Harwick Chemical Manufacturing takes Polyone name

MASSILLON, Ohio (Feb. 7)—Harwick Chemical Manufacturing has adopted the name of its parent company, PolyOne Corp. The renaming of the onetime manufacturing arm of the Harwick Chemical Corp. reflects the business´ full integration into the PolyOne Elastomers and Performance Additives business group, according to General Manager Art Fritts. The operation was sold to PolyOne predecessor M.A. Hanna Co. in 1997, while the remaining distribution business of Harwick Chemical changed its name to Harwick Standard Distribution Corp. and remained at its Akron headquarters. A Harwick Standard official said the company will continue with its current name.