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Rohm and Haas Company (), a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company, manufactures miscellaneous materials. The company employs more than 17,000 people in 27 countries. The annual sales revenue of Rohm and Haas stands at about USD 7.99 billion. HISTORY The company was started by Dr. Otto Röhm and Otto Haas. Haas moved to Philadelphia and ran the American side of the business, while Otto Röhm was stationed in Germany. The company grew rapidly as World War I approached, because of their 1908 invention, a synthetic substitute (brand name Oropon) for fermented dog dung, which was used for Bating Leather (part of the tanning process); leather was needed for the war in large quantities for belts and saddles. The company again grew rapidly as World War II approached, as it manufactured Plexiglas , a clear plastic which was needed for aircraft canopies. They later sold this part of the business. In 1999 Rohm and Haas acquired the Morton Salt company, which operates as a division of Rohm and Haas today. The main products of Rohm and Haas are specialty chemicals, which are often intermediate between raw chemicals and finished products. Their customers would include companies that manufacture paints or detergents. It is the largest specialty chemical company in the United States and the second largest in the world. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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