| 1928 |
Founded by Alex Schulman as a rubber brokerage in Akron, Ohio |
| 1929 |
Opened first manufacturing plant in Akron, Ohio |
| 1935 |
Opened the East St. Louis Plant supplying custom-fabricated precision rubber parts for the automotive industry |
| 1946 |
A. Schulman adds plastic compounds to its rubber product portfolio |
| 1952 |
Opened first offices in Europe (Belgium, UK, and Germany) |
| 1953 |
Opened office in France |
| 1955 |
Opened the Bellevue Plant in Bellevue, Ohio for mixing and processing PVC, ABS resins, PP, PE, and PS |
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Became proud distributor of Plioflex for Goodyear, a synthetic replacement for rubber |
| 1959 |
Opened the Orange Dispersions Plant in Orange, Texas for processing polyethylenes |
| 1960 |
Became exclusive distributor of Avisun Polypropylenes, the lightest commercial thermoplastic in existence |
| 1963 |
Opened Bornem Plant in Belgium |
| 1969 |
Entered the interior automotive industry supplying plastic door knobs for window cranks |
| 1971 |
Became primary supplier of armrests, made from PVC, to automotive markets |
| 1973 |
Opened the Kerpen Plant in Germany and the Crumlin Plant in the United Kingdom |
| 1983 |
Opened offices in Switzerland and Austria |
| 1986 |
Entered partnership with Mitsubishi for Sunprene business |
| 1990 |
Opened the Givet Plant in France |
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Opened office in Mexico City |
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Entered the exterior automotive market supplying material for fascias and door panels |
| 1994 |
Acquired Comalloy International in Nashville, Tennessee |
| 1995 |
Opened San Luis Potosi Plant in Mexico |
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Opened offices in Asia and Spain |
| 1996 |
Opened the Indonesia Plant |
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Acquired Specialty Compounding Division in Sharon Center, Ohio |
| 1997 |
Completion of ISO Registration process for North America |
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Opened offices in Italy and Poland |
| 1998 |
Opened office in Hungary |
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Opened the Product Technology Center in Akron, Ohio |
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Opened the Color Technology Center in Sharon Center, Ohio |
| 2000 |
Acquired Gorla Plant in Italy |
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Opened office in Barcelona, Spain |
| 2001 |
Opened office in The Netherlands |
| 2004 |
Opened plants in Poland and China |
| 2007 |
Acquired Delta Plast |
| 2009 |
Opened Akron Polybatch Plant |
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Announced building of new plant in India |
| 2010 |
Acquired McCann Color |
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Acquired ICO Polymers |
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Acquired Mash Compostos Plasticos in Brazil |