 Hexion Specialty Chemicals is headquartered in Columbus employing 6 @,@ 900 residents , and is a lead manufacturer of resins and coatings . Momentive Performance Materials is in the process of moving their global headquarters to Columbus following a recent merger with Hexion . Lubrizol Corporation is a provider of specialty chemicals headquartered in Wickliffe and a Fortune 500 company . Kentucky @-@ based Ashland Performance Materials is located in Dublin . Columbus is home to the world 's largest clearinghouse of chemicals data , CAS , or Chemical Abstracts . 
