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Pilot Chemical Company Celebrates 65th Anniversary

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Pilot Chemical Company recently celebrated its 65th anniversary.  The company was founded on Sept. 19, 1952 in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., by John Morrisroe.  Morrisroe began the company with his patent for a process called ice-cold sulfonation, which resulted in higher quality products.   From Santa Fe Springs, the company first expanded to Lockland, Ohio, in 1963; then Avenel, N.J., in 1968; Houston in 1973; and Middletown, Ohio, in 1985.  The headquarters remained in Santa Fe Springs...

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