At the time of this consolidation, the Chicago Company was not only a local operation, but also served as the home office for the other subsidiaries. This same year, the company expanded into Canada when a plant was built in Windsor, Ontario, which is across the river from Detroit. Chemicals Company Ltd. Canada was originally formed in 1948 in compliance with Canadian regulations. New regulations, however, prohibited moving chemicals between the two cities using the Detroit River tunnel, so a plant was built in Windsor. The Houston Company opened a plant in Dallas and was immediately successful, during this same year a second plant opened in Kansas City.
Toledo branch opens office location.
1960 Los Angeles area plant opens giving us the first West Coast location. 1961 Pittsburgh branch, Allegheny Solvents and Chemical Company, opens. 1962 Investment in a Mexico distribution company, Provedores Quimicos Generales, with Central Solvents acquiring the majority interest. 1964 Assets of the L.H. Butcher company are acquired enabling the company to expand along the West coast with branches in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Portland, Seattle and Spokane. Eaton Chemical Co. was acquired which brought an expansion into many additional product lines.