GFS Chemicals – Uncommon Excellence in Manufacturing and Service When a company has been in business since 1928 you can assume they understand the needs of their customers. But when the focus of the business includes rapidly changing chemical technology, the challenge to understand and address those needs can be quite daunting. Chemists in R&D facilities, analytical labs, and process operations measure success by different yardsticks. The ongoing success of GFS Chemicals, Inc., derives in large part from the ability to adapt excellence in engineering and chemical manufacturing to the solution of customer problems. This allows them to tailor their response to customer needs in a way that provides novel products, custom specifications, or flexible packaging options. As a result, your life as a specialty chemical consumer gets a whole lot easier. Over the years, many of these specialized products have been made available in the GFS catalog, and now on the web at www.gfschemicals.com. Their goal is to have their product line reflect the breadth and depth of their 80+ years of chemical manufacturing experience. Having built up that catalog to over 4000 chemical listings, every customer can now rely on GFS for a wide selection of products that are essential to their work in research, production, or analysis. Core Technologies in Three Production Arenas GFS' strengths in chemical production include the following: Organic Specialty Intermediates Inorganic Chemicals and Catalysts Analytical Reagents and Solutions AMCO Clear® Water Analysis A collection of valuable technologies has been compiled and applied within each of these four arenas. Organic Research Chemicals Farchan Acetylenics, olefinics, and ene-yne derivatives Silanes and silyl intermediates Phenanthrolines, bipyridines, porphine ligands, and ionophores, stains, dyes and indicators Cholesteryl esters Polyethylenimine-based resins and precious metal catalysts Solvents, Grignards, and other reagents and intermediates for organic synthesis GFS Core Reaction Expertise Includes: Acetylene chemistry, Propargyl amines, Grignard Reactions, Specialty Halides, Si blocked compounds, Birch reductions, Alpha/Omega functionalization, Alkali metal/liquid NH3, Iodinations, Alkylations, Acylations, Organolithium reactions, Sonogashira coupling Industries Served: Pharmaceuticals, Research/Combi Chemistry, Electronics, Engineering Materials. Ink and Coatings, Fuel/Energy Storage, Petrochemical, Automotive, Flavor and Fragrance, Water Treatment Supporting research, pilot and bulk scales Through acquisition, GFS has successfully adapted liquid ammonia and acetylene chemistries to the production of ton quantities of organic specialties. Inorganic Specialty Chemicals Perchloric acid and perchlorate compounds Periodic acid/iodic acid and salts Rare earth salts and solutions Anhydrous bulk reagents Lithium compounds High purity salts and single phase materials Silver salts and superconductivity precursors Cadmium Chloride, Ceric Ammonium Nitrate, Nitric Acid, Rubidium Nitrate, Triflates Ultra Dry and Ultra Pure Kilos to metric tons Enhanced material drying capabilities and a newly operational state-of-the-art Dry Room allow the production and packaging of bulk materials having very low moisture content. Analytical Reagents and Resources Watermark® Karl Fischer reagents, both pyridine-free and pyridine-based Trace metal (Veritas®) grade acids ACS reagents and primary standards Aqueous suspensions of submicron co-polymer beads as calibration standards for turbidimetry and spectrophotometry AA/ICP/Ion standards PH reference buffers and indicators Analytical solutions, Environmental, Contract Lab, QC Sorbents and solvents for chromatography, silicas, aluminas, ion exchange resins Ultrapure and Bio-refined™ reagents In-Spec spectrophotometric standards, wave length standards, dye standards and microplate standards These capabilities allow GFS to claim unmatched quality, reliability, and versatility in chemical manufacturing. Add to this the GFS tradition of personal service that is secure in a third generation family business and you have all the reasons you need to make GFS the first choice for your chemical needs. AMCO Clear® Water Analysis Turbidity, Instrumentation and Calibration Standards – low value NTU range, custom kits, sealed secondary standards, EPA approved Turbidimeters and Probes for benchtop, on-line and portable applications Conductivity Standards Buffers GFS provides some of the highest quality, most stable and reliable products on the market. In summary, GFS defies the old purchasing axiom – “high quality, fast service, best price: you can have two of the three, and only two.” As they’ve grown over the years they’ve adopted a philosophy that they think gives the customer the highest possible levels of value and confidence: Making it Bigger….Keeping it Better GFS Chemicals' Products Include: • ACS Reagent Acids • ACS Reagent Salts • Amco Clear® Turbidity Standards • Analytical Indicators • Analytical Solutions • Anion Standards • Atomic Absorption Standards • Bio-Refined Reagents • Buffers • Chromatography Products • Farchan Acetylenics and Olefins • Heavy Metals • High Purity Inorganics • High Purity Quat Ammonium Salts • HPLC Solvents • ICP Standards • Spectrophotometer Standards • Lithium Salts • Organic Chemicals • Organic Halogen Reagent (OHR) • Organic Salts and Acids • Perchlorate Compounds • Periodate and Iodate • Phenanthrolines & Bipyridines • Precious Metals • Primary Standards • Rare Earth Compounds • Reagent Solvents • Shawnee Organics • Silicas and Resins • Specialized Lab Equipment • Spectroscopy Products • Spectrophotometer Standards • Superconductivity Products • Technical Grade Acids • Transition Metals • Veritas™ Double Distilled Acids • Veritas™ Redistilled Acids • Watermark® Karl Fischer Reagents