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  • Top 100 Chemical Distributors

    By Purchasing Staff -- Purchasing, 5/3/2001 2:00:00 AM


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    1. Vopak Kirkland, Wash.
    Darwin Simpson, president and CEO

    2000 sales: $3.2 billion

    Stocking locations: 186

    Employees: 4,378
    Products: Acids, adhesives & sealants, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, flavors & fragrances, food additives, glycol ethers, others
    Services: Solvent reclamation, safety training, blending, contract packaging, hazardous waste removal, customer product research, technical training, e-commerce, others
    Markets served: Food & beverage, soaps & detergents, cosmetics/personal care products, primary chemical processing, others
    Storage: 22,768,983 gal., 7,646,533 sq ft
    Fleet: 400 trucks, 400 vans, 400 tankers, 400 railcars, 45 other vehicles
    Update: Combined sales of Van Waters & Rodgers with Ellis & Everard (U.S. Holdings). Opened six stocking locations in 2000
    2. Ashland Distribution Co. Dublin, Ohio
    David J. D'Antoni, Sen. VP & group operating officer

    2000 sales: $2.967 billion
    Stocking locations: 108
    Employees: 2,500
    Products: Acids, adhesives/sealants, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, flavors/fragrances, food additives, others
    Services: Solvent reclamation, safety training, blending, contract packaging, Internet ordering, vendor-managed inventory, others
    Markets served: Plastics and rubber, paints and coatings, primary chemical processing, food and beverage, adhesives and sealants, pharmaceuticals, others
    Storage: 21,600,000 gal., 39,960,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 444 trucks, 30 vans, 406 trailers, 252 tankers
    Update: Opened one stocking location, added adhesives and silicone additives product lines
    3. Brenntag, Inc. Reading, Pa.
    Stephen R. Clark, president and CEO

    2000 sales: $1.562 billion
    Stocking locations: 132
    Employees: 2,971
    Products: Acids, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, flavors & fragrances, food additives, glycol ethers, hydrogen peroxide, industrial gases, inorganics, others
    Services: Manufacturing, solvent reclamation, safety training, blending, contract packaging, hazardous-waste removal, others
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, soaps & detergents, food & beverage, cosmetics/personal care products, paints & coatings, adhesives & sealants, municipal, electronics, metals & automotive, others
    Storage: 48.6 million gal., 3 million sq ft
    Fleet: 445 trucks, 201 vans, 668 tankers and trailers
    Update: Acquired HCI USA Distribution Co. in November 2000
    4. CHEMCENTRAL Corp. Bedford Park, Ill.
    David W. Courtney, president and CEO
    2000 sales: $951 million
    Stocking locations: 40
    Employees: 1,015
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, glycol ethers, inorganics, ketones, pigments, plasticizers, polyglycols, resins, solvents, surfactants, thickening agents, lubricants
    Services: Blending
    Markets served: Paints/coatings, soaps and detergents, adhesives/sealants, plastics and rubber, primary chemical processing, cosmetics/personal care products, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, textiles
    Storage: 12,500,000 gal., 600,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 175 trucks, 125 trailers, 100 tankers
    Update: Added Estron flow modifiers in 2000. Continues to work closely with eFodia e-commerce company
    5. ICC Chemical Distribution New York, N.Y.
    William Brunger, president
    2000 sales: $489 million
    Stocking locations: 10
    Employees: 135
    Products: Solvents, chlorinated solvents, alcohols, ketones, polyglycols, fatty chemicals, acids, amines, plasticizers, inorganics, surfactants, resins/plastic resins, chlor-alkali
    Services: Manufacturing
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, plastics, paints & coatings, adhesives & sealants, soaps and detergents, pharmaceuticals, textiles, glass and refractory, pulp and paper, cosmetics/personal care products
    Storage: 400,000 gal, 300,000 sq ft
    6. JLM Industries Inc. Tampa, Fla.
    John L. Macdonald, president

    2000 sales: $435 million
    Stocking locations: 12
    Employees: 57
    Products: Acids, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, flavors and fragrances, food additives, inorganics, ketones, pigments, plasticizers, polyglycols, resins, solvents, specialty quats, surfactants, thickening agents, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, customer product research, technical training, terminal services, tank storage
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, food & beverage, plastics, metals and automotive, agriculture, cosmetics/personal care products, adhesives & sealants, paints & coatings, others
    Storage: 8,800,000 gal., 90,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 118 railcars
    Update: Opened one new stocking location in 2000
    7. GW International Portland, Ore.
    (formerly Great Western Chemical)
    R.H. McCall, chairman
    2000 sales: $254 million
    Stocking locations: 30
    Employees: 525
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, food additives, glycol ethers, surfactants, thickening agents, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, contract packaging, hazardous-waste removal, technical training
    Markets served: Food and beverage, electronics, mining, metals and automotive, pulp and paper, petroleum refining, cosmetics/personal care products, pharmaceuticals, soaps and detergents, municipal
    Storage: 1.9 million gal., 962,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 6 trucks, 1 van, 126 trailers, 68 tractors, 21 other vehicles
    Update: Closed three stocking locations in 2000. Sold Canada distribution arm to Quadra
    8. Harcros Chemicals, Inc. Kansas City, Kan.
    Kevin G. Mirner, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $244 million
    Stocking locations: 28
    Employees: 423
    Products: Acids, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, ketones, inorganics, esters, fatty chemicals, food additives, glycol ethers, hydrogen peroxide, pigments, others
    Services: Manufacturing, safety training, blending, contract packaging, customer product research, technical training, customer and product research and development
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, cosmetics/personal care products, soaps and detergents, food and beverage, municipal, swimming pool chemicals, metals and automotive, electronics, agriculture, petroleum refining, plastics, tire and rubber, pulp and paper, textiles, paints & coatings
    Storage: 3 million gal., 891,400 sq ft
    Fleet: 75 trucks, 78 vans, 21 trailers, 23 tankers
    9. Canada Colors & Chemicals Ltd. Don Mills, Ontario, Canada
    Bernard West, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $209 million
    Stocking locations: 12
    Employees: 350
    Products: Acids, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, food additives, glycol ethers, hydrogen peroxide, inorganics, ketones, lubricants, pigments, plasticizers, polyglycols, resins, solvents, specialty quats, surfactants, thickening agents
    Services: Manufacturing, safety training, blending, contract packaging, technical training
    Markets served: Food and beverage, plastics, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics/personal care products, pulp and paper, tire and rubber, adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, primary chemical processing, petroleum refining, metals and automotive, textiles, others
    Storage: 1,250,000 gal., 280,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 18 trucks, 3 vans, 15 trailers, 7 tankers
    10. HELM

    (North America Cos.) Piscataway, N.J.
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    2000 sales: $199.2 million
    Stocking locations: 20
    Employees: 225
    Products: Fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, food additives, feed supplements, industrial chemicals, alcohols, solvents, acids, resins, glycol ethers, amines, aldehydes
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, contract packaging, technical training, scientific support, registrations (e.g. FDA), quality control
    Markets served: Agriculture, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, feed additives, primary chemical processing, paints & coatings, tire & rubber
    Storage: 19.3 million gal., 85,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 6 trucks, 17 vans
    11. Hydrite Chemical Co. Brookfield, Wis.
    John Honkamp, president
    2000 sales: $185.1 million
    Stocking locations: 10
    Employees: 500
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chlorinated solvents, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, esters, fatty chemicals, food additives, glycol ethers, hydrogen peroxide, industrial gases, inorganics, ketones, polyglycols, solvents, surfactants, thickening agents
    Services: Manufacturing, solvent reclamation, safety training, blending, contract packaging, hazardous waste removal, customer product research, thickening agents
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, pulp/paper, food/beverage, metals and automotive, paints/coatings, petrol refining, soaps and detergents, municipal, pharmaceuticals, electronics, cosmetics/personal care products
    Storage: 7 million gal., 500,000 sq ft
    Update: Opened one new stocking location in 2000
    12. Aceto Corp. Lake Success, N.Y.
    Leonard Schwartz, chairman, president, CEO
    2000 sales: $184 million
    Stocking locations: 48
    Employees: 100
    Products: Acids, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, esters, flavors & fragrances, food additives, ketones, pigments and others
    Services: Blending, contract manufacturing
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, pharmaceuticals, paints & coatings, petroleum refining, food & beverage, agriculture
    Update: Opened two stocking locations in 2000
    13. Interstate Chemical Co., Inc. Hermitage, Pa.
    Albert R. Puntureri, president
    2000 sales: $173.7 million
    Stocking locations: 14
    Employees: 270
    Products: Alcohols, chlor-alkali, acids, solvents, ketones, esters, amines, others
    Services: Manufacturing, safety training, blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, adhesives & sealants, paints & coatings, food, municipal, others
    Storage: 15 million gal., 430,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 105 trucks, 18 vans, 40 trailers, 110 tankers
    14. Mays Chemical Co., Inc. Indianapolis, Ind.
    William G. Mays, president
    2000 sales: $172 million
    Stocking locations: 8
    Employees: 169
    Products: Food additives, acids, inorganics, chlor-alkali, alcohols, glycol ethers, solvents, chlorinated solvents, others
    Services: Solvent reclamation, safety training, blending, contract packaging, others
    Markets served: Pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, electronics, metals and automotive, soaps and detergents
    Storage: 300,000 gal., 270,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 8 trucks, 3 trailers, 16 railcars
    15. Superior Solvents & Chemicals Indianapolis, Ind.
    Gary S. Johnson, president
    2000 sales: $131 million
    Stocking locations: 8
    Employees: 220
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, others
    Services: Manufacturing, solvent reclamation, hazardous-waste removal, others
    Markets served: Specialty cleaners, paints & coatings, pharmaceuticals, soaps & detergents, others
    Storage: 6.15 million gal., 300,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 55 trucks, 65 trailers, 52 tankers
    16. Quadra Chemicals, Ltd. Vaudrueil, Quebec
    Tony Infilise, chairman & president
    2000 sales: $125 million
    Stocking locations: 43
    Employees: 145
    Products: Acids, adhesives and sealants, alcohols, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, esters, others
    Services: Blending, safety training, contract packaging, customer product research
    Markets served: Primary chemicals processing, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, adhesives, paints, others
    Storage: 3.96 million gal., 80,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 24 trucks, 6 trailers, 18 tankers, 1 railcar
    17. The C.P. Hall Co. Chicago, Ill.
    George A. Vincent, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $110 million
    Stocking locations: 7
    Employees: 40
    Products: Alcohols, aldehydes, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, esters, fatty chemicals, food additives, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, customer product research, others
    Markets served: Plastics, paints/coatings, adhesives/sealants, others
    Update: Closing manufacturing at Carteret, N.J., and expanding production at Chicago, Ill.-facility
    18. The KODA Distribution Cos. Leominster, Mass.
    E.P. McDonald, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $109 million
    Stocking locations: 19
    Employees: 144
    Products: AG Chemicals, Process/White oils, acids, adhesives/sealants, others
    Services: Safety training, blending, contract packaging, technical training
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, agriculture, plastics & rubber, pulp & paper, primary chemical processing, others
    Storage: 500,000 gal., 325,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 14 trucks, 20 trailers, 14 tankers, 2 other vehicles
    19. Seegott Inc. Streetsboro, Ohio
    Paul Seegott, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $104.1 million
    Stocking locations: 16
    Employees: 138
    Products: Adhesives & sealants, amines, catalysts, fatty chemicals, inorganics, pigments, thickening agents, others
    Services: Blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Plastics and rubber, adhesives and sealants, paints
    Storage: 300,000 gal., 1 million sq ft
    Fleet: 6 trailers, 4 tankers, 6 tractors
    Update: Added silicone paint additives and silicone water repellents in 2000
    20. K. A. Steel

    Chemicals Inc. Lemont, Ill.
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    Robert Steel, president
    2000 sales: $100 million
    Stocking locations: 12
    Products: Acids, chlor-alkali
    Services: Manufacturing, safety training
    Markets served: Pulp & paper, metals/auto, food/beverage, pharmaceuticals, municipal, primary chemical processing, petroleum refining, textiles, paints/coatings, plastics, glass/refractory, adhesives/sealants, soaps/detergents, electronics, agriculture, cosmetics/personal care
    Update: Opened three new stocking locations in 2000
    21. Hawkins Chemical, Inc. Minneapolis, Minn.
    John R. Hawkins, chairman & CEO
    2000 sales: $97 million
    Stocking locations: 11
    Employees: 190
    Products: Acids, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, food additives, hydrogen peroxide, inorganics, polyglycols
    Services: Manufacturing, safety training, blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, municipal, food and beverage, electronics, paper, others
    Storage: 9.5 million gal., 300,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 38 trucks, 12 trailers, 60 tankers
    22. EMCO Chemical Distributors North Chicago, Ill.
    Edward Polen, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $94.8 million
    Stocking locations: 1
    Employees: 215
    Products: Acids, adhesives & sealants, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, catalysts, solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, others
    Services: Mfg., waste removal, others
    Markets served: Paints/coatings, adhesives & sealants, cosmetics/personal care, soaps & detergents, others
    Storage: 800,000 gal., 325,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 17 trucks, 1 van, 10 trailers, 21 tankers
    23. PVS Chemicals Inc. Detroit, Mich.
    James B. Nicholson, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $86.7 million
    Stocking locations: 11
    Employees: 150
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, glycol ethers, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, hazardous-waste removal, safety training
    Markets served: Metals and automotive, primary chemical processing, soaps
    Storage: 2 million, 200,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 59 trucks, 3 vans, 12 trailers, 57 tankers, 150 railcars, 3 other vehicles
    24. Callahan Chemical Palmyra, N.Y.
    Ted Burke, president
    2000 sales: $73.1 million
    Stocking locations: 5
    Employees: 76
    Products: Acids, adhesives and sealants, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, flavors and fragrances, food additives, others
    Services: Blending, contract packaging, customer product research, others
    Storage: 130,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 17 trucks, 4 vans, 13 trailers, 4 tankers
    25. Chemicals Inc., USA Fairfield, Ohio
    Martin Wehr, president
    2000 sales: $72.4 million
    Stocking locations: 6
    Employees: 102
    Products: Acids, adhesives and sealants, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, others
    Services: Blending, contract packaging, solvent reclamation, safety training
    Markets served: Metals and automotive, primary chemical processing, soaps and detergents, pulp and paper, others
    Storage: 1.9 million gal., 160,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 56 vehicles total
    26. H.M. Royal, Inc. Trenton, N.J.
    H.L. Boyer Royal, chairman
    2000 sales: $70 million
    Stocking locations: 10
    Employees: 49
    Products: Adhesives & sealants, pigments, plasticizers, resins, thickening agents, mineral fillers
    Markets served: Plastics & rubber, adhesives & sealants, tire & rubber, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, pulp & paper, paints & coatings
    Storage: 80,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 20 vans, 6 trailers
    27. E.T. Horn Co. La Mirada, Calif.
    Gene E. Ailey, CEO
    2000 sales: $68.5 million
    Stocking locations: 6
    Employees: 76
    Products: Amines, catalysts, esters, fatty chemicals, flavors and fragrances, food additives, lubricants, pigments, plasticizers, resins, surfactants, thickening agents
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, plastics and rubber, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, electronics, cosmetics/personal care products, adhesives & sealants
    Storage: 200,000 sq ft
    28. George S. Coyne Chemical Croydon, Pa.
    Thomas H. Coyne, president
    2000 sales: $65.3 million
    Stocking locations: 5
    Employees: 120
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, glycol ethers, hydrogen peroxide, inorganics, ketones, lubricants, plasticizers, polyglycols, solvents, specialty quats, surfactants, thickening agents
    Services: Blending, contract packaging, customer product research, others
    Storage: 40,000 gal., 240,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 20 trucks, 17 trailers, 15 tankers
    29. Barton Solvents, Inc. Des Moines, Iowa
    L.L. Casten, president, CEO, COB
    2000 sales: $63 million
    Stocking locations: 6
    Employees: 150
    Products: Solvents, alcohols, ketones, glycol ethers, esters, surfactants, lubricants, plasticizers, resins, amines
    Services: Solvent reclam., blending, contract packaging, waste removal
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, tire and rubber, plastics, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, soaps & detergents, others
    Storage: 3.5 million gal., 160,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 58 trucks, 29 vans, 44 tankers
    30. Ulrich

    Chemical, Inc. Indianapolis, Ind.
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    Edward M. Pitkin, president
    2000 sales: $61 million
    Stocking locations: 7
    Employees: 175
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, glycol ethers, hydrogen peroxide, industrial gases, others
    Services: Manufacturing, solvent reclamation, safety training, blending, others
    Markets served: Pharmaceuticals, primary chemical processing, municipal, metals & automotive, others
    Storage: 944,000 gal., 288,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 84 vehicles total
    31(t). Ribelin Sales Inc. Dallas, Texas
    Michael Ribelin, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $60 million
    Stocking locations: 6
    Employees: 75
    Products: Pigments, resins, surfactants, thickening agents
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, plastics and rubber
    Storage: 225,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 12 trucks, 3 vans
    31(t). Wego Chemical & Mineral Great Neck, N.Y.
    Bert Eshaghpour, president
    2000 sales: $60 million
    Stocking locations: 15
    Employees: 40
    Products: Acids, adhesives & sealants, water treatment, dyes, swimming pool, intermediates, esters, flavors & fragrances, food additives, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, contract packaging, customer product research, technical training
    Markets served: Textiles, pulp & paper, food & beverage, soaps & detergents, primary chemical processing, others
    33. G.S. Robins & Co. St. Louis, Mo.
    G. Stephen Robins, president
    2000 sales: $57.5 million
    Stocking locations: 9
    Employees: 105
    Products: Acids, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, flavors and fragrances, others
    Services: Manufacturing, solvent reclamation, safety training, blending, others
    Markets served: Food & beverage, cosmetics/personal care products, others
    Storage: 1.2 million gal., 330,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 16 trucks, 30 trailers, 4 tankers
    34. Durr Marketing Associates, Inc. Pittsburgh, Pa.
    David R. Durr, president
    2000 sales: $56.3 million
    Stocking locations: 6
    Employees: 30
    Products: Catalysts, inorganics, pigments, plasticizers, resins, thickening agents
    Services: Safety training, customer product research, technical training
    Markets served: Plastics & rubber, paints & coatings, adhesives & sealants, glass & refractory, tire & rubber
    Update: Added a line of organoclays, dropped a line of attapulgite clays
    35. Westco Chemicals, Inc. North Hollywood, Calif.
    Alan Zwillinger, president
    2000 sales: $56.2 million
    Stocking locations: 5
    Employees: 42
    Products: Food additives, inorganics, acids, chelating agents, thickening agents, flavors & fragrances, chlor-alkali, others
    Services: Blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics/personal care products, electronics, metals & automotive, textiles, paints & coatings, others
    Storage: 165,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 8 trucks, 4 vans
    36. M.F. Cachat Co. Cleveland, Ohio
    Michael Cachat, president
    2000 sales: $55.1
    Stocking locations: 12
    Employees: 48
    Products: Adhesives & sealants, food additives, inorganics, pigments, polyglycols, resins, surfactants, thickening agents
    Services: Customer product research, technical training
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, adhesives & sealants, plastics & rubber
    Storage: 90,000 sq ft
    Update: Opened three new stocking locations in 2000
    37. Gallard-Schlesinger Industries, Inc. Garden City, N.Y.
    Frank Voce, vice president
    2000 sales: $55 million
    Stocking locations: 33
    Products: Food additives, inorganics
    Markets served: Pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, cosmetics/personal care products
    Update: Added seven stocking locations in 2000 in Savannah, Ga.; Hanahan, La.; Paterson, N.J.; Chicago, Ill.; Laredo, Texas; Hutchinson, Kan.; and Kenansville, N.C.
    38. Southwest Solvents & Chemicals Houston, Texas
    J.M. Clepper, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $52.9 million
    Stocking locations: 6
    Employees: 98
    Products: Acids, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, others
    Services: Safety training, blending, contract packaging, export packaging, others
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, adhesives & sealants, plastics & rubber, electronics, agriculture, municipal, others
    Storage: 1.9 million gal., 125,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 65 vehicles total
    39(t). Rowell Chemical Corp. Hinsdale, Ill.
    Nat J. Rowell, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $51.5 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 65
    Products: Acids, alcohols, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, inorganics, polyglycols, solvents, surfactants
    Services: Contract packaging, manufacturing, safety training, others
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, food and beverage, others
    Storage: 6.2 million gal., 150,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 8 trucks, 6 vans, 4 trailers, 12 tankers, 25 railcars
    39(t). Pride

    Solvents & Chemical Holtsville, N.Y.
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    A.W. Dhom, Sr., CEO
    2000 sales: $51.5 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 62
    Products: Alcohols, amines, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, glycol ethers, ketones, others
    Services: Solvent reclamation, blending, contract packaging, others
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, cosmetics/personal care products, others
    Storage: 375,000 gal., 85,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 11 trucks, 6 vans, 6 trailers, 8 tankers
    41. Haviland Enterprises, Inc. Grand Rapids, Mich.
    E. Bernard Haviland, president
    2000 sales: $51 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 148
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, lubricants, solvents, surfactants, others
    Services: Manufacturing, solvent reclamation, hazardous-waste removal, others
    Markets served: Metals & automotive, pharmaceuticals, paints & coatings, municipal, others
    Storage: 350,000 gal., 275,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 10 trucks, 20 trailers, 1 yard tractor
    42. Solvents and Chemicals, Inc. Pearland, Texas
    Gabriel Baizan, president
    2000 sales: $49.9 million
    Stocking locations: 5
    Employees: 100
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, glycol ethers, ketones, plasticizers, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, contract packaging, others
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, petroleum refining, plastics, others
    Storage: 1.1 million gal., 200,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 31 vehicles total
    43. Gallade Chemical, Inc. Santa Ana, Calif.
    Alfred E. Gallade, president
    2000 sales: $47 million
    Stocking locations: 7
    Employees: 85
    Products: Acids, alcohols, chlor-alkali, polyglycols, solvents, thickening agents, reagents, electronics, others
    Services: Total chemical management, others
    Markets served: Aerospace, research, metal surfacing, pharmaceuticals, others
    Storage: 100,000 gal., 485,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 87 vehicles total
    Update: Added Ferro's "Vista" powder coating products in 2000
    44. Whitaker Oil Co. Atlanta, Ga.
    Bart Whitaker, president
    2000 sales: $46 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Employees: 71
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, flavors & fragrances, glycol ethers, others
    Services: Blending
    Markets served: Soaps & detergents, paints & coatings, primary chemical processing, textiles, adhesives others
    Storage: 16 million gal., 109,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 10 trucks, 5 vans, 4 trailers, 21 tankers, 19 railcars, 3 tank wagons
    45. Prince Agri Products, Inc. Quincy, Ill.
    Marvin Sussman, president
    2000 sales: $45 million
    Stocking locations: 5
    Products: Other (not specified), flavors and fragrances.
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, contract packaging, mineral analysis
    Markets served: Agriculture
    Storage: 120,000 sq ft
    Update: Added a line of direct-fed microbials in 2000
    46(t). Seltzer Chemicals, Inc. Carlsbad, Calif.
    Wayne T. Seltzer, president
    2000 sales: $43 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Employees: 50
    Products: Nutritionals (vitamins and amino acids), food additives, pigments, esters, specialty quats, surfactants, others
    Services: Customer product research, technical training
    Markets served: Pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, cosmetics and personal care, food and beverage, others
    Storage: 100,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 1 truck, 1 van
    46(t). Los Angeles Chemical South Forte, Calif.
    David I. Miller, president
    2000 sales: $43 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 120
    Products: Acids, chlor-alkali, hydrogen peroxide, alcohols, surfactants, inorganics, food additives, glycol ethers
    Services: Manufacturing, blending
    Markets served: Petroleum refining, textiles, adhesives & sealants
    Storage: 200,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 48 vehicles total
    Update: Opened one new stocking location in Imperial, Calif., in 2000
    48. Tilley Chemical Co., Inc. Baltimore, Md.
    John M. Tilley, president
    2000 sales: $42.2
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 50
    Products: Food additives (FD & C colors), fatty chemicals, surfactants, thickening agents, lubricants, solvents, polyglycols, inorganics, acids, others
    Markets served: Food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, others
    Storage: 120,000 gal., 90,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 15 trucks, 9 vans, 15 trailers, 9 tankers
    Update: Adding an additional 18,000 sq ft of storage space in 2001
    49(t). D.H. Litter Co., Inc. Elmsford, N.Y.
    Michael A. Granito, president
    2000 sales: $40 million
    Stocking locations: 6
    Employees: 31
    Products: Adhesives and sealants, amines, chlorinated solvents, inorganics, lubricants, pigments, resins, surfactants, thickening agents
    Services: Customer product research, technical training
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, plastics & rubber, adhesives & sealants, cosmetics/personal care products, others
    Storage: 100,000 sq ft
    49(t). Hubbard-Hall Inc. Waterbury, Conn.
    Charles Kellogg, chairman & CFO
    2000 sales: $40 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, glycol ethers, hydrogen peroxide, inorganics, ketones, polyglycols, solvents, surfactants
    Services: Manufacturing, safety training, hazardous-waste removal
    Storage: 350,000 gal., 100,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 14 trucks, 3 vans, 30 trailers, 2 tankers
    49(t). Archway Sales, Inc. St. Louis, Mo.
    John T. Baumstark, Sr., president
    2000 sales: $40 million
    Stocking locations: 7
    Employees: 50
    Products: Alcohols, amines, catalysts, fatty chemicals, food additives, pigments, plasticizers, polyglycols, others
    Services: Blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, plastics, soaps & detergents, cosmetics/personal care products, tire & rubber, others
    Storage: 5,000 gal., 30,000 sq ft
    Update: Added line of Penn specialty chemicals in 2000
    52. Coleman

    Chemical, Inc. Channahon, Ill.
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    James H. Taylor, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $39.5 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 47
    Products: Acids, adhesives and sealants, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, others
    Services: Safety training, blending, contract packaging, hazardous-waste removal
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, soaps, cosmetics, others
    Storage: 750,000 gal., 175,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 15 trucks, 23 trailers, 18 tankers
    53. Ideal Chemical & Supply Co. Memphis, Tenn.
    Sam Block, Jr., president
    2000 sales: $39 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Employees: 110
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, glycol ethers, hydrogen peroxide, others
    Services: Blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Pulp and paper, agriculture, soaps and detergents, primary chemical processing, others
    Storage: 1 million gal., 170,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 15 trucks, 20 trailers, 2 tankers
    54. Cole Chemical & Distributing Inc. Houston, Texas
    Donna Fujimoto Cole, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $38.2 million
    Stocking locations: 14
    Employees: 24
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, fatty chemicals, glycol ethers, inorganics, others
    Services: Safety training, blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Metals and automotive, petroleum refining, chemical processing,
    Storage: 50,000 gal., 100,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 1 truck, 1 van
    Update: Opened 11 stocking locations
    55. Dorsett & Jackson Inc. Los Angeles, Calif.
    Don Witteman, president
    2000 sales: $38 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 30
    Products: Amines, food additives, inorganics, pigments, plasticizers, polyglycols, resins, surfactants, thickening agents
    Markets served: Plastics and rubber, paints & coatings, adhesives and sealants, lube & grease, cosmetics/personal care products, food & beverage, pharmaceuticals
    Storage: 35,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 1 truck, 1 van
    56(t). Charkit Chemical Corp. Darien, Conn.
    Charles A. Hinnant, president
    2000 sales: $36 million
    Stocking locations: 13
    Employees: 27
    Products: Water treatment, photographic, inorganics, alcohols, food additives, flavors & fragrances, acids, others
    Services: Blending, contract packaging, toll manufacturing
    Markets served: Water treatment, photographic, processing, metals, others
    Storage: 150,000 sq ft
    Update: Added to food additives and personal-care product lines in 2000
    56(t). Astro Chemicals Inc. Springfield, Mass.
    William P. Cunningham, Sr., CEO
    2000 sales: $36 million
    Stocking locations: 1
    Employees: 49
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, food additives, glycol ethers, others Services: Bonding, contract packaging Markets served: Electronics, printing graphics, paints and coatings, cosmetics/personal care products, others
    Storage: 60,000 gal., 60,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 25 vehicles total
    58. Van Horn Metz & Co., Inc. Conshohochen, Pa.
    H. Morgan Smith, president
    2000 sales: $32.5 million
    Stocking locations: 7
    Employees: 30
    Products: Amines, esters, fatty chemicals, food additives, inorganics, pigments, plasticizers, resins, surfactants, thickening agents, containers
    Services: Blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Paints and coatings, plastics, adhesives and sealants, textiles, primary chemical processing
    Storage: 120,000 sq ft
    59. Webb Chemical Service Corp. Muskegon Heights, Mich.
    Robert N. Hilleary, president
    2000 sales: $31 million
    Stocking locations: 1
    Employees: 50
    Products: Acids, alcohols, aldehydes, inorganics, plasticizers, solvents
    Services: Safety training, blending
    Markets served: Pharmaceuticals, primary chemical processing, pulp & paper, municipal, metals & automotive, paints & coating, petroleum refining
    Storage: 121,800 gal., 56,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 14 trucks, 1 van, 6 trailers, 19 tankers
    60. Brown

    Chemical Co., Inc. Oakland, N.J.
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    Douglas A. Brown, president
    2000 sales: $30.2 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 18
    Products: surfactants, others
    Services: Blending, contract packaging, customer product research
    Storage: 30,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 3 trucks, 1 van, 4 trailers
    Update: Opened one new stocking location in 2000
    61(t). Tanner Industries, Inc. Southampton, Pa.
    S. Brad Tanner, president & COO
    2000 sales: $30 million
    Stocking locations: 18
    Employees: 100
    Products: Anhydrous ammonia, ammonium hydroxide, others
    Services: Safety training, blending, contract packaging, ammonia response
    Markets served: Power industry, food & beverage, primary chemical processing, metals & automotive, pulp and paper, others
    Storage: 1 million gal., 90,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 61 trucks, 7 trailers, 68 tankers, 10 railcars
    61(t). Independent Chemical Corp. Glendale, N.Y.
    Stanley Spielman, president
    2000 sales: $30 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 65
    Products: Hydrogen peroxide, inorganics, surfactants, specialty quats, chelating agents
    Services: Blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Textiles, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and personal care food and beverage, soaps and detergents, municipal and electronics
    63. Lidochem, Inc. Hazlet, N.J.
    Don J. Pucillo, president
    2000 sales: $29.3 million
    Stocking locations: 11
    Employees: Outside contractors
    Products: Acids, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, food additives,
    surfactants
    Markets served: Food and beverage, metals and automotive, agriculture, soaps and detergents
    Storage: Public warehousing
    Fleet: 12 railcars
    Update: Added phosphoric acid and catalyst metals product lines in 2000
    64. AerChem, Inc. Bloomington, Ind.
    Michael Jeffers, president
    2000 sales: $28.8 million
    Stocking locations: 12
    Products: Food additives, pigments, and pharmaceutical intermediates
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, contract manufacturing
    Markets served: Food ingredients, pharmaceutical intermediates, food & beverage
    Storage: 40,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 1 truck, 1 van
    65. Matteson Ridolfi Inc. Riverview, Mich.
    Jack Westerbeek, CEO & treasurer
    2000 sales: $28.2 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 17
    Products: Amines, catalysts, flavors/fragrances, pigments, resins, solvents, specialty quats, surfactants, thickening agents
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, adhesives & sealants, plastics, soaps & detergents, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, glass and refractory, metals and automotive
    Storage: 40,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 2 trucks, 2 trailers
    66. Tarr, Inc. Portland, Ore.
    Skip Tarr, president
    2000 sales: $28 million
    Stocking locations: 5
    Employees: 70
    Products: solvents, alcohols, lubricants, polyglycols, inorganics, surfactants, ketones, food additives, chlor-alkali, amines
    Markets served: Paints and coatings, printing inks, food and beverage, high-purity solvents
    Storage: 500,000 gal.
    Fleet: 18 trucks, 3 vans, 4 trailers
    67. John R. Hess & Co., Inc. Cranston, R.I.
    Peter Hess, president
    2000 sales: $27.8
    Stocking locations: 1
    Employees: 27
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, inorganics, ketones, plasticizers, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, contract packaging, others
    Markets served: Soaps & detergents, cosmetics/personal care products, pharmaceuticals, paints & coatings, plastics & rubber, textiles, primary chemical processing
    Fleet: 4 trucks, 4 trailers
    68. Gehring-Montgomery, Inc. Warminster, Pa.
    Lawrence D. Biss, managing director
    2000 sales: $25.4 million
    Stocking locations: 6
    Employees: 36
    Products: Resins, food additives, surfactants, acids, inorganics, chelating agents
    Services: Contract packaging
    Markets served: Paints and coatings, food and beverage, soaps and detergents, tire and rubber, metals and automotive, plastics
    Storage: 15,000 gal., 47,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 6 trucks, 6 trailers, 2 tankers
    69. Captree Chemical Corp. Amityville, N.Y.
    Ernest P. Gonzalez, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $25 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Employees: 35
    Products: Acids, adhesives and sealants, alcohols, food additives, glycol ethers, hydrogen peroxide, inorganics, ketones, lubricants, polyglycols, resins, solvents, surfactants
    Services: Contract packaging
    Markets served: Cosmetics/personal care products, pharmaceuticals, power generation, food and beverage, electronics
    Storage: 20,000 sq ft
    70. McCullough

    & Benton Atlanta, Ga.
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    George L. McCullough, president
    2000 sales: $24.5 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 26
    Products: Fatty chemicals, inorganics, pigments, plasticizers, resins, surfactants, thickening agents
    Services: Technical training
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, petroleum refining, plastics, soaps & detergents, metals & automotive
    Storage: 80,000 sq ft
    Update: Added polyamides, pigment dispersions and additives product lines in 2000
    71. E.W. Kaufmann Co. Southampton, Pa.
    Donald F. Denny, president
    2000 sales: 22.5 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Employees: 83
    Products: Resins/plastics, pigments, thickening agents, fatty chemicals, surfactants, plasticizers
    Markets served: Paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants, plastics, tire and rubber, primary chemical processing, cosmetics and personal care, pharmaceuticals, others
    Storage: 350,000 gal., 150,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 12 trucks, 17 trailers, 3 tankers
    72. Chemisphere Corp. St. Louis, Mo.
    Robert Schwent, president
    2000 sales: $22 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Employees: 23
    Products: Solvents, alcohols, ketones, glycol ethers, esters, chlorinated solvents, institutional maintenance
    Services: Manufaturing, safety training, blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Paints and coatings, cosmetics and personal care, others
    Storage: 1.1 million gal., 65,000 sq ft
    Update: Opened one new stocking location in 2000
    73. ChemOne Ltd. Houston, Texas
    Clare L. Welker, president
    2000 sales: $21.2 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 22
    Products: Acids, chlor-alkali, food additives, inorganics
    Services: Wholesaling, inspection, consolidating, compliance issues
    Markets served: Agriculture, soaps and detergents, municipal, food and beverage, petroleum refining
    Storage: 55,088 sq ft
    Update: Added sodium sulfate, sodium bisulfate, sodium thiosulfate
    74. TransChemical Inc. St. Louis, Mo.
    W.F. Stovall, president
    2000 sales: $21 million
    Stocking locations: 1
    Employees: 24
    Products: Alcohols, chlorinated solvents, esters, glycol ethers, ketones, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending
    Markets served: Paints and coatings, metals & automotive, food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, adhesives & sealants, tire & rubber, cosmetics/personal care
    Storage: 1.1 million gal., 60,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 4 trucks, 1 van, 3 trailers, 9 tankers, 3 railcars
    75. The Chemical Co. Jamestown, R.I.
    Linda V. Roach, CEO
    2000 sales: $20.3 million
    Stocking locations: 8
    Employees: 11
    Products: Acids, adhesives and sealants, alcohols, catalysts, flavors and fragrances, food additives, plasticizers, others
    Services: Blending
    Markets served: Pharmaceuticals, plastics, primary chemical processing, paints and coatings, textiles, adhesives and sealants, pulp and paper
    Storage: 60,000 sq ft
    76. TR International Trading Co. Seattle, Wash.
    Anthony M. Ridnell, president
    2000 sales: $20.1 million
    Stocking locations: 5
    Employees: 30
    Products: Solvents, polyglycols, resins/plastics, glycol ethers, alcohols, plasticizers, chlorinated solvents, food additives
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, cosmetics and personal care, adhesives and sealants, food and beverage
    Storage: 410,000 gal., 26,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 8 trucks, 12 trailers
    77(t). TCR Industries, Inc. La Palma, Calif.
    Anthony S. Rumfola, chairman & CEO
    2000 sales: $20 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Products: Catalysts, esters, food additives, inorganics, pigments, resins, solvents, surfactants, thickening agents
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, composites, adhesives & sealants, plastics, electronics, cosmetics/personal care products, food & beverage
    Storage: 60,000 sq ft
    77(t). G.J. Chemical Co., Inc. Newark, N.J.
    Robert Masci, president
    2000 sales: $20 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 15
    Products: Solvents, esters, reagent ACJ solvents, USP/NF solvents, ketones, alcohols, plasticizers, glycol ethers, amines, chlorinated solvents, surfactants
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, contract packaging, customer product research, technical training
    Markets served: Paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants, pharmaceuticals
    Storage: 40,000 gal., 40,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 4 trucks, 3 vans, 6 trailers
    77(t). SARCOM AEPcolloids Div. Greenfield, N.Y.
    Stephen Strouse, president
    2000 sales: $20 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 3
    Products: Flavors and fragrances, thickening agents
    Services: Blending, customer product research
    Markets served: Food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics/personal care, paints and coatings
    Storage: 20,000 sq ft
    80. Norman

    , Fox & Co. City of Commerce, Calif.
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    Herb Norman, chairman
    2000 sales: $18.7 million
    Stocking locations: 7
    Employees: 38
    Products: Amines, chelating agents, esters, fatty chemicals, food additives, specialty quats, surfactants, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, food and beverage, metals and automotive, agriculture, textiles, others
    Storage: 400,000 gal., 50,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 3 trucks, 3 trailers, 2 tankers
    Update: Added methyl esters in 2000
    81. Quaker City Chemicals Philadelphia, Pa.
    Lee Metzman, president
    2000 sales: $18.6 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 60
    Products: Alcohols, amines, chelating agents, esters, ketones, solvents
    Services: Blending, contract packaging
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, pharmaceuticals, adhesives & sealants, cosmetics/personal care products, metals & automotive
    Storage: 75,000 gal., 35,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 7 trucks, 1 tanker
    82. Seeler Chemical Distribution Joliet, Ill.
    Joseph Seeler, chairman
    2000 sales: $18.5 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 54
    Products: Acids, amines, chlor-alkali, esters, hydrogen peroxide
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, customer product research, contract packaging, technical training, safety training
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, food and beverage, paints and coatings, soaps and detergents
    Storage: 345,000 gal., 300,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 3 trucks, 3 vans, 5 trailers, 3 tankers
    83(t). Chemical Distribution, Inc. Bensonville, Ill.
    Lawrence I. Hayes, chief executive
    2000 sales: $18 million
    Stocking locations: 1
    Employees: 20
    Products: Chlor-alkali, disinfectants, biocides, surfactants, amines, chelating agents, fatty chemicals, others
    Services: Blending, contract manufacturing, contract packaging
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, plastics and rubber, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics/personal care, pulp and paper, adhesives and sealants, soaps and detergents, others
    Storage: 100,000 gal., 28,000 sq ft
    83(t). T.H. Hilson Co. Wheaton, Ill.
    Terry Hilson, CEO
    2000 sales: $18 million
    Stocking locations: 6
    Employees: 23
    Products: Catalysts, inorganics, thickening agents, pigments, resins, surfactants, others
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, adhesives & sealants, graphic arts, metal working, cosmetics and personal care
    Storage: 25,000 sq ft
    Update: Added several lines of resins in 2000. Will add new lines of lubricants in 2001
    85(t). Revelli Chemicals Inc. Greenwich, Conn.
    Gerard Revelli, president
    2000 sales: $17 million
    Stocking locations: 13
    Products: Pigments, resins
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, concrete, plastics & rubber
    85(t). Schibley Chemical Co., Inc. Elyria, Ohio
    Kris B. Schibley, president
    2000 sales: $17 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 15
    Products: Alcohols, amines, catalysts, chelating agents, esters, fatty chemicals, glycol ethers, ketones, pigments, others
    Services: Safety training, blending, hazardous-waste removal, technical training
    Markets served: Paints/coatings, plastics, soaps/detergents, others
    Storage: 10,000 gal., 50,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 4 trucks, 8 trailers, 1 tanker
    Update: Plans to open one stocking location in 2001
    87. Industrial Chemicals Corp. Arvada, Colo.
    Gary W. Biesemeier, CEO
    2000 sales: $16.7 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 29
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, solvents
    Services: Safety training, blending, contract packaging, others
    Markets served: Pharmaceuticals, primary chemical processing, soaps & detergents, municipal, others
    Storage: 580,000 gal., 30,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 9 trucks, 2 vans, 10 tankers
    88. Alchem Chemical Atlanta, Ga.
    Bart Whitaker, president
    2000 sales: $15.5 million
    Stocking locations: 1
    Employees: 18
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, food additives, glycol ethers, specialty quats, others
    Services: Blending, customer product research, technical training
    Markets served: Soaps & detergents, primary chemical processing, paints & coatings, textiles, municipal, others
    Storage: 90,000 gal., 30,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 3 trucks, 3 tankers
    89. Kohl Marketing, Inc. Roswell, Ga.
    Robert L. Niccol, president
    2000 sales: $15.4 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Employees: 20
    Products: Fatty chemicals, inorganics, lubricants, pigments, plasticizers, resins, surfactants, thickening agents
    Markets served: Plastics & rubber, paints/coatings, adhesives & sealants, textiles, pharmaceuticals, soaps & detergents, primary chemical processing, food & beverage, others
    Storage: 30,000 sq ft
    Update: Opened one new stocking location in Atlanta, Ga., in 2000
    90(t). Vivion

    , Inc. San Carlos, Calif.
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    Edward Poleselli, president
    2000 sales: $15 million
    Stocking locations: 5
    Employees: 25
    Products: Acids, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, chlor-alkali, esters, fatty chemicals, flavors & fragrances, food additives, glycol ethers, hydrogen peroxide, others
    Markets served: Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics/personal care products, food & beverage, water treatments, plastics, metals & automotive, agriculture, others
    Storage: 50,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 2 trucks, 3 vans, 2 trailers
    90(t). J.H. Calo Co., Inc. Westbury, N.Y.
    Catherine Canavan, president
    2000 sales: $15 million
    Stocking locations: 3
    Employees: 17
    Products: Resins, esters, pigments, fatty chemicals, plasticizers, solvents, aldehydes, amines, acids, adhesives and sealants, alcohols, flavors and fragrances, lubricants, surfactants
    Services: Safety training, customer product research, technical training
    Markets served: Fragrances, adhesives, sealants, paints, others
    Storage: 5,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 1 truck, 1 trailer, 1 tanker
    92. Dunleary Inc. Towson, Md.
    David Behan, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $14.8 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Employees: 15
    Products: Catalysts, food additives, inorganics, pigments, plasticizers, resins, specialty quats, surfactants, others
    Services: Safety training, research
    Markets served: Primary chemical processing, food and beverage, plastics and rubber, glass and refractory, others
    Storage: 350,000 sq ft
    Update: Added two new stocking locations in 2000
    93. DeWolf Chemical, Inc. East Providence, R.I.
    Hank DeWolf, president
    2000 sales: $14 million
    Stocking locations: 1
    Employees: 12
    Products: Acids, adhesives and sealants, amines, chelating agents, esters, fatty chemicals, flavors and fragrances, food additives, others
    Services: Blending, customer product research
    Markets served: Soaps & detergents, cosmetics/personal care products, others
    Storage: 600,000 sq ft
    Update: Added Akzo Nobel's surface chemistry product lines in 2000
    94. Chem/Serv Inc. Minneapolis, Minn.
    Harry Fischman, president
    2000 sales: $12.9 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 13
    Products: Chelating agents, fatty chemicals, food additives, hydrogen peroxide, pigments, polyglycols, surfactants, thickening agents
    Services: Customer product research, technical training
    Markets served: Food and beverage, pulp and paper, adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, others
    Storage: 6,000 gal., 40,000 sq ft
    Fleet: Contract carriers
    95. A.G. Layne, Inc. Los Angeles, Calif.
    Michael D. Lee, president
    2000 sales: $11.7 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 23
    Products: Alcohols, chlorinated solvents, esters, solvents, glycol ethers, ketones, lubricants, solvents, surfactants, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending, contract packaging, technical training
    Markets served: Paints & coatings, cosmetics/personal care products, metals & automotive, primary chemical processing, graphic arts
    Storage: 40,000 gal., 20,000 sq ft
    Fleet: 7 trucks, 2 tankers
    96. Morre-Tec Industries, Inc. Union, N.J.
    Len Glass, president
    2000 sales: $10.8 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 18
    Products: Acids, adhesives and sealants, food additives, others not specified
    Services: Blending, contract packaging, grinding
    Markets served: Pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, metals and automotive, primary chemical processing, cosmetics/personal care products
    Storage: 25,000 sq ft
    97. Deeks and Co. Cincinnati, Ohio
    G. Neal Overbey, president & CEO
    2000 sales: $10 million
    Stocking locations: 2
    Employees: 13
    Products: Adhesives and sealants, catalysts, esters, food additives, inorganics, lubricants, pigments, others
    Services: Customer product research, technical training
    Markets served: Paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants, plastics and rubber, primary chemical processing, tire and rubber, pulp and paper, food and beverage, metals and automotive
    Storage: 50,000 sq ft
    98. O'Brien Products/Zincan Enterprises Twinsburg, Ohio
    K.J. Zincan, president
    2000 sales: $9.25 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Employees: 40
    Products: Alcohols, glycol ethers, surfactants, fatty chemicals, institutional maintenance chemicals, chelating agents, inorganics, wastewater treatment products, others
    Services: Manufacturing, blending
    Markets served: Institutional and industrial plastics, mining, food and beverage, metals and automotive
    Storage: 40,000 gal., 26,000 sq ft
    99. KIC. Chemicals, Inc. Armonk, N.Y.
    Edward Kort, president
    2000 sales: $9 million
    Stocking locations: 6
    Employees: 8
    Products: Fatty chemicals, flavors and fragrances, food additives, acids, plasticizers, solvents
    Markets served: Food and beverage, cosmetics and personal care, soaps and detergents, pharmaceuticals, primary chemical processing, paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants
    Storage: 150,000 sq ft
    100. P.A.T. Products, Inc. Bangor

    , MaineLeo Coyle, president
    2000 sales: $4 million
    Stocking locations: 4
    Employees: 10
    Products: Adhesives & sealants, esters, pigments, plasticizers, resins
    Markets served: Plastics & rubber, paints & coatings, metals & automotive, primary chemical processing, petroleum refining, food & beverage, footwear
    Storage: 50,000 sq ft
    Update: Added a line of plasticizers in 2000

     


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