ChemSpec to Exhibit at ACS’s 195th Technical Meeting

CHEMSPEC, LTD. announces exhibiting at the Rubber Division’s American Chemical Society’s 195th Technical Meeting from APRIL 30 - MAY 2, 2019 in Independence, OH.

ChemSpec invites everyone to register to attend this informative technical meeting representing leading experts in the rubber industry, excellent keynote speakers, and recognition award ceremony. 

For more information on the 2019 spring technical meeting, contact Anthony Mariniello, Technical Sales Manager at: anthonym@chemspecltd.com or cell phone: 978.808.6595

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ChemSpec, Ltd. is a Uniontown, Ohio-based management-owned chemical distribution firm. ChemSpec is a subsidiary of Paris, France-based Safic-Alcan. ChemSpec, Ltd. also has a Mexican subsidiary (ChemSpec MÉXICO). ChemSpec distributes specialty and commodity chemical additives and specialty polymers into the North American elastomer mixing industry, as well as coatings, adhesive/sealant, inks, plastics and cosmetics compounding market segments.  All of ChemSpec’s products are competitively priced and backed by a customer service support team that is unparalleled in the industry. 

ChemSpec Announces ACE Products & Consulting Speaking at 2018 IEC Conference

UNIONTOWN, OH— Monday, October 1, 2018 - CHEMSPEC, LTD. announces supplier company, ACE Products & Consulting, will have two symposium speakers at this year’s annual International Elastomer’s Conference in Louisville, Kentucky at the Kentucky International Convention Center.  

ACE Product’s Erick Sharp & Doug Foster Slated Symposium Speakers at International Elastomer Conference in Louisville, KY

ACE Products provides specialty polymer additives and consulting to the silicone and organic rubber industries.  ACE Products is an independent agent for multiple specialty raw material lines and has its own branded silicone dispersion line. 

At the International Elastomer Conference, Erick Sharp, ACE’s President, will be presenting on the topic  “Advances in Synthetic Elastomers” with his session titled: “Evaluation of LPB Modified Silicone” on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 from 1:30pm – 2:00pm in Room M107 (Session D).  On Thursday, October 11, 2018 from 1:00pm – 1:30pm in Room M111(Session B), Doug Foster, ACE’s Lab Manager, will be presenting on the topic “Plasticizers and Processing Promoters” with his session titled: “Evaluating Flow Property Improvements of Alumina Silicate Ceramic Spheres”.

ChemSpec’s team encourages all attendees at the show to take the time to reserve their seats for Erick’s and Doug’s presentations.   “We appreciate the hard work the team at ACE brings to the table to make sure our shared customers succeed in their product development. ACE allows us to be better positioned technically to grow, particularly in the silicone compounding market sector,” explains Dave Moreland, ChemSpec’s President and CEO. Moreland went on to say that he is, “quite confident that these topics should be very educational to any elastomer-oriented rubber compounder.”

Also, stop-by ACE’s Booth #340 and visit Erick and Doug.  Their combined technical expertise can provide solutions and discuss new ideas in the silicone compounding markets amongst other polymer compounding testing capabilities.

Further, ChemSpec, Ltd and Performance Additives, Inc. have partnered to provide a customer/supplier hospitality event (a.k.a. "after show" party) on Tuesday, October 9, from 6:30pm - 11:00pm at the Copper & Kings American Brandy brewery at 1121 E. Washington Street in Louisville, KY.  The ChemSpec staff is preparing a fun night with food, drinks, fellowship and live band.

For more information about the 2018 International Elastomers Conference, contact Chris Wagner, Marketing and Law Director at:  cwagner@chemspecltd.com or 330.958.4316 or visit our website at:  www.chemspecltd.com

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ChemSpec, Ltd. is a Uniontown, Ohio-based management-owned chemical distribution firm. ChemSpec is a subsidiary of Paris,     France-based Safic-Alcan. ChemSpec, Ltd. also has a Mexican subsidiary (ChemSpec MÉXICO). ChemSpec distributes specialty and commodity chemical additives and specialty polymers into the North American elastomer mixing industry, as well as coatings, adhesive/sealant, inks, plastics and cosmetics compounding market segments.  All of ChemSpec’s products are competitively priced and backed by a customer service support team that is unparalleled in the industry. 

ChemSpec's Dave Moreland Supports Real Men Wear Pink

Did you know…

More than 3.5 million women are living in the U.S. with a history of breast cancer. Some of them are cancer-free, while others still have evidence of cancer and may still be undergoing treatment.

I am supporting them by wearing pink and raising money as a REAL MAN WEARING PINK!

Please join me and make a donation by clicking on this link: 

2018 Real Men Wear Pink - Stark and Tuscarawas

Dave Moreland, President & CEO

Once at the website, scroll to find and click on my picture, you will be directed to my page and can click to donate!

It is that simple to make a difference! 

Thank you for your donations!

                                                                                   Dave 

ChemSpec Solutions - Ensuring Your Magnesia Supply

ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN YOUR MAGNESIUM OXIDE/HYDROXIDE SOURCE?

WHEN TO LOOK FOR A NEW MgO or Mg(OH)2 SUPPLIER

So, do you currently use magnesium oxide (MgO) or magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2)?  How much do you know about where it comes from and how it’s made? Most users are content with their one supplier because it just works. But what if that supply chain is interrupted? Are you ready—and more importantly—able to make a switch? Do you have a second source?

Many chemicals can be “drop-in” replacements for each other. But Magnesia products are different: each one typically reacts at least somewhat differently when compared to other similar products in compounding applications. And if you find two magnesia products that work exactly the same but come from different suppliers, there is a chance that it is coming from the same production source and the distributors are just using different trade names for the same product!

CHEMSPEC PROVIDES SUPPLIER SOLUTIONS FOR MAGNESIA

“Our sales team brings a wealth of knowledge to our customers in both operations and logistics” explains Anthony Mariniello, ChemSpec’s Technical Sales Manager for Magnesia-based chemistry. Our experience in the market has been to supply magnesia products to customers and help them understand the overall supply chain and how to better use these products technically across various compounding industries (rubber, thermoplastics, adhesives, etc.). We help advise from point of production to end-users, helping demystify the nuances of the various ways to make magnesia, and teaching our customers why they perform differently. Consequently, we show how a customer can adapt their process to various magnesias and optimize production. Furthermore, we offer various types of magnesia products, and represent one of only two major producers of Magnesium Oxide in North America.

If you are interested in finding-out more about the magnesia market and are looking to ensure you truly have at least two sources, talk to our experienced customer service and sales teams, who are readily available to assist your questions. We are here to supply you and your company with the resources needed to keep you in production, in case of unforeseen disruptions in supply.

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ChemSpec, Ltd. is a Uniontown, Ohio-based chemical distribution firm. ChemSpec is subsidiary of Paris, France-based Safic-Alcan. ChemSpec, Ltd. also has a Mexican subsidiary (ChemSpec MÉXICO). ChemSpec distributes specialty and commodity chemical additives and specialty polymers into the North American elastomer mixing industry, as well as coatings, adhesive/sealant, inks, plastics, waxes, functional fillers, and cosmetics market segments.

ChemSpec Enhances Product Solutions with Videos

SOLUTIONS

The enclosed videos bring a solutions perspective for customers utilizing VULCOFAC® REC MB80 (80% actively dispersed evenly into an EPDM compound). 

VULCOFAC REC MB80 is a retarder used to improve the processing safety of compounding by prolonging flow times at cure temperatures. It is an excellent anti-scorching agent for natural rubber and synthetic rubber, especially for EPDM, NBR, and HNBR. It is presented as a masterbatch on an EPDM binder for improved handling, absorption, and dispersion in a rubber mix.

“I am confident our in-house videos will be an important tool in helping our customers find a solution to a problem.  The progress our sales and marketing teams are making in efforts to enhance our customer relationships is outstanding.” explains Dave Moreland, President & CEO of ChemSpec, Ltd.

Chemical Name: 
EPDM-bound-N-phenyl-N-[trichloromethyl)thio]benzenesulphonamide/Active Ingredient

CAS No.: 22840-49-1

ChemSpec created two educational videos detailing the loading of VULCOFAC’s REC MB80 into a 70 EPDM at 10PHR and 50 EPDM at 40PHR.  

Vulcofac REC MB80 loading 10PHR into 70 Duro EPDM

Vulcofac REC MB80 loading 40PHR into 50 Duro EPDM

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ChemSpec, Ltd. is a Uniontown, Ohio-based chemical distribution firm. ChemSpec is subsidiary of Paris, France-based Safic-Alcan.  ChemSpec, Ltd.  also has a Mexican subsidiary (ChemSpec MÉXICO).  ChemSpec distributes specialty and commodity chemical additives and specialty polymers into the North American elastomer mixing industry, as well as coatings, adhesive/sealant, inks, plastics, waxes, functional fillers, and cosmetics market segments.  

For more information on our product lines, visit our website at: ChemSpecadditives.com., or contact our experienced customer service team at: 800.200.4753.

ChemSpec's Supplier, Zochem, partnering with ARPM for Dickson, TN Plant Tour

Zochem & ARPM offering plant tour of its Dickson, TN, zinc oxide facility  

Dickson, TN - Zochem will host a plant tour event on Thursday, March 29. Highlighted as the newest zinc oxide production facility on earth, rubber industry executives will have an opportunity to tour the newest, state-of-the-art zinc oxide manufacturer on the planet, Zochem.

The Zochem leadership team has utilized it's more than 250-years of combined experience in zinc oxide manufacturing to improve its plant's capabilities. Cutting-edge improvements in key steps in the production process have significantly improved the end product, such as a new pneumatic conveyor, new control systems, and a self-designed/high-efficiency product filter collector. Additionally, the entire company’s culture is safety-driven.

This safety-mind culture is top-driven, has transformed the workforce, and can be seen throughout the entire company. Their safety record is impeccable and stretches back over 1,644 days without a medical aid accident. The continuous improvement culture has noticeably impacted operational results allowing Zochem to significantly grow their business in just three years from zero sales to North America’s largest zinc oxide manufacturer. During this plant tour event, executives from ARPM member companies and special guests will have an amazing opportunity to tour the state-of-the-art facility in Dickson, TN, while increasing their knowledge of how instrumental zinc oxide is in each of our lives.

During the tour, participating executives will gain new ideas and have the opportunity to challenge traditional paradigms and their own vision of manufacturing throughout.

For more information visit www.arpminc.org.  - or * Email

ChemSpec Exclusive Phenolic Resin Distributor for M&B GreenUS

UNIONTOWN, OH— Thursday, November 9, 2017- CHEMSPEC, LTD announces exclusive distribution agreement with M&B GreenUS Co., Ltd. for the North American rubber and tire compounding market. 

M&B GreenUs is a South Korean producer of Alkylphenolic Resins (tackifier resin), Modified Phenolic Resin (reinforcing resin), and Formaldehyde Resin (tire cord adhesive). M&B Green is a growing chemical company, based in Yeong-Ju, South Korea, with production and sales facilities also in Hungary. Their mission is to produce sustainable, environmentally-friendly, organic chemical compounds for the polymer compounding industry. The company is both ISO 9001 Certified and 14001 Certified, and is already approved as a supplier to many international elastomer and tire producers.

Chris Wagner, ChemSpec’s Marketing & Legal Director, had this to say about this new relationship:

Partnering with GreenUs is a great addition to our rubber and tire compounding product portfolio. They are committed to environmentally sustainable manufacturing, and make high quality products.  We believe that this line of tackifiers and reinforcing resins will enable us to better cater to our customer-base and further illustrates that ChemSpec is a ‘one-stop shop’ for the industry’s polymer and polymer additives needs.

For more information on M&B GreenUs and ChemSpec, contact our dedicated customer service team at:   800.200.4753.  

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ChemSpec, Ltd. is a Uniontown, Ohio-based management-owned chemical distribution firm. ChemSpec is a subsidiary of Paris, France-based Safic-Alcan. ChemSpec, Ltd. also has a Mexican subsidiary (ChemSpec MÉXICO). ChemSpec distributes specialty and commodity chemical additives and specialty polymers into the North American elastomer mixing industry, as well as coatings, adhesive/sealant, inks, plastics and cosmetics compounding market segments. 

2017 International Elastomer Conference Pictures and Video

All of us at ChemSpec had a great time at the 2017 International Elastomer Conference at the Huntington Convention Center in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.  Our tradeshow booth was constantly busy with suppliers and customers meeting up to discuss new business opportunities or to just drop in and say hello.Enjoy the pics and check out our sales & supplier video here! 
 

An outstanding crowd come out and enjoyed our social media party at the Wild Eagle Saloon on Tuesday, October 10th.  Everyone at ChemSpec sends a big hearty thank you to those who took time out of their busy schedules to hang out with us.  

SPHERIX MINERAL PRODUCTS PARTNERS WITH CHEMSPEC TO DISTRIBUTE ITS DISPERSIX™ SILICONE PROCESSING ADDITIVES

UNIONTOWN, OH— October 11, 2017 - CHEMSPEC, LTD. and SPHERIX® MINERAL PRODUCTS recently entered into a distribution arrangement so that ChemSpec is now a distributor for the Dispersix™ brand of HCR silicone processing additives. ChemSpec will represent Spherix in both the USA and México.

Partnering with Spherix Mineral Products further allows ChemSpec to deliver enhanced solutions to the silicone compounding market. Dispersix is a growing family of hybrid inorganic-organic microspheres that are optimized for HCR silicone cure chemistry. The Dispersix product line offers new and improved technical solutions in the processing and overall performance of silica-reinforced HCR compounds. These materials are ideal for easy to engineer value-added property gains without significant changes in overall physical properties. Dispersix offers the following benefits: reduced mixing time and energy consumption; higher mixing, extrusion, and molding rates; and greater product uniformity.

Not only are these products innovative from a performance standpoint, but they are also derived from recycled fly ash and use very little energy in production. The fact that these products are sustainable materials, especially when compared to many other chemical additives in the marketplace, is an important distinction.

Dave Moreland, ChemSpec’s President, said the following about the new partnership:

We are excited to partner with Spherix Mineral Products and represent their Dispersix silicone additives line. Their innovative processing and technical support is what our customers need to continue to grow and expand their markets. Whenever we can build a relationship with a supplier that serves our customers with unique solutions and improvements to age-old manufacturing challenges, we do our absolute best to take advantage of the opportunity. We think the Spherix Team and their products can do this in many different ways. Part of our Mission Statement is ‘to maintain a business posture adaptable to the changes and opportunities’ in the polymer compounding industry. I’m happy to say that I believe this supplier and product line will help us continue to satisfy this requirement from both technical and environmental stewardship perspective.

Spherix Mineral Products manufactures and markets 100% post-industrial recycled mineral products that reduce processing time and product cost of organic rubber, plastic, and silicone rubber.  A Division of The SEFA Group, Spherix Mineral Products is built on SEFA’s foundation of willingness to serve customers with its 40-year heritage of integrity, excellence, safety and unsurpassed service to its customers. These qualities are part of what attracted ChemSpec to Spherix Mineral Products.

ChemSpec, Ltd. is a Uniontown, Ohio-based management-owned chemical distribution firm. ChemSpec is a subsidiary of Paris, France-based Safic-Alcan. ChemSpec also has a Mexican subsidiary (ChemSpec MÉXICO). ChemSpec distributes specialty and commodity chemical additives and specialty polymers into the North American elastomer mixing industry, as well as coatings, adhesive/sealant, inks, plastics and cosmetics compounding market segments. All of ChemSpec’s products are competitively priced and backed by a customer service support team that is unparalleled in the industry.

For more information on Dispersix product lines and ChemSpec in general, contact our dedicated customer service team at: 800.200.4753 or visit our website at: www.chemspecadditives.com.

Ace Product's Erick Sharp Symposium Speaker at International Elastomer Conference

CHEMSPEC, LTD. announces Erick Sharp, President of supplier company ACE Products & Consulting, to be a symposium speaker at this year’s annual International Elastomer’s Conference in Cleveland, Ohio at the Huntington Convention Center.  

Ace Product’s Erick Sharp as Symposium Speaker

ACE Products provides specialty polymer additives and consulting to the silicone and organic rubber industries.  ACE Products is an independent agent for multiple specialty raw material lines and has its own branded silicone dispersion line. 

At the International Elastomer Conference, Erick will be presenting on the topic of Aluminosilicate Microspheres in Elastomer Compounds. Erick’s presentation will take place on Wednesday, October 11, from 3:45 PM to 4:15 PM (Room 26 A).  

Erick Sharp, President of Ace Products & Consulting, LLC

ChemSpec’s team encourages all attendees at the show to take the time to reserve their seat for Erick’s presentation.   “We appreciate the hard work Erick brings to the table to make sure our shared customers succeed in their product development. Erick and ACE allows us to be better positioned to grow particularly in the silicone compounding market sector,” explains Dave Moreland, ChemSpec’s President and CEO. Moreland went on to say that he is, “quite confident that this particular topic should be very interesting to any elastomer-oriented rubber compounder.”

Also, stop-by at ChemSpec’s Booth #1349 and visit their staff and suppliers who will be there to provide solutions and discuss new ideas with the experienced technical and sales teams of ChemSpec, Performance Additives (Rubber Process Aids & Dithiocarbamates), Repsol (Microcrystalline Waxes & Process Oils), Innovo (Innovox Calcium Oxide/Hydroxide), Synthomer (Polybutadiene Chemistry), Hoffman Mineral (NSE Functional Fillers), and Deurex Wax (PE, Sugar, Hybrid, Fischer Tropsch Waxes).

Further, ChemSpec, Ltd and Performance Additives, Inc. have partnered to provide a customer/supplier hospitality event (a.k.a. "after show" party) on Tuesday, October 10, from 6:30pm - 11:00pm at the Wild Eagle Saloon.  The ChemSpec staff is preparing a fun social media night with great food, entertainment, refreshments, prizes, and opportunities to connect using photo tags on various social media platforms with the hashtags of:  #connectwithchemspec, #rubberexpo2017, #booth1349

ChemSpec, Ltd. is a Uniontown, Ohio-based management-owned chemical distribution firm. ChemSpec is a subsidiary of Paris, France-based Safic-Alcan. ChemSpec, Ltd. also has a Mexican subsidiary (ChemSpec MÉXICO). ChemSpec distributes specialty and commodity chemical additives and specialty polymers into the North American elastomer mixing industry, as well as coatings, adhesive/sealant, inks, plastics and cosmetics compounding market segments.  All of ChemSpec’s products are competitively priced and backed by a customer service support team that is unparalleled in the industry. 

For more information about the 2017 International Elastomer Conference, contact Chris Wagner, Marketing and Law Director at:  cwagner@chemspecltd.com or 330.958.4316 or visit our website at:  www.chemspecltd.com

CHEMSPEC EXHIBITING & HOSTING HOSPITALITY EVENT AT U.S. RUBBER EXPO IN CLEVELAND (OCT. 10 - OCT. 12)

The 2017 International Elastomers Conference will be in Cleveland, Ohio October 9 - 12, 2017 at the Huntington Convention Center.  ChemSpec, Ltd will be exhibiting at this annual international show hosted by the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society. 

Stop at our ChemSpec Booth #1349 (Oct. 10-12) and visit our staff and our suppliers who will be there to provide solutions for your current project or discuss new ideas with the experienced technical and sales teams of ChemSpec, Performance Additives (Rubber Process Aids & Dithiocarbamates), Repsol (Microcrystalline Waxes & Process Oils), Innovo (Innovox Calcium Oxide/Hydroxide), Synthomer (Polybutadiene Chemistry), Hoffman Mineral (NSE Functional Fillers), and Deurex Wax (PE, Sugar, Hybrid, Fischer Tropsch Waxes). 

After-Show Party

ChemSpec, Ltd and Performance Additives, Inc. have partnered once more to provide a customer/supplier hospitality event (a.k.a. "after show" party) on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 from 6:30pm - 11:00pm at the Wild Eagle Saloon.  

The ChemSpec staff is preparing a fun social media night with great food, entertainment, refreshments, prizes, and opportunities to connect using photo tags on various social media platforms with the hashtags of:  #connectwithchemspec, #rubberexpo2017, #booth1349

We hope to see you there! 

ChemSpec Enhances Quality Department with Addition of FTIR Equipment

When you talk about differentiation, you think of ChemSpec, Ltd.  Why?  Because the team at ChemSpec continues to find ways to bring value to their customers versus the competition.  Due to our significant sales growth, ChemSpec’s President and CEO, Dave Moreland, wanted another way to bring value to the market place with a more diversely trained technical department.  Quality and ISO Manager, M. Scho Wolers, has been a significant part of ChemSpec’s growth providing our sales teams with the technical information needed to bring products to our customers.  

Most recently, Scho teamed up with ACE Products and Consulting to develop an exclusive lab for utilizing FTIR equipment for chemical analysis.  Scho explains:  “Investing in the FTIR equipment means many opportunities for our customers.  This equipment will allow us to test product that has arrived from our suppliers, provide IR curve reports to our customers in a timely fashion, and the ability to work on new product development for customers who are leaning on our technical guidance.”

The FTIR equipment is an infrared spectroscopy that provides an easier way to identify the presence of certain functional groups in a molecule for organic chemistry.  In addition, the analysis can also use the unique collection of absorption bands to confirm the identity of a pure compound or to detect the presence of specific impurities.  

Along with the enhancement of ChemSpec’s quality department with the FTIR equipment, Scho is also managing our annual ISO and NACD membership.

ISO CERTIFICATION
ChemSpec is an ISO certified (through Perry Johnson Registrars & ANAB Accredidation) chemical distributor with an in-house quality control department managed by Scho.  Dave Moreland explains:  “By having Scho manage our day-to-day requirements for ISO certification, we are able to continue to provide our customers with quality products from quality suppliers.”  The ISO certificate is available on our website for review or download.  

NACD MEMBERSHIP
ChemSpec is a candidate for membership with the National Association of Chemical Distributors.  We are looking forward to the rewards and benefits the NACD brings enabling us to strengthen our current and future partnerships and our sustainability practices. 

ChemSpec, Ltd. is a Uniontown, Ohio-based chemical distribution firm. ChemSpec is subsidiary of Paris, France-based Safic-Alcan.  ChemSpec, Ltd.  also has a Mexican subsidiary (ChemSpec MÉXICO).  ChemSpec distributes specialty and commodity chemical additives and specialty polymers into the North American elastomer mixing industry, as well as coatings, adhesive/sealant, inks, plastics, waxes, and cosmetics market segments.