American IG

The American IG Chemical Corporation, or American IG for short, was an American holding company incorporated under the Delaware General Corporation Law in April 1929 and headquartered in New York City. It had stakes in General Aniline Works (GAW), Agfa-Ansco Corporation, and Winthrop Chemical Company, among others, and was engaged in the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals, photographic products, lightweight metals, synthetic gasoline, synthetic rubber, dyes, fertilizers, and insecticides. The Moody's industrial manual listed an affiliation between IG Farben and American IG at the time of founding. The initial president of American IG was Hermann Schmitz, number two after Carl Bosch in IG Farben's hierarchy. Hermann's brother, Dietrich A. Schmitz, was appointed president next. American IG was re-incorporated as General Aniline & Film (GAF) Corporation in 1939 after a merger with General Aniline Works.