It operates in four segments: Consumer Products, Specialty Products, Crop Production and Horticultural Products (CPHP), and Industrial and Automotive Products (IAP). The Consumer Products segment offers branded and private label cat litter products.
The Specialty Products segment offers bleaching, filtration, and clarification clays.
It also produces bleaching clays for edible oils, fats, and tallows; binders used in the manufacture of animal feeds; and litter amendments used in controlling ammonia levels in poultry houses.
The CPHP segment offers granular and powdered mineral absorbent products, which include carriers for crop protection chemicals and fertilizers, drying agents, soil conditioners, sports field products, and flowability aids.
The IAP segment offers products, such as oil, grease, and water sorbents, which are floor maintenance products that provide a nonslip and nonflammable surface for workers.
It also distributes polypropylene sorbents.
ODCA’s consumer products are sold through the grocery products industry, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, and pet retail outlets.
Its specialty products are sold to processors and refiners of edible and petroleum-based oils.
ODCA’s animal health products are sold to feed manufacturers and poultry producers, and its crop production and horticultural products are sold to manufacturers of agricultural chemicals and distributors of agricultural and sports turf products.
Its industrial and automotive products are sold to distributors of industrial cleanup and automotive products, environmental service companies, and retail outlets.
It sells its products through sales staff, industrial distributors, and food brokers in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
ODCA was founded in 1941 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
