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    Morse G. Dial

    Dial was instrumental in the growth and diversification of Union Carbide. He strongly supported research and development, and it was with this foresight that Union Carbide was able to become a leading producer of chemicals and plastics. View Details
    Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

      James R. Kuse

      Mortgaging his home in 1984, Kuse, along with a few other executives from Georgia Pacific, financed a leveraged buy-out to create Georgia Gulf Corporation, a major producer of specialty chemical products. Under his leadership, Kuse not... View Details
      Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

        William H. Nichols

        Nichols was instrumental in the building of the chemical supply business in the United States and was one of the original founders of the American Chemical Society. Under his leadership of General Chemical,... View Details
        Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

          Elon H. Hooker

          Hooker was the founder of one of the first electrochemical plants in the U.S. at Niagara Falls, N.Y. - a major producer of chemicals and plastics. He was ranked as one of the leading American figures in the field of View Details
          Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

            Herbert H. Dow

            Dow Chemicals began by producing bleaching powder as its main product. Through Dow’s inventiveness, Dow Chemical expanded dramatically, especially with the discovery of many uses for brine. Dow manufactured... View Details
            Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
            • 1985
            • Chapter

            Restructuring Petrochemicals: A Comparative Study of Business and Government Strategy to Deal with a Declining Sector of the Economy

            By: Joseph L. Bower
            Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Government and Politics; Chemicals; Chemical Industry
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              Thomas W. Mastin

              Mastin was instrumental in the development and commercialization of many of Lubrizol’s products, the world’s largest manufacturer of chemical additives for lubricants. Mastin was a published chemist who held over 20 patents for new View Details
              Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                Orlando F. Weber

                Weber and an associate pooled their resources to merge several small chemical companies into one conglomerate that came be known as Allied Chemical. Weber maintained stability at the chemical company... View Details
                Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                  Edgar M. Queeny

                  Queeny assumed control of his father John's company with just $12 million in assets, but under his leadership, Monsanto Chemical expanded into a leading chemical manufacturer. While Queeny was chairman, the... View Details
                  Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                    Otto Haas

                    Along with chemist Otto Rohm, Haas founded one of the world’s largest specialty chemical producers. Under his leadership, Rohm and Haas discovered two major products that have had a significant impact on business and society – Plexiglas... View Details
                    Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                      Vincent A. Calarco

                      Calarco, having been awarded the highest honor by the American Chemical Society, is regarded as one of the strongest CEO’s in the specialty chemicals industry. He has been a principal player in the... View Details
                      Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                        Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.

                        Carpenter was only the second man not of the duPont name in the 145-year history of the company to have been elected president. Carpenter expanded duPont to include diversified chemical lines and grew sales to more than $650 million. View Details
                        Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                          Robert T. Powers

                          During his tenure as CEO, Powers expanded Nalco’s international presence and diversified Nalco’s product lines – moving beyond water-treatment into specialty and industrial chemicals. Under his leadership, Nalco became one of the strongest financial performers in the... View Details
                          Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                            William B. Bell

                            Bell diversified American Cyanamid, developing the company into the 5th largest producer of chemicals in the U.S., manufacturing over 5,000 products. Bell developed new processes for the commercial production of prussiate of soda,... View Details
                            Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                              J. Peter Grace

                              1950 to 55% in 1977 as the company became the fifth largest producer of chemicals in the U.S. Grace grew his company into a diversified industrial complex including restaurants, sporting good stores, and auto parts companies. View Details
                              Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                                John F. Queeny

                                When base-chemical shipments stopped coming from Germany during World War I, Queeny kept his company afloat by transforming it into its own raw materials producer. By the time of his death, Monsanto had grown into a diversified chemical... View Details
                                Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                                  Willard H. Dow

                                  Dow grew the company his father had founded through acquisitions and mergers. He acquired a 75% interest in Midland Ammonia in 1930, partnered with Ethyl Gas in 1933, joined with Cleveland-Cliffs Iron in 1935, and acquired the Great Western Electro-Chemical Company... View Details
                                  Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
                                  • August 1979 (Revised March 1984)
                                  • Case

                                  Environmental Protection Agency: Emergency Pesticide Exemptions

                                  By: David E. Bell
                                  Keywords: Pollutants; Chemicals; United States
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                                  • December 2012 (Revised November 2014)
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                                  W.R. Grace & Co.: Dealing with Asbestos Torts

                                  By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
                                  A manufacturer of building products and specialty chemicals, W. R. Grace & Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 in response to a flood of lawsuits alleging that its products contained asbestos, and had caused hundreds of thousands of people to contract... View Details
                                  Keywords: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Business Failures; Environmental Regulations; Class Action Lawsuits; Natural Environment; Valuation; Health Disorders; Capital Structure; Restructuring; Lawsuits and Litigation; Chemicals; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Legal Liability; Chemical Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
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                                  • 14 Jan 2008
                                  • Research & Ideas

                                  Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

                                  Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Texas. Users can search on variables such as emission level or health hazard level, rated from 0 to 9, with 9 being worst. By typing in 7, 8, or 9, they can see highest polluters indicated all across the map, either by raw sum of... View Details
                                  Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Chemical; Chemical