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Witco at a Glance

Performance Chemicals

Strategic Business Units
- Industrial Specialties
- Refined Products
- Petroleum Additives
- Urethane Chemicals
- Baxenden (Joint Venture)

Principal Products
White oils, petrolatums, refrigeration oils, compressor lubricants, cable fillers, ink oils, microcrystalline waxes, neutral and over-based sulfonates, greases, ethoxylated and sulfonated surfactants, polyester polyols, polyurethane systems and aqueous polyurethane dispersions. Oil field additives, agricultural surfactants, and emulsion polymer applications.

Markets Served
Petroleum jelly, cosmetics and baby oil, pharmaceuticals, plastics, communication cable fillers, textiles and food products. Printing inks, lubrication additives for engine oils, paints, and metal working fluids. Upholstery, shoe soles and fiberglass sizing, aqueous specialty coatings, inks, adhesives and textile treatments. Adhesives and coatings, agricultural herbicides and pesticides, oil field drilling fluids and recovery markets, and latex systems.

Competitive Strengths

  • New environmentally friendly emulisfier packages for agriculture that improve safety and security of global food supplies.
  • Market leadership for fully refined hydrocarbons supported by the broadest product line available.
  • A superior cost position for Refined Products based on the new alliance with Petro-Canada.
  • Freed capacity to serve new markets based on the Petro-Canada alliance with Refined products.

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