Chemistry firm makes business mark with markers

It was a late summer afternoon in 2017 when the limitations of a digital printer pushed chemistry executive Tonya Tremitiere to the brink of destructive frustration.  

A genuine smartest person in the room, with a biology degree from Columbia University, among other credentials, Tremitiere works for Esprix Technologies. The south Manatee County-based high-performance chemicals company, with $15.4 million in revenues last year, has clients in a host of business-to-business industries, from automobiles to pharmaceuticals to circuit boards. It also manufactures specialty toner products for printing security documents and printing on ceramics, metals and textiles.