Forging strong ties with copper and nickel miners in Zaire and Zambia, Mooney quickly became key supplier of the metals, helping maintain some of the highest levels of productivity in the cobalt specialty-chemicals industry.

[4] In the mid-nineties, the firm's geographical reach was dramatically expanded as a result of the merger and foreign sales increased by more than 50 percent.

OM hoped that its cooperative enterprise would capture 15 percent of the $470 million Japanese market for cobalt-nickel inorganic compounds by the turn of the century.

[5] In October 2014, OM Group acquired Ener-Tek International, a designer, developer and manufacturer of high-performance lithium-ion and silver-zinc cells and batteries for niche applications in defence and aerospace markets, for a fee of $24 million.

[8] ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Vectra Co. (“Vectra”), a leading technology-driven diversified company serving global markets, announced today that it has completed the sale of its Borchers business division to affiliates of The Jordan Company, L.P. (“Jordan”), a U.S.-based private equity firm with original capital commitments in excess of $8 billion.