OM Group, Inc. operates through its subsidiaries as a vertically integrated international producer and marketer of value-added, metal-based specialty chemicals and related materials. The Company operates in three business segments: base metal chemistry, generally categorized as organics, inorganics, powders and metals; precious metal chemistry, which are predominantly produced from platinum, palladium, rhodium, gold and silver, and metal management, which acts as a metal sourcing operation for both the Company's precious metal chemistry segment and customers, primarily procuring precious metals. More than 625 different product offerings are supplied for diverse applications to more than 30 major industries. Typically, OM's products represent a small portion of the customer's total cost of manufacturing or processing, but are critical to the customer's product performance.