Grace

Products & Services

About Grace

W. R. Grace & Co (Grace) is one of the leading global suppliers of specialty chemicals and materials. Its portfolio includes catalysts, fine chemicals, molecular sieves and synthetic silicas. The company serves customers operating in chemical processing, food & beverage, general industrial, coatings & inks, personal care, pharma and plastics & rubber markets. The company operates through two reportable segments namely, Grace Catalysts Technologies and Grace Materials Technologies. The Grace Catalysts Technologies develops and manufactures catalysts and other products utilized in petrochemical, refining and other chemical manufacturing applications. It provides Fluid catalytic cracking catalysts (FCC catalysts) are used in production of diesel and gasoline fuels and other petroleum products. FCC additives are also used to minimize sulfur in gasoline, maximize propylene production from units by reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and carbon monoxides into atmosphere. The company’s Hydroprocessing catalysts (HPC) are used in upgrading the crude by removing sulfur, nitrogen and heavy metal impurities. It offers specialty catalysts (SC) used in production of polypropylene and polyethylene thermoplastic resins, used by companies producing geomembranes, high pressure pipes, automotive parts, food packaging, medical devices, and textiles among others. Grace sells its products under brands Magnapore, Davicat and Unipol. In FY2016, the Grace Catalysts technologies segment reported revenue of US$1,163.7 million, which accounted for 72.71% of the company’s total revenue.Grace Materials Technologies (GMT) segment offers silica-based and silica-alumina-based materials used in consumer, industrial, coatings and pharmaceutical applications. Its engineered materials include process aids and functional additives such as colloidal silica, silica gel, precipitated silica, zeolitic adsorbents and silica-aluminas. The company supplies products under brands Syloid, Shieldex, Sylosiv, and Sylowhite among others. In FY2016, the Grace Materials Technologies segment reported revenue of US$434.9 million, which accounted for 27.21% of the company’s total revenue. Grace's research and development activities are focused on the development of new products and processes, and improvement of existing products and processes. In FY2016, the company incurred US$49 million towards its research and development activities, which as a percentage of total revenue stood at 3.07%. Geographically, Grace operates through four segments, namely, North America, Europe Middle East Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America. In FY2015, the Europe Middle East Africa accounted for 40.52% to the total revenue followed by North America (30.7%), Asia Pacific (21.82%) and Latin America (6.96%) respectively.

Its primary NAICS classification is 325998 (All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing). Grace is one of 463,778 Industrial & mechanical companies listed in Maryland.

Business Contact Information

Phone

(410) 531-4000

Fax

(410) 531-4367

Website

www.grace.com

LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com/company/wr-grace

Address

7500 Grace Dr Bldg 100, Columbia, Maryland, 21044, United States

Industry & Classification

Industry

Industrial & mechanical

Sector

Machinery

Segment

Industrial machinery

Company Details

Employees

4,500

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