In 1864 Joseph Binney founds Peekskill Chemical Works in upstate New York, producing charcoal and lamp black. In 1885 Joseph Binney retires; his son Edwin and nephew, C. Harold Smith, form a partnership and call their company Binney & Smith. Early products include red oxide pigment used in barn paint and carbon black for car tires.
Out of this union comes a product the all children and adults use at least once in their life.
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