Olin Corporation

Olin Corporation manufactures and distributes chemical products in the United States Europe Asia Pacific Latin America and Canada. It operates through three segments: Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls; Epoxy; and Winchester. The Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls segment offers chlorine and caustic soda ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride monomers methyl chloride methylene chloride chloroform carbon tetrachloride perchloroethylene hydrochloric acid hydrogen bleach products potassium hydroxide and chlorinated organics intermediates and solvents. The Epoxy segment provides Allylics such as allyl chloride epichlorohydrin and glycerin; aromatics including acetone bisphenol cumene and phenol; liquid and solid epoxy resins; and converted epoxy resins and additives. The Winchester segment offers sporting ammunition products including shotshells small caliber centerfire and rimfire ammunition products for hunters and recreational shooters and law enforcement agencies; small caliber military ammunition products for use in infantry and mounted weapons; and industrial products comprising gauge loads and powder-actuated tool loads for maintenance applications in power and concrete industries and powder-actuated tools in construction industry. The company markets its products through its sales force as well as directly to various industrial customers mass merchants retailers wholesalers other distributors and the U.S. Government and its prime contractors. Olin Corporation was incorporated in 1892 and is based in Clayton Missouri.