Om Group (OMG)

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OM Group, Inc. engages in the development, production, and marketing of specialty chemicals and advanced materials to complex chemical and industrial processes worldwide. The company operates in two segments: Advanced Materials and Specialty Chemicals. The Advanced Materials segment manufactures inorganic products using unrefined cobalt and other metals and serves the battery materials, powder metallurgy, and ceramic and chemical end markets. It offers chemicals, pigments and ceramics, battery materials, and various raw materials. These products improve the electrical conduction of rechargeable batteries used in cellular phones, video cameras, portable computers, power tools, and hybrid electrical vehicles, as well as strengthen and add durability to diamond and machine cutting tools and drilling equipment used in construction, oil and gas drilling, and quarrying. The Specialty Chemicals segment offers electronic chemicals for the printed circuit boards, memory disks, general metal finishing, and electronic packaging and finishing markets. This segment also provides advanced organics comprising additives and driers for paints, and printing inks; rubber adhesion promoters; composite and other catalysts; and fuel oil additives, lubricants, and grease additives. In addition, it offers ultra pure chemicals used in the manufacture of electronic and computer components, such as semiconductors, silicon chips, wafers, and liquid crystal displays; and photo-imaging masks, including high-purity quartz or glass plates containing precision, microscopic images of integrated circuits; and reticles for the semiconductor, optoelectronics, and microelectronics industries under the Compugraphics brand name. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.