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The Seydel Companies, Inc.

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The Seydel Companies, Inc.
Company typePublic
Industrychemicals, manufacturing
Founded1907
HeadquartersPendergrass, Georgia, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Scott O. Seydel (President)
Number of employees
100+
WebsiteSeydel.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 based in Pendergrass, Georgia.[1][2] Seydel-Woolley & Co., Chemol Company, Seydel International, and JRS Manufacturing are Seydel's four companies.[citation needed]

History

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The Seydel Companies, Inc. was founded by brothers Herman and Paul B. Seydel in 1907 in Atlanta, Georgia under the name Seydel Chemicals.[3] The company relocated to New Jersey in 1910, then expanded into West Virginia in 1919.[citation needed] The Seydel-Thomas Company was formed in Atlanta by Paul B. Seydel in 1923, which soon became Seydel-Wooley & Company in 1924.[3] After World War II, Paul V. Seydel authored the book Textile Warp Sizing,[4] 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.[5]

Awards

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The Seydel Companies, Inc. has repeatedly won the Environmental Protection Agency's Waste Wise Partner of the Year Award [6]

List of Awards:

Community Involvement

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The Seydel Companies, Inc. is involved with the following community efforts:

References

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  1. ^ "Federal Register" (PDF). Department of Labor.
  2. ^ "Twenty-Five Georgia Companies Recognized for Expanding into 70 International Markets in 2021". Georgia. May 23, 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  3. ^ a b "History". The Seydel Companies, Inc. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  4. ^ Seydel, Paul V. (1958). Textile Warp Sizing. Textile Book Service. p. 505. ASIN B0007EZ4KU.
  5. ^ "History of the Seydel Companies". The Seydel Companies, Inc. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  6. ^ "The Seydel Companies: Turning Trash into Treasure" (PDF). Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Awards and Recognition". Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Seydel Community Involvement". The Seydel Companies, Inc. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
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