A. Schulman was founded in 1928 by Alex Schulman in Akron, Ohio as a rubber brokerage. The next year the company built its first manufacturing plant, also in Akron.
In 1952 the company first expanded internationally, to Belguim, the U.K., and Germany.
Today A. Schulman is a global leader in masterbatches, which are color and additives added to polymer resins to provide color to plastic products. The company also produces specialty powders and engineered plastics.
A. Schulman trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SHLM, is a member of the S&P 600, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #922 in the Fortune 1000, has 3,900 employees, and had $2.43 billion in revenue in 2014.
A. SchulmanA. Schulman was founded in 1928 by Alex Schulman in Akron, Ohio as a rubber brokerage. The next year the company built its first manufacturing plant, also in Akron.
In 1952 the company first expanded internationally, to Belguim, the U.K., and Germany.
Today A. Schulman is a global leader in masterbatches, which are color and additives added to polymer resins to provide color to plastic products. The company also produces specialty powders and engineered plastics.
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A. Schulman trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SHLM, is a member of the S&P 600, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #922 in the Fortune 1000, has 3,900 employees, and had $2.43 billion in revenue in 2014.