Jefferson Chemical

Company History: Jefferson Chemical Company, owned equally by American Cyanamid Company and The Texas Company, manufactures synthetic organics from hydrocarbon sources, including ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, ethylene dichloride, nonyl phenol, nonionic detergents, morpholine, piperazine, ethanolamines, and others.

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