Our Mission

We strive to provide FBC customers with the finest distribution service available.  We supply specialty organic chemicals from local stocks in drum and intermediate bulk quantities.  Our drumming operations, warehouse facilities, tank farms, and delivery fleet are maintained to the highest standards in order to protect both public safety and the environment.  In FBC you have found a distributor whose dedicated employees each give that little extra that rates “First Class”. 

Our Capabilities

Our investment in plant and equipment is geared towards a quality and flexibility that propels FBC beyond other companies.  Each plant is equipped with a heated warehouse, drumming operation, and tank farm.  Our truck fleet includes compartmented tank trailers, van trailers (some equipped with power lift gates), and straight trucks. In addition to the technical support of our suppliers, FBC brings you years of practical formulation expertise from a subtle "tweak" to dealing with mandated regulatory compliance issues.  We work with you through complete reformulations to scratch-making your end products more economical and functional.  Altogether, FBC provides practical experience in support of your needs. 

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Our History

FBC was formed in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania in 1968 with the acquisition of the M.M. Baddeley Company, a laundry and dry cleaning supply distributor, by Lad D. Hudac and L.W. Hitchcock, Jr.  The chemicals distribution business grew rapidly, aided by the opening of the Lancaster, New York branch in 1973.  Soon, new plants and offices were constructed in Mars, Pennsylvania in 1979 and significantly expanded in 1992 to include production facilities for the Asphalt Products Division.  Growth of our Ohio customer base led to the construction of the Medina, Ohio plant nearly two decades later, including a rail siding.

 In the course of nearly four decades, FBC’s product line has evolved in response to technological advances, changing customer needs and regulatory requirements. We stock an extensive array of specialty organics including silicones, resins, and surfactants as well as the required formulating aids. The Asphalt Division manufactures non-asbestos water and solvent based coatings to rigid specifications.