Company Profile
Vertellus is an independent company created by an MBO of the Workington-based Specialties business from Dow in 2002 and an acquisition of the Halebank Fine Chemicals business from Great Lakes in late 2003.
The Workington facility (formerly PENTAGON) manufactures materials for the paper, fuel, lube, oilfield, metal working, explosive, and pharmaceutical markets. Core competencies include anhydride & derivative products.
[Editor's note: November 3, 2014
Vertellus Acquires Pentagon Chemicals]
[Editor's note: The company >Pentagon Chemical Specialties Limited< was dissolved on January 12, 2018 or was integrated into Vertellus. Under the name Pentagon Chemical Specialties Ltd. there have been no more business activities since then!]
Products
- 2-Dodecen-1-ylsuccinic anhydride
