Grace (company)

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Grace is an American chemical business based in Columbia, Maryland. It produces specialty chemicals and specialty materials in two divisions: Performance Catalyst Solutions and Material Technologies. Performance Catalyst Solutions markets refining catalysts, polyethylene and polypropylene catalysts and related products and technologies used in petrochemical, refining, and other chemical manufacturing applications. Material Technologies makes specialty materials, including silica-based and silica-alumina-based materials, which are used in commercial products such as coatings and paints, consumer products such as toothpaste, and in chemical process applications, as well as Fine Chemical Manufacturing Services. For much of its early history, Grace's main business was in South America, in maritime shipping, railroads, agriculture, and silver mining, with 30,000 employees in Peru. In the 1950s, Grace began to diversify and grew into a Fortune 100 worldwide conglomerate. After emerging from a...

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