Bio-based specialty chemicals for plastics, lubricants, coatings, and industrial applications
Emery Oleochemicals manufactures renewable specialty chemicals from natural oils and fats across four core platforms: bio-lubricants, eco-friendly polyols, plastic additives, and agrichemical solutions. The company is scaling manufacturing and maintenance capacity (12 of 20 active roles) while running mechanical-integrity and root-cause-identification programs—signaling operational maturity work to support higher-volume, higher-reliability production. Tech stack is dominated by process-control systems (SAP, DCS, PLCs) and analytical chemistry instruments (HPLC, LC-MS, ICP-OES), typical of regulated chemical manufacturing.
Emery Oleochemicals is a specialty chemicals manufacturer headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with a history spanning over 180 years. The company formulates and manufactures high-performance chemicals derived from renewable sources for customers in plastics, automotive, lubricants, electronics, coatings, adhesives, food and beverage, agriculture, and related industries. Products are customized around four business platforms: Agro Green (agrichemicals), Bio-Lubricants, Eco-Friendly Polyols, and Green Polymer Additives. The company operates regional Technical Development Centers to support joint development with customers and scales across the United States with 201–500 employees.
SAP for enterprise resource planning; DCS and PLCs for process control; HPLC, LC-MS, ICP-OES, and MassHunter for analytical chemistry and quality testing; Micrometer for monitoring; Microsoft Office for productivity.
Active projects include mechanical-integrity and root-cause-identification programs, maintenance-management-system improvements, method development and validation, 24/7-operations implementation, and developing advanced bio-based chemical solutions from renewable fats and oils.
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