Commercial Solvents Corporation
NOTE - 1975, purchased by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMC_Global ( International Minerals and Chemical Corporation)
Became ... IMC Global
In 1986 International Minerals and Chemical Corporation ... bought Mallinckrodt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallinckrodt
In April 1942 Edward Mallinckrodt was approached by a contingent from the Metallurgical Laboratory of the Manhattan Project, particularly by Arthur Holly Compton. Compton urgently needed a source of refined uranium. The chemical company already worked with ether, which could theoretically be used in a purifying process but which posed its own handling risks. With extreme haste and with tight security restrictions, Mallinckrodt developed a novel technique from theoretical concept, to experiment, to full production. The company submitted test materials by mid-May, supplied the material for the first self-sustaining reaction in December, and had satisfied the project's entire order of the first sixty tons before the contract with the government was even signed.[10]
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Commercial Solvents Corporation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Industry
Chemicals
Founded
Incorporated in 1919
Headquarters
Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States
Key people
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, William Davis Ticknor Sr.
Products
Alcohol solvents
Commercial Solvents Corporation (CSC) was an American chemical and biotechnology company created in 1919.
The Commercial Solvents Corporation was established at the end of World War I; earning distinction as the pioneer producer of acetone and butanol by fermentation processes developed and patented by Dr. Chaim Weizmann. Terre Haute, Indiana was chosen to be the site of CSC's research as this location made possible the expedient translation of new processes from the laboratory and demonstration plant into full production.[1][2]
As early as 1917, the corporation began work in Terre Haute, Indiana. It developed the conversion of corn and other grains into ethanol by fermentation. They later produced riboflavin by microbial action.[3]
Philip G. Mumford 1922 to 1928.[4]
William Davis Ticknor Sr. 1920 to 1922 and 1928 to 1938, was president and chairman of the board.[5]
Theodore P. Walker 1938 to 1947.[6]
Henry E. Perry 1947 to 1950.[7]
J. Albert Woods 1950 to 1959.[8]
Maynard C Wheeler 1959 to 1966.[9]
Robert C. Wheeler 1966 to 1973.[10]
William S. Leonhardt 1973 to 1975.[11]
^ "Vigo County Public Library - Archives & Local History". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ Fred C. Kelly (1936). One Thing Leads to Another: The Growth of an Industry, Houghton Mifflin
^ "Commercial Solvents Corporation". Harvard University. Retrieved 2011-10-24. Commercial Solvents Corporation (CSC) was created in 1919. The corporation had started in Terre Haute as early as 1917 to convert Midwest grain surpluses into solvents by fermentation and also later to produce riboflavin and other nutrients by microbial action.
^ "Solvents Heads Resigns; Goes to Banking Firm". Seattle Daily Times. July 18, 1928. p. 29. Retrieved 13 January 2018. Philip G. Mumford, president of Commercial Solvents Corporation since 1922, has resigned to become general partner of the banking firm of William Schall & Co. in which he has been a partner for a year and a half.
^ "William Ticknor, Industrialist, 57. President of the Commercial Solvents Corporation Is Dead in Englewood. Held Many Directorates. Once Partner in New Jersey Banking Firm. Son Was a Harvard Football Star". The New York Times. March 25, 1938. Retrieved 2011-10-24. William Davis Ticknor, president and chairman of the-board of directors of the Commercial Solvents Corporation, with offices at 230 Park Avenue in New York, died today of a heart ailment at his home, 53 Beech Road. He was 57 years old.
^ "New CSC Directors". Chemical Industries. 1938. Retrieved 2011-10-24. Mr. Walker, who was elevated to the presidency of Commercial Solvents upon the death of Mr. Ticknor, has been with the corporation since 1922. He was elected a vice-president in 1924 and has been executive vice-president since 1928. ...
^ "Solvents Has New Head". Plain Dealer. December 1, 1947. p. 13. Retrieved 18 February 2017. Directors of Commercial Solvents Corp. announced Maj. Theodore P. Walker, president, has been elected chairman and Henry E. Perry, executive vice-president, has been named president in succession.
^ "J. Albert Woods Heads Commercial Solvents". Detroit Times. April 13, 1950. p. 21. Retrieved 13 January 2018. J. Albert Woods was elected president of Commercial Solvents Corp. today at a special meeting of the board of directors. He succeeds the late Henry E. Perry.
^ "President Quits Firm with Plant At Harvey". The Advocate. February 17, 1959. p. 13. Retrieved 13 January 2018. J. Albert Woods, president of Commercial Solvents Corp. since 1950, resigned Monday because of "differences of opinion" with major stockholders, the company said.
^ "Wheeler Is President". Plain Dealer. August 5, 1966. p. 21. Retrieved 13 January 2018. Robert C. Wheeler, 52, has been named president of Commercial Solvents Corp., succeeding his brother Maynard C. Wheeler, who moves to the new position of chairman of the board.
^ "Solvent Firm Picks Leonhardt". Fort Lauderdale News. August 29, 1973. p. 54. Retrieved 13 January 2018. Robert C. Wheeler, 59 years -old has been elected vice chairman of the board and William S. Leonhardt, 57 has been elected president of the Commercial Solvents Corporation.
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jan 28 1918 - created in manhattan ??
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Majestic Distilling Componany sold to CSC
1918, Aug 07
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1920 - still a NYC corporation
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1921
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1921 (dec
Butanol
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1922 (june) stock !
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1923 - now officially in indiana
jun e 1923 - Now a maryland corpoation ???
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1923 (Dec)
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bacgteria makes the alcohol !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMC_Global
IMC Global (also known as International Minerals and Chemical Corporation and Imcera
In 1986 International Minerals and Chemical Corporation acquired Mallinckrodt, a leading chemical company headquartered in St. Louis.
During the first quarter of 1996, IMC acquired Chicago-based fertilizer producer and distributor Vigoro Corp. for a $1.16 billion stock exchange.[8] At this point, IMC Corporation was renamed to IMC Global and the potash operations became IMC Kalium.[9]
Einstein was a figurehead leader in helping establish the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,[159] which opened in 1925 and was among its first Board of Governors. Earlier, in 1921, he was asked by the biochemist and president of the World Zionist Organization, Chaim Weizmann, to help raise funds for the planned university.[160] He also submitted various suggestions as to its initial programs
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Albert Einstein with his wife Elsa Einstein and Zionist leaders, including future President of Israel Chaim Weizmann, his wife Vera Weizmann, Menahem Ussishkin, and Ben-Zion Mossinson on arrival in New York City in 1921
1951
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1924 - making lots of money
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1975 - IMC buys it
https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/20/archives/imc-plans-to-buy-rest-of-commercial-solvents-imc-set-to-buy-rest-of.html?searchResultPosition=8
The International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, the world's largest producer of fertilizer materials, reached an agreement in principle last night to acquire the remaining shares of the Commercial Solvents Corporation for $75.4âmillion cash. I.M.C. acquired 1,425,753 shares, or 46.6 per cent, of Commercial Solvents outstanding common strock in two tender offers last March and August at $30 a share.
Under the current terms proposed, Commercial Solvents shareholders would receive $45 for each share. The closing price on the New York Stock Exchange was 33â on Tuesday, the last trading date. I.M.C. stock closed yesterday on the Big Board at 27½, up ž.
The merger would be a taxable transaction for Commercial Solvents shareholders. It may be subject to approval by the Justice Department, since it involves two major chemical producers.
I.M.C. would acquire about 1,674,500 outstanding shares of Commercial Solvents. The transaction excludes cash that would be payable upon any conversion of Commercial Solventsâ outstanding debentures.
Fertilizers account for about 80 per cent of I.M.C. profits, and the apparent lure is Commercial Solventsâ ammonia, an important ingredient in making fertilizer. I.M.C. is also a leading producer of potash and phosphate, minerals for ceramics and glass industries and a variety of raw materials for the iron and steel industry. Earnings in the fiscal year ended last June 30 were $57.4âmillion, or $3.59 a share, on sales of $858âmil lion.
Commercial Solvents makes a variety of chemicals, industrial explosives, carbon black, anhydrous ammonia, alcohols, pharmaceuticals and animal health and nutrition products plus nitrogenâbased fertilizers for agriculture. Earnings in 1974 were 516.8âmillion, or $5.44 a share, on sales of $179.8âmillion. The net was after giving effect to the change to LIFO inventory accounting, which reduced earnings by about $1.7âmillion, or 54 cents a share.
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Commercial Solvents Factory by the Wabash River
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Description
Factory of the Commercial Solvents Company along the Wabash River in Terre Haute. The company was owned by Charles J. Smith and was the first plant in the country to produced butyl acetate, known as Butanol, soon after it was patented in 1916 by Chaim Weizmann, a British chemist. By the 1920s, supply for the product exceeded demand.
Subject
Creator
Martin Photo Company
Date
Circa 1925
Time Period
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One of the founding fathers of the modern state of Israel was posthumously honored for his contribution to the state of Indiana and Terre Haute on Thursday evening.
Gov. Mike Pence spent the evening at the CANDLES Holocaust Museum on South Third Street to officially designate former Israeli President Chaim Weizmann a Sagamore of the Wabash.
The Sagamore is the stateâs highest civilian honor bestowed by the governor.
Born in a remote part of then-Czarist Russia in 1874, Weizmann would become an accomplished chemist who developed a fermentation process that helped the Allied forces win the First World War. Weizmann, who dreamed of a Jewish homeland, leveraged his valuable assistance in the war effort to convince the British and later American governments to back the establishment of Israel in 1948.
The fermentation process Weizmann developed was used on a massive scale at a former whiskey distilling plant on the Wabash River in Terre Haute that would become Commercial Solvents Corp., an entity Weizmann and his associated established. Under different names, the facility would continue to operate until 2000.
âWhen you reflect on Jewish history, Chaim Weizmann occupies a place among the immortals,â Pence said before presenting the award before dozens of people at the CANDLES museum.
Weizmann was elected the first president of Israel and would serve two terms. He died in 1952 at age 77.
âWhat I take some pride in reflecting on today is the Hoosier connection that facilitated much of [Weizmannâs] career and effectiveness,â Pence said, adding people of the Terre Haute community can take pride âbeing part of an enterprise in Commercial Solvents Corp. that played a role in history.â
Pence, who served in Congress and chaired the House subcommittee on the Middle East before being elected governor last year, earned a reputation as a strong supporter of Israel.
âAmerica has no more cherished ally than Israel,â Pence said Thursday night.
The Sagamore of the Wabash award was established in the 1940s by then-Gov. Ralph Gates to honor distinguished Hoosiers. Gov. Bob Orr awarded more than 4,000 Sagamores and Gov. Evan Bayh issued more than 3,000. Gov. Mitch Daniels awarded just 245 in eight years in an effort to restore the awardâs value. It is estimated about 14,000 have been awarded by Hoosier governors since the Sagamore was established.
Reporter Arthur Foulkes can be reached at 812-231-4232 or arthur.foulkes@tribstar.com