Business View Magazine - November 2016

Business View Magazine - November 2016 159 Finally, Deepwater does a small amount of toll blending. Toll blending is a specialty service whereby compa- nies with complex chemical formula- tions have their batches mixed and processed into a final product. Tolling allows a company with a unique for- mula to send its materials and pro- cess information to a specialized com- pany, like Deepwater, for production, packaging, and in some cases, final delivery. “We have two, large Hastelloy Reactors,” Wachnowsky says. “Hastel- loy is a very high alloy steel that we’re looking for opportunities to utilize for those tolling opportunities that would require cGMP reactive chemistries, beyond blending, where we can add value to their business.” Adding knowledge-based value to the planet’s naturally-occurring iodine for the benefit of its customers and the world at large is precisely what Deepwater Chemicals has been doing for decades. “Our expertise is iodine chemistry,” Wachnowsky says, sum- ming up. “We’re working with those people who value the time, efforts, and the resources we put into helping them develop a new product. There are very few that do what we do. I won’t say we’re the only, but there are very few. So it does set us apart.” PREFERRED VENDOR FedEx - FedEx Corporation is a multinational courier delivery services company headquartered in Mem- phis, Tennessee, with a total of 12 air hubs in the company’s worldwide network. It was founded in 1971 by Fred Smith, and installed its first drop box in 1975 which allowed customers to drop off packages without going to a company local branch. The name “FedEx” is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company’s original air division, Federal Express, which was used from 1973 until 2000. The company is known for its overnight shipping service, but also for pioneering a system that could track packages and provide real- time updates on package location, a feature that has now been implemented by most other carrier services. FedEx Express operates one of the largest civil aircraft fleets in the world and the largest fleet of wide bodied civil aircraft; it also carries more freight than any other airline. -www.fedex.com