News History

“Dow appreciates all of your hard work and efforts through the past season! We thought we had seen the worst weather two years ago, but this past season would not end.  It was record setting for shipments.  We appreciate your efforts with receiving the inbound trucks into the tanks over the weekends and long hours during

Interested in why oil prices fluctuate and the related impact? As a prominent chemical distributor and a manufacturer of inhibited propylene glycol and inhibited ethylene glycol, Houghton Chemical is well versed in the petroleum and natural gas industry. This interesting article describes the connection between oil price, oil supply and oil demand. http://www.houghton.com/docs/articles/Markets%20Reeling%20From%20Oil%20Slump.pdf

As a prominent chemical distributor and a manufacturer of inhibited propylene glycol and inhibited ethylene glycol, Houghton Chemical is well versed in the petroleum and natural gas industry. This interesting article describes the natural gas boom over the last decade and the transformation of the US energy picture. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/03/staying-power-for-shale-gas/ 

  Education is a means to better service and optimal solutions.  Houghton Chemical presented on the ‘Fundamentals of Inhibited Glycol’ for the Rhode Island (Chapter 63) Association for Facilities Engineering.  We discussed topics such as glycol biodegradation, glycol recycling, glycol inhibitors, and glycol freeze point adjustment options. It was great to share a table with

Houghton Chemical routinely receives customer feedback. Here is one such example: “This a note of thanks to Bruce and all the good folks at Houghton. Yesterday my wife, Lisa, and I came out of the house in the afternoon to start shoveling only to find two fellows from Houghton out in front of our house