CRC Industriesis a manufacturer and distributor ofindustrial chemicalsformaintenanceandrepairof marine, electrical, industrial, automotive and aviation equipment.[1][2]
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| Founded | 1958 |
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| Parent | Berwind Corporation |
History
editIt was founded in 1958 after a verbal agreement between Rocket Chemical, the predecessor of theWD-40 Company,and Charles J. Webb II to distributeWD-40fell apart. Webb then set up a competitor company in Philadelphia, Corrosion Reaction Consultants, Inc., and hired away Rocket presidentNorman Larsento lead it.[3]In 1960 it consisted of Larsen, two chemists and five staff.[4]Its first product was CRC Corrosion Inhibitor, also called5–56,a product comparable to WD-40. The product was reformulated in 1963 as the company diversified to make more specialized products.[3]
The company has been owned byBerwind Corporationsince 1981.[3]
Products
editThis sectionis missing informationabout more members of the bunchofnumbers family (2-26, 3-36, 5-56 + PTFE).(June 2022) |
CRC's first product, 5-56, is still sold. However,6-56,a silicone-based replacement, is CRC's current competing product for WD-40.[5]
Brakleen,atetrachloroethylene(PERC)-basedbrake cleaner,is one of CRC's signature products. It has gained a cult following due to its dissolving power and has been used off-label for many other purposes, a practice strongly discouraged by health experts and the product's own warning labels. As PERC is illegal in New Jersey and California, a safer but weaker substitute chlorine-free formula mostly made of acetone and heptane is also offered.[6]
Facilities
editCRC's manufacturing is headquartered inWarminster, Pennsylvaniawith the corporate office inHorsham, Pennsylvania.It markets products through subsidiaries in the United States, Australia, Germany,[7]Belgium, United Kingdom, China and New Zealand.[1][2]
Their facilities in Warminster include a private railroad spur, served by theNew Hope Railroad.Traffic on the spur constitutes a sizable portion of the railroad's freight traffic; CRC Industries is their largest freight customer.
References
edit- ^abCRC Industrieson Berwind Corporation website, retrieved 2011-04-04
- ^ab"Company Overview of CRC Industries, Inc".Bloomberg.RetrievedJanuary 29,2016.
- ^abc"The CRC Story"(PDF).CRC Industries. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on May 4, 2006.
- ^Industrial Research Laboratories of the United States(10th ed.). National Academies. 1960. p. 129.
- ^https://productimageserver.com/literature/brochure/75009BR.pdf;compares 6-56 with WD-40 in marine use
- ^Brown, Aaron (July 29, 2020)."Don't Use Brakleen to Clean Everything in Your Shop".Road & Track.
- ^Germany Office