Kemira Chemicals Canada Inc.
- BUILT IN 1927 TO SUPPLY THE LARGE TEXTILE CENTRES OF HAMILTON, GALT AND HESPLER.
- THE PLANT STARTED AS SCHOLLER BROTHERS.
- IN 1980 WAS ACQUIRED BY COLLOIDS OF CANADA.
- IN 1989 WAS ACQUIRED BY RHÔNE-POULENC.
- IN 1998 WAS ACQUIRED BY VININGS INDUSTRIES INC.
- IN 2002 WAS ACQUIRED BY KEMIRA CHEMICALS CANADA INC.
- THE PLANT HAS HAD SEVERAL EXPANSIONS:
- PULP AND PAPER, PAINT DEFOAMERS.
- POLY ACRYLATES FOR THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY.
- HIGH HEAT INTERMEDIATES.
- PRODUCES DEFOAMERS & WATER SOLUBLE POLYMERS FOR THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY , DEFOAMERS FOR THE COATINGS INDUSTRY AND TEXTILE FINISHING AGENTS USED AS PROCESSING AIDS.
- THE PLANT EMPLOYS A TOTAL OF 22 PEOPLE.