W.R. Grace & Co operates in the Chemical preparations sector. W.R. Grace & Co. is engaged in the production and sale of specialty chemicals and specialty materials on a global basis. It operates in two business segments: Grace Davison and Grace Construction Products (GCP). The Grace Davison principally applies silica, alumina, zeolite and rubber and lattice technology in the design and manufacture of products. The customers include oil refiners, plastics and chemical manufacturers, producers of rigid food and beverage packaging, coatings manufacturers, consumer product manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies. The GCP produces specialty construction chemicals and specialty building materials. It manages its business under GCP Americas, GCP Europe and GCP Asia Pacific. In July, 2010, Grace acquired Chryso Brazil; In November, 2010, it acquired Wuhan Meilixin New Building Materials & Co. LTD and Synthetech, Inc., and In December, 2010, it acquired RS Solutions, LLC.