Article: Low-key player shifts up a gear.(Companies, Management People)(CPS Chemical Company Inc.)(Column)

Some companies thrive on publicity while others do nicely without it. CPS Chemical Co. (Old Bridge, NJ) is in the wallflower category--a publicity-shy, closely held specialty maker little known beyond its network of suppliers and customers. Low key does not mean lethargic, however; over its four decades of existence, CPS has quietly racked up an impressive record of performance.

For openers, the company claims world leadership in cationic organics, coagulants, and cationic amine monomers. CPS produces more than 100 specialty monomers and polymers at plants in Old Bridge and West Memphis, AR. Philip L. 'Phil' Meisel, the company's 68-year-old founder, president, and ...

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