companies inc. type public industry chemicals manufacturing founded 1907 headquarters pendergrass georgia u.s. area served worldwide key people scott o. seydel president number of employees 50 website seydel.com the seydel companies inc. is a producer of specialty chemicals used primarily in the textile and apparel paper and packaging personal care agriculture and metalworking industries . 1 seydel woolley & co. chemol company seydel international and jrs manufacturing are the four companies comprising the whole of seydel . it is currently based in pendergrass georgia . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 community involvement 4 references history edit the seydel companies inc. was founded by brothers herman and paul b. seydel in 1907 under the name seydel chemicals the company relocated to new jersey in 1910 then expanded into west virginia in 1919 . the seydel thomas company was formed in atlanta by paul b. seydel in 1923 which soon became seydel wooley & company in 1924 . 2 after world war ii paul v. seydel authored the book textile warp sizing 3 a widely used industry textbook . in 1963 john r. seydel expanded the company to include toll manufacturing merged with the az products and launched seydel international to export products globally . in 1966 the seydel companies acquired chemol company inc. 4 awards edit the seydel companies inc. has repeatedly won the environmental protection agency s waste wise partner of the year award 5 list of awards epa s waste wise small business partner of the year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2006 waste wise epa climate change program champion 2002 waste wise epa small business program champion 2002 the boy scouts of america environmental award 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 the atlanta business chronicle s fast tech 50 award 1990 2001 the jackson county chamber of commerce large business of the year 2006 6 community involvement edit the seydel companies inc. is involved with the following community efforts jackson county business association jackson county chamber of commerce georgia chamber of commerce jefferson ida athletic team sponsorships and booster clubs partners in education georgia special olympics upper chattahoochee riverkeepers 7 references edit federal register pdf . department of labor . history of the seydel companies . the seydel companies inc. retrieved 2 november 2012 . seydel paul v. 1958 . textile warp sizing . textile book service . p. 505 . asin b0007ez4ku . history of the seydel companies . the seydel companies inc. retrieved 2 november 2012 . the seydel companies turning trash into treasure pdf . environmental protection agency . retrieved 2 november 2012 . awards and recognition . retrieved 6 november 2012 . seydel community involvement . the seydel companies inc. retrieved 2 november 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the seydel companies inc. & oldid 608014594 categories companies based in jackson county georgiamanufacturing companies based in georgia u.s. state chemical companies of the united statescompanies established in 1907 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 pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 may 2014 at 06 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view