company in a former Cleveland textile mill. Now headquartered in Brunswick, the 100% employee-owned company has spent more than 50 years developing specialty chemistry for the surface-finishing industry, with a particular history in zinc plating and trivalent chromium processes. Its employee-owners also provide toll blending for customers who need additional chemical manufacturing capacity.BRUNSWICK, OH