EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc. Information

Having a job isn’t the same as having a purpose. At EMCO Chemical Distributors, our employees’ purpose is to provide essential ingredients and related chemical services for a broad range of industries. Guided by our commitment to quality and safety, we annually handle more than 350 million pounds of product through our distribution and contract packaging divisions We listen and learn to know your business as well as you do. It is how we work. That is why our chemical specialists are committed to understanding your operations to deliver exact solutions, guide you to emerging opportunities, or help you find approaches to reduce risk. We are thinkers and dreamers – not simply order takers. Our employees are empowered to be decision-makers, enabling a fluid, seamless and unproblematic experience for customers and suppliers. From our humble beginnings in 1971 filling and packaging chemicals in a one-car garage in Northern Illinois, EMCO has grown to become one of the leading providers of chemicals and chemical related products and services in North America. We have been a family company since our inception: the type of company where President and Founder Edward Polen believes every employee is part of the EMCO family. The "Our Line is Green" in our logo represents our commitment to the responsible distribution of chemicals and essential ingredients, working with our suppliers and customers to protect the environment, supporting our employees, and giving back to our community. We are committed to playing a constructive and collaborative role as a responsible environmental citizen in the life of the surrounding community as well as being dedicated to a clean environment through innovative industrial ecology.