Phoenix Inks & Coatings LLC

Kerley Ink is one of the oldest remaining privately-owned ink manufacturing companies in the United States. It was officially founded in 1947 by Raymond Ambrose Kerley, but the company's roots in the graphic arts go back considerablyfarther than that. As a matter of fact, they go all the way back to 1909, the year that the famous Indian Chief Geronimo died.In that same year, the then 16 year-old founder of Kerley Ink took the New York Central railroad from Schenectady, New York to Chicago to seek his fortune. There he found work as a "printer's devil" near downtown Chicago in a shop named The Regensteiner Press. The rest, as they say, is history.The Kerley Ink Story 1909-1982. A reprint of a feature story from the October 1982 issue of The American Inkmaker Magazine.

Established in 1935, Daubert Chemical Company manufactures coatings and adhesives. The company makes a variety of coatings that include anti-corrosion and sound deadening coatings. It also offers industrial anti-skid coatings and specialty adhesives. Additionally, the company manufactures concentrate formulations for the aerosol packaging industry. It also offers its services to automotive transportation and general manufacturing industries. The company has expertise in the area of manufacturing sound proofing coatings for railcars. Daubert Chemical Company is as part of Daubert Industries. It has a research and development facility and manufactures products for the U.S. Department of Defense. The company is located in Chicago.

Operational for 19 years, Midwest Ink is engaged in developing ink technology for diverse printing requirements. Based in Broadview, Ill., the firm has developed Hydro H20, a line of environment friendly printing inks that run without any fountain solution, etch or substrates. Its primary expertise comprise a variety of inks, such as sheetfed four-color process inks, sheetfed lightfast inks, heatset four-color cover process ink, heatset four-color public grade process ink, heatset four-color commercial grade process ink, coldset four-color process inks, newsprint inks, ultraviolet curable inks and flexographic inks.