similarly named norwegian company see polypure . a. schulman type public traded as nasdaq shlm industry chemicals founded 1928 founder alex schulman headquarters fairlawn ohio usa key people joseph gingo chairman president ceo ; from jan 2008 gustavo perez coo americas products plastic compounds color concentrates & additives revenue 2 000 million 2009 number of employees 2 200 website http www.aschulman.com footnotes references foundation ; 1 key people 2 3 a. schulman is a global plastics supplier headquartered in fairlawn ohio . the company supplies plastic compounds and resins which are used as raw materials in a variety of markets . its principal product lines consist of proprietary and custom formulated engineered plastic compounds color concentrates and additives that are designed to improve the appearance and performance of plastics in a number of specialized applications . rather than being considered a plastics manufacturer per se the company is in the plastic compounding business . 5 contents 1 history 1.1 significant facility openings and closures 2 factors which impact company performance 3 products 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit in april 2010 the company completed acquisition of ico inc. as part of its overall globalization and diversification strategy . 2 6 ico nasdaq icoc 7 which was incorporated in 1978 was a public company dealing globally in production of specialty polymer resins . 8 also in 2010 the company acquired mccann color inc. in order to advance the profitable growth of our north american color operations . also in 2010 a. schulman acquired mash compostos plasticos in brazil . the globalization strategy which led to the 2010 ico acquisition was led by the incumbent ceo as of august 2010 joseph gingo in collaboration with charles river associates . 2 significant facility openings and closures edit in 1929 within a year of its founding the company had built its first production plant in akron ohio . 1 2 1935 opened the east st. louis plant supplying custom fabricated precision rubber parts for the automotive industry 1955 opened the bellevue plant in bellevue ohio for mixing and processing pvc abs resins pp pe and ps 1959 opened the orange dispersions plant in orange texas for processing polyethylenes 1963 opened bornem plant in belgium 1973 opened the kerpen plant in germany and the crumlin plant in the united kingdom 1990 opened the givet plant in france 1994 acquired comalloy international in nashville tennessee 1995 opened san luis potos plant in mexico 1996 opened the indonesia plant 1996 acquired specialty compounding division in sharon center ohio 2000 acquired gorla plant in italy 2007 acquired delta plast in sweden 2008 the company closed its facility in st. thomas ontario . 2 2009 opened akron polybatch plant 2010 the company closed its facility in sharon center ohio a consequence of the acquisition of mccann color . 2 2011 acquired surplast in argentina . 2012 acquired elian in francc . 2012 acquired ecm in worcester mass . 2014 acquired ferro specialty plastics which comprises four plants in the u.s.a. and one in spain . 9 2015 acquired citadel plastics headquartered in west chicago illinois . factors which impact company performance edit the company produces and distributes materials used by other companies to fashion finished products . the automobile industry is the second largest of the company s markets . 10 a historical reliance on the auto market in the united states led in part to lack of profitability in the us division in the 2000s in contrast to profitability in the company s european and mexican divisions . 2 as a company which creates workable manufacturing materials from raw materials changes in the cost of raw material can significantly impact the company s profitability . 10 products edit a 1997 directory of thermoplastics manufacturers compounders and distributors provided information on what types of plastics the company produces and some of the trade names underwhich they were distributed . 5 low ldpe and high hdpe density polyethylenes under the polyflam brand polystyrene ps polypropylene pp and polyphenylenesulphide pps also under the polyflam brand several derivaterized styrene polymers abs mabs and blends abs pa pc abs polymethylmethacrylate pmma and polycarbonate pc and blends pc pbt under the polyman brand polyacetyls pom under the schulaform brand polyamides pa6 and pa66 under the schulamid brand polybutylene terephthalate pbt under the schuladur a brand polyurethane pur under the polypur brand polyvinyl chloride pvc under the polyvin brand styrene acrylonitrile copolymer san under the polyfort brand see also edit list of companies in the united states references edit a b a schulman inc archived february 6 2008 at the wayback machine . a b c d e f g steve minter 17 march 2010 . on the rise a. schulman inc. molding a global strategy . industry week iw . penton media . archived from the original on 6 august 2010 . retrieved 6 august 2010 . a. schulman names coo of the americas . yahoo finance . akron ohio associated press . 21 july 2010 . retrieved 5 august 2010 . company profile for a. schulman inc shlm . retrieved 2008 10 20 . a b bashford david 1997 thermoplastics directory and databook 1st ed . springer chapman & hall isbn 978 0 412 73350 5 oclc 36085968 retrieved 7 august 2010 a. schulman announces completion of ico acquisition press release . pr newswire . 30 april 2010 . archived from the original on 5 august 2010 . retrieved 5 august 2010 . ico inc icoc stock quote . thestreet.com . the street . archived from the original on 5 august 2010 . retrieved 5 august 2010 . note that the icoc symbol is no longer recognized in a symbol lookup at nasdaq.com ico inc sec form 10 k report . united states securities and exchange commission . 2009 . 76 0566682 . retrieved 5 august 2010 . http ir.aschulman.com releasedetail.cfm releaseid 857457 a b steven halpern 30 december 2007 . best stocks for 2008 forbes quant picks a. schulman shlm . bloggingstocks . aol . archived from the original on 6 august 2010 . retrieved 5 august 2010 . external links edit a. schulman website website devoted to the acquisition of ico inc. ico website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title a. schulman & oldid 743694078 categories chemical companies of the united statescompanies based in ohiochemical companies established in 1928american companies established in 19281928 establishments in ohiohidden categories articles with wayback machine linkspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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