Essential Ingredients, Inc

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Our History

2009	Momentive Performance Materials selects Essential Ingredients as an Authorized Distributor.
	Lubrizol expands its relationship with Essential Ingredients by selecting the firm to represent their surfactant line in the Northeast.
2008	Continued growth leads to Essential Ingredients moving to larger facilities in both Atlanta and Jacksonville .
	Clariant selects Essential Ingredients to represent their Personal Care and Institutional & Home Care product lines.
2007	The U.S. southwest becomes Essential Ingredient's latest geographic expansion.
	Dupont, Tate & Lyle introduces their Zemea® propanediol product and selects Essential Ingredients to represent the line.
	Curoxyl® BP 42 USP is introduced by Essential Ingredients as a unique, flowable Benzoyl Peroxide product.
2006	Essential Ingredients celebrates 10 year anniversary.
2005	Lubrizol selects Essential Ingredients to represent its Carbopol product line.
	B&T selects Essential Ingredients to represent their unique olive-derived lines.
	Essential Ingredients begins distributing for Aloecorp.
2004	The firm expands its Atlanta area warehouse to 25,000 sq.ft.
	Essential Ingredients expands geographically into the Northeastern United States.
	The Vitacon® concept is pioneered by Essential Ingredients resulting in custom vitamin blends.
2003	Unique in the distribution industry, Essential Ingredients hires its own Technical Director to assist customers with formulation and other technical needs.
	The Eixtractives® product line is introduced by Essential Ingredients.
	Essential Ingredients is selected by Unipex (formerly Atrium) to represent their lines.
	Nalco selects Essential Ingredients to distribute their personal care line.
2002	Essential Ingredients expands its Atlanta area facility once again.
2001	Continued growth leads EI to expand into Florida with an operation in Jacksonville.
2000	Outgrowing its Atlanta area facility, Essential Ingredients moves to a larger building.
1999	Essential Ingredients begins representing Vitech's unique line of HI&I products.
	A Board of Directors is formed for Essential Ingredients, including external board members Perry Sells and Dick Wright.
	Medallion International selects Essential Ingredients as a distributor.
1998	Essential Ingredients moves to a suburb of Atlanta to serve its growing customer base.
1997	Mike Crum joins Essential Ingredients as a Co-owner of the firm.
	Aqualon selects Essential Ingredients to represent their product lines.
	Essential Ingredients begins representing Lubrizol (formerly Chemron) surfactants.
1996	Essential Ingredients is founded in Augusta, Georgia by Chris Gerlach and Kris Maynard. The vision of the company was, and continues to be, a chemical distributor that is considered a partner and critical resource for customers providing not only raw materials, but creative problem solving and expertise as well.
	Essential Ingredients begins selling Floratech products.