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1887 – Albemarle Paper Manufacturing is founded in Richmond, VA
1924 – General Motors Chemical Corporation, which introduced tetraethyllead as a fuel additive to reduce engine “knock,” is renamed as Ethyl Gasoline Corporation.
1962 – Albemarle Paper Co. acquires Ethyl Gasoline Corporation and adopts the Ethyl Corporation name.
1975 – Ethyl acquires Edwin Cooper, Inc.
1992 – Ethyl acquires Amoco Petroleum Additives in the U.S. and Nippon Cooper in Japan, as global consolidation comes to the petroleum industry.
1996 – Ethyl acquires Texaco Additives Company.
2004 - Ethyl Petroleum Additives, Inc. changes its name to Afton Chemical Corporation. It begins operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of NewMarket Corporation.
2008 – Afton Chemical acquires the North American fuel additives business of GE Water and Processing Technologies.
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2009 – Afton Chemical expands investment in the Asia-Pacific region with facilities in Shanghai, China, Tsukuba, Japan and Jurong Island, Singapore.
2010 – Afton Chemical acquires PolarTech Metalworking and adds R&D and manufacturing facilities in the U.K., and manufacturing sites in India, China and the U.S.
2013 – Robert Shama replaces Warren Huang as president of Afton Chemical.
2013 – Afton Chemical announces expansion in Asia-Pacific with a new manufacturing facility on Jurong Island, Singapore.
2017 – Afton Chemical acquires Aditivos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (AMSA), a petroleum additives manufacturing, sales and distribution company based in Mexico City, Mexico.
2018 – Gina Harm replaces Robert Shama as president of Afton Chemical Corporation.
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