Pilot Chemical Company is a privately owned and independent global specialty chemical manufacturer providing high-quality products and services to the household, industrial and institutional (I&I); personal care; metalworking and lubricants; oilfield; and emulsion polymerization industries. Its proprietary core technologies involve alkylation, sulfonation, sulfation and a number of other specialty operations, including the production of biocides and cGMP products. Pilot, an industry leader in chemical innovation and safety, owns the most state-of-the-art continuous sulfation process in North America, is a leader in quaternary ammonium compounds, and is the world’s largest manufacturer of disulfonates. Pilot is certified under both ISO 9001:2015 and the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care® program. Pilot is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with additional sites located in Ohio, Texas, New Jersey, and Mexico.
A Historic look at Pilot Chemical Company
| 1951 | John Morrisroe invents Ice-Cold Sulfonation (ICS) Technology and applies for a patent. A year later, Mr. Morrisroe founded Pilot Chemical Company and opened the Santa Fe Springs, California, facility. |
Expanding Into New Territory
| 1963 | Lockland, Ohio |
| 1968 | Avenel, New Jersey |
| 1973 | Houston, TX – Alkylation technology is introduced |
| 1985 | Middletown, Ohio |
| 1988 | Enters the emulsion polymerization market Peter Morrisroe named Chairman & CEO Paul Morrisroe named President & COO |
| 1993 | Enters the personal care market Begins selling internationally |
| 1995 | Air/SO3 sulfation technology introduced |
| 1999 | Peter Morrisroe retires |
| 2000 | Paul Morrisroe named Chairman & President |
| 2002 | 50th Anniversary |
| 2005 | Consolidates corporate accounting, sales, customer service and technical functions under one roof Relocates corporate headquarters to Sharonville, Ohio |
| 2006 | Expands drying capability in Avenel, New Jersey, facility |
| 2007 | Implements new company-wide IT system Launches new corporate logo and website |
| 2008 | Expands alkylation and distillation capacity in Houston, Texas Expands sulfonation capacity in Middletown, Ohio Acquires the business aspects of Intertrade Holding Inc. |
| 2010 | Pamela Butcher named President & COO Paul Morrisroe becomes Chairman & CEO |
| 2011 | Launches a World-Class Safety program. |
| 2012 | 60th Anniversary Acquires Mason Chemical Company to enter the biocidal quat industry |
| 2015 | Paul Morrisroe retires as CEO Pamela Butcher named CEO |
| 2016 | Pamela Butcher retires as CEO and joins the Board of Directors Michael Scott named President Attains certification under the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care® program |
| 2017 | Pamela Butcher named CEO and President |
| 2018 | Mike Clark named COO New state-of-the art Innovation Center opens in Pittsburgh, PA John Brantley named to Board of Directors Bob Cellura named Director Emeritus |
| 2019 | Relocates corporate headquarters to West Chester, Ohio Acquires Organo Sintesis in December |
| 2020 | Newly renovated and expanded facilities debut: Sharonville Technical and Innovation Center and a pilot plant at the Middletown, Ohio site Pamela Butcher steps down as CEO, while remaining on the company’s Board of Directors as special advisor to the Chairman Mike Clark assumes leadership of the company as President and COO |
| 2022 | Mike Clark promoted to CEO Pilot Chemical launches first sustainability report Pilot Chemical celebrates its 70th Anniversary on September 19 |
| 2023 | Christian MacIver named President and COO |