Barium and Chemicals , Inc.

Barium & Chemicals, Inc was incorporated in 1937 by co-founders, Albert and Anna Pavlik and operated twenty miles east of Cleveland, Ohio in Willoughby, OH. Its main product line was Barium Peroxide a precursor for the subsequent manufacture of Hydrogen Peroxide. In l960, Barium & Chemicals, Inc. moved the operations to Steubenville, Ohio after purchasing the The Steubenville Pottery Facility, a 180,000 square foot plant on forty acres of land adjacent to the Ohio River near Steubenville, OH. At this location the product line was expanded to include over 80 high quality inorganic specialty chemical compounds which are used by the electronic, plastic, automotive, rubber, ordnance, pyrotechnic and the specialty chemical ( www.bariumchemicals.com )