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• Is supplying naturally derived sustainable personal care products important for you?

  Nov 12, 2018

  

  Consumers are now more than ever concerned with the ingredients in their personal care products that they use. Consumers are especially concerned about the products containing parabens, synthetic colors, and phthalates. The labelling of these products has become more detailed and transparent and consumers are using this in their purchasing decisions (59% of women read the labels before purchasing beauty products). Studies have shown that these same concerned customers do not care that these natural products do not typically perform as well as the synthetic products. For these reasons, it is imperative to find renewable, sustainable, naturally derived raw materials.

  
  

• What will Specialty and Agro chemicals be like in the next 50 years?

  Aug 27, 2018

  

   

   The specialty and agro chemical industry is rapidly changing faster now more than ever. There is a need to develop solutions to the current and future problems caused by growing populations and the need to lessen the environmental impact. Ethox Chemicals and Custom Synthesis, our sister company,

• Ethox Chemicals Celebrating 50 years!

  May 22, 2018

  

  Ethox Chemicals is a part of the Piedmont Chemical Group, which includes six companies. Piedmont Chemical Industries was founded in 1938 by Fred E. Wilson, Sr. to serve the textile industry in the southeast. What started as a small, two-man operation has today grown to include six companies in three states servicing a wide variety of industries. In 1938, after working as a salesman in the chemical industries for several years, Fred Wilson, Sr. decided to set out on his own and started Piedmont Color and Chemical, later to become Piedmont Chemical Industries. Piedmont enjoyed conservative but steady growth through its early years. By the 1960’s, it became evident that there was a need for a specialty raw material supply for the textile chemical market. As a result, Fred Sr. (along with his son, Fred Wilson, Jr. – the company’s current chairman) founded Ethox Chemicals in Greenville, SC. Ethox was able to supply much needed raw materials, allowing Piedmont to keep growing in the textile industry, while simultaneously entering the surfactant market. Over the years Ethox has diversified and that diversification has paid off, as Ethox is celebrating its 50^th anniversary this year. Ethox has successfully weathered economic changes through diversification into many different industries, which today include: oil & gas, agriculture, personal care, metalworking, HI&I, paints & coatings, mining, and textile auxiliaries.