Gaylord Chemical Corporation

Gaylord's original manufacturing facility located in Bogalusa, Louisiana was shut down and demolished in 2010, when the company relocated its operations to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

Crown Zellerbach (CZ), the San Francisco-based forest products company, developed the DMS/DMSO manufacturing technology in use by Gaylord today.

[4] The remaining CZ assets were divided between timber holdings (primarily in Canada), and the brown paper division, which became Gaylord Container Corporation in November 1986, and relocated its headquarters to Deerfield, Illinois, a Chicago suburb.

The chemical process formerly used in Bogalusa to manufacture DMSO and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) was unique in that it ultimately relied on biorenewable inputs.

The old Gaylord plant received a portion of the Kraft black liquor generated by the Temple Inland paper mill, which was used as a sulfur alkylating agent to make DMS.

The rationale provided for the plant relocation included Gaylord's inability to expand its production capacity at the Bogalusa location due to raw material restrictions.

Additionally, the long term availability of sour gas provided by a nearby refinery allowed the company to implement the established H2S / methanol process.

[9] The company maintains both Kosher and Halal certificates for its facility, due in part to the use of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) as a food and flavoring ingredient.