Sun Chemical Corporation

  1945 to present

  United States of America

TYPE: Non-aviation private company

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ

FORMER NAME: Lorilleux & Compagnie Paris

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

Sun Chemical is the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments, along with a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics and other industrial markets, including electronic materials, functional and specialty coatings, brand protection and product authentication technologies. It originated in 1818 in France, but was incorporated in 1945 in New Jersey.

1947* to July 1951*

Sun Chemical purchased several Commandos from the RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corporation) after the war. There is no information as to what they did with them.

• Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando: N5479N
• Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando: N50150
• Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando: N5475N
• Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando: NC50263, N50315, N50316, N50790, N51014, N51288, N51360, N51436
• Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando: N51598
• Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando: N1431V