W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn

Employee size

11-50

Headquarters

Columbia, MD

For more than 165 years, W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn. has built its name around chemistry-driven manufacturing, with a global workforce and operations spanning every continent. The company develops specialty materials for industrial customers, while its Aiken plant—established in 1941 and acquired by Grace in 1980—mines and packages kaolin used in petroleum catalysts and concrete.

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