Stauffer Chemical
| Stauffer Chemical Company
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1886 |
| resolution | 1987 |
| Reason for dissolution | sale |
| Seat |
Westport , United States
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| Branch | Chemical industry |
The Stauffer Chemical Company was an American chemical company that manufactured herbicides for grain and rice. In 1987 Imperial Chemical Industries bought the company from Unilever . The headquarters were in 1987 in Westport . In the course of the year Imperial Chemical sold Stauffer's basic chemicals division to Rhône-Poulenc , as they were only interested in the agrochemicals division . The company was dissolved through the sale of the individual divisions.
history
The company was founded in San Francisco in 1885 by the German John Stauffer senior and the French Christian de Guigne . Ships transporting wheat to Europe used rocks from the white cliffs of Dover as ballast. The company used the unloaded ballast as a cheap raw material. John Stauffer Sr. registered the company. He died on March 4, 1940 at the age of 78.
In 1931, the company announced plans to establish the Pacific Hard Rubber Company subsidiary.
Hans Stauffer, the nephew of John Stauffer senior, joined the company in 1920 and retired from the position of managing director in 1967. He died in 1986.
John Stauffer junior, the son of the company founder, was also managing director. He died in 1972. The John Stauffer Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, the John Stauffer Chemistry Building at Stanford University and the John Stauffer Science Center at Whittier College are named after him.
Site contamination
From 1947 to 1981 Stauffer Chemical had a factory in Tarpon Springs for the production of elemental phosphorus from phosphate ore ( 28 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ N , 82 ° 46 ′ 32.5 ″ W ). The factory originally belonged to Victor Chemical but was bought by Stauffer Chemical in 1960. The Environmental Protection Agency reported that “The factory's activities resulted in the contamination of soil, groundwater and water bodies on the site. The most serious soil contaminants were arsenic, antimony, beryllium, phosphorus, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, radium and thallium. "
Dispute over winning numbers from 1982 and 1983
In 1984 the company was accused by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission of overstating 1982 and 1983 profits through unusual bookkeeping.
Phosphorus trichloride plant
In the mid-1980s, the company hit the headlines with the sale of plans for a chemical plant for the production of phosphorus trichloride to Schweizerische Krebs AG. The plant was modeled on a corresponding plant from Stauffer Chemical in Pennsylvania by Krebs for the El Nasr Pharmaceutical Company in Egypt . Phosphorus trichloride is used both as a raw material for the production of pesticides and for the production of sarin .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jonathan P. Hicks: Imperial set to buy Stauffer . In: The New York Times , June 6, 1987. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ Company News; Imperial Set to Sell More Stauffer Units . In: The New York Times , September 23, 1987. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ↑ Obituary 2 - No Title . In: The New York Times , March 5, 1940.
- ↑ Miss Stauffer plan to Wed . In: The New York Times , September 4, 1988.
- ^ Jill Stauffer Is Married . In: The New York Times , October 18, 1987.
- ↑ a b Hans Stauffer Is Dead; Led Chemical Concern . In: The New York Times , November 16, 1986.
- ^ New Industry Launched. Pacific Hard Rubber Company Announces Plans for Factory Representing $ 100,000 Investment . In: Los Angeles Times , October 25, 1931, p. D1. "Establishment of a new industry in Los Angeles with an initial investment of approximately $ 100,000 in plant and equipment and which will employ at its opening about fifty men was announced yesterday by John Stauffer, Jr., when he made known the formation of the Pacific Hard Rubber Company .... The new company is owned and controlled by the Stauffer Chemical Company "
- ↑ Stauffer Succombs At Age 74 . In: Merced Sun-Star , The Associated Press, December 14, 1972. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ John Stauffer of Chemical Company Dies . In: Los Angeles Times , December 14, 1972, p. D24.
- ^ Region 4 - Superfund - NPL / Caliber Sites-Florida - Stauffer Chemical Company (Tarpon Springs) . US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ↑ Kenneth B. Noble: Stauffer Accused by SEC of Fraud . In: The New York Times , August 14, 1984. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ↑ Stauffer Chemical . In: The New York Times , August 17, 1984. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ↑ A. Cordesman: Perilous Prospects: The Peace Process And The Arab-Israeli Military Balance. Taylor & Francis, Westview Press 1996. ISBN 0-8133-2939-6 . ISBN 0-8133-3074-2 . Retrieved April 22, 2018.