Lindau Chemicals, Inc. was formed in 1967 as a producer of specialty organic compounds. The company's founders, experienced in industrial chemistry and chemical production, first set out in toll and custom manufacturing. Before long, however, Lindau was directing more and more attention to its proprietary products. Before the end of its first year, the company was producing Methyltetrahydrophthalic Anhydride - today marketed under the name LINDRIDE - as a curing agent for epoxy resins. Other proprietary products such as coating resins and adhesion promoters eventually followed, and in 1985, Lindau abandoned all efforts in