What We Make
Rohm and Haas Company is a global specialty chemical company
with leadership positions in adhesives, specialty coatings, electronic materials, and salt. It employs 16,500 people in countries around the world. It had sales of $7.9 billion in 2005.

Rohm and Haas Company has operated in Bristol since 1919. It is the company's first manufacturing facility. Today, it creates products for its Architectural and Functional Coatings business. These products are part of a variety of finished materials. Examples include interior and exterior paints, paper coatings, floor polishes, adhesives, roof coatings, and caulks. 

Rohm and Haas owns 880 acres, zoned heavy industrial in Bristol Township and Bristol Borough; approximately 200 of those acres are developed. The site employs approximately 250 people in two manufacturing units and 175 people at its Engineering Division. 

Arkema, Inc., an independent company, operates an acrylic resins manufacturing operation on the property. Arkema purchased this business from Rohm and Haas Company in 1998.

The Bridge Business Center, also located within the complex off Route 413, now hosts a corporate center for companies undertaking research and development, warehouse, light manufacturing and retail commerce. A number of these buildings are managed by Preferred Real Estate. The Center now hosts a number of tenants in an industrial park type-setting. 

Rhodia Inc. relocated to the Bridge Business Center in late 2005. Approximately 100 Rhodia scientists and technicians conduct chemical research, development, and applications projects for diverse sectors such as consumer products, agricultural and industrial markets.