 Barton
Solvents
Management Team:
David Casten, President
Ed Walsh, Executive VP & General Manager
Doug Casten, Chief Operating Officer
Dave Richards, Manager Technical Services
Steve Stewart, Corporate Sales Manager
History:
Bud Barton was working for a petroleum products producer, delivering
naphtha to dry cleaning establishments in central Iowa until one
day in 1938 when the company announced that it was dropping his
route. Bud was reluctant to abandon his customers, so he set up
an office in his home and went into business. His first task was
buying an old truck just to have something to trade in on a new
one.
By 1946, Bud Barton had put enough money aside to open his own
plant at 116 Forest Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa. With inventory
capacity, he was ready to expand. That year several major producers
appointed him as a distributor of their solvents and chemicals.
In 1948 the company opened a second facility in Bettendorf, Iowa.
As Barton Naphtha built a reputation for reliability, new markets
developed. In 1952, a Council Bluffs, Iowa facility opened routes
in Nebraska. The list of products grew until in 1972 the company
name was changed to Barton Solvents, Inc. Then a Wichita plant
began serving Kansas in 1979. In 1983 the company moved to a new
central plant and established corporate headquarters on N.E. Broadway
in Des Moines. A Kansas City plant to serve Kansas and Missouri
was opened in 1989. A West Bend, Wisconsin warehouse was added
in 2000. Today, Barton Solvents is a major supplier of chemical
products to thousands of customers in ten states.
Bud Barton passed away on June 21st, 1996. Barton Solvents, Inc.
remains a family owned business and Bud's business ethic is still
faithfully practiced. A veteran management team remains committed
to delivering only quality products, at fair prices, with an extra
measure of customer service. Sixty-six years after it began, the
spirit is still the same.
Corporate Office:
1920 N.E. Broadway
P.O. Box 221
Des Moines, IA 50301
Tel. 515-265-7998
Fax. 515-265-0259
Website:
www.barsol.com
Main E-Mail Contact:
E-Mail: corporate@barsol.com
Other Branches:
- Bettendorf, IA
- Council Bluffs, IA
- Des Moines, IA
- Kansas City, KS
- Wichita, KS
- West Bend, WI
Geographic Territory Served (States):
- IA
- IL
- WI
- KS
- SD
- NE
- MO
- OK
- MN
Services Offered: (Blending, small packaging, waste disposal,
etc.)
- Custom Blending
- Specialized Delivery Equipment
- Laboratory Services
- Vendor Consolidation
- Vendor Managed Inventory Programs
- Regulatory Compliance Assistance
- Contract Warehousing
- Bar Coding
- EDI Capabilities
- FDA and USDA Registered
- Intermediate Bulk Containers
- Computer Based Formulation Programs
- Hazardous Waste Transportation and Disposal
- NF, ACS, USP, Food Grade & Kosher Products and Packaging
- Chemtrec Registration
- JIT Delivery
- Product Analysis
- Product Videos
Market Segments Served:
- Paint & Coatings
- Plastics & Rubber
- HI & I
- Agriculture
- Printing
Distributor Specification: (Warehouse sq ft, bulk storage,
trucks, trailers)
- 245,000 sq ft of warehousing
- Delivery fleet of 172 Vehicles
- 3.7 million gallons of combined storage
Equipment: (Blend tanks, packaging, lab, etc.)
- Blend Tanks
- Packaging
- Lab
- Rail ·
Certifications: (Iso9002, RDP, etc.)
- ISO 9001:2000 Certification
- RDP
Affiliations: (NACD, ,etc.)
- NACD
- NPCA
- RCMA
- ACS Rubber Division
- PIA/PIM
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