Oil-Dri Corporation of America | 18,619 followers on LinkedIn. Create Value From Sorbent Minerals | At Oil-Dri, we continue to lead the market in the manufacturing of high-quality, sorbent products for consumer and business-to-business markets. In 1941, Nick Jaffee founded Oil-Dri as a small floor absorbent company. Over 75 years later, Oil-Dri has grown and diversified to include cat litter, fluid purification, agriculture, animal gut health, and sports turf.