Barium & Chemicals

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Established in Willoughby, Ohio in 1937, family owned, Barium & Chemicals initially produced Barium Peroxide a precursor of hydrogen peroxide.After a fire destroyed their Willoughby plant, the company relocated in 1960 to Steubenville, purchasing the 165,000 sq. ft. former Steubenville Pottery plant.

Today, the company produces over 80 high quality inorganic specialty chemical compounds including, barium, strontium, calcium, potassium, antimony and lead compounds for the munitions, pyrotechnics, electronic, plastic, automotive (for air bag detonators), rubber and specialty chemical industries. The company employs 39 people.

Steubenville Pottery

The Stuebenville Pottery Company was founded in Steubenville in 1879 to make tableware, with a factory located on South Street. In 1925 it built a second plant at the Kingsdale Road site in the area that was to become known as the Pottery Addition. In 1959, Steubenville Pottery closed due to foreign competition and the Pottery Addition factory was sold the next year to Barium & Chemicals Company.

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