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Sherwin Alumina, one of the largest alumina refineries in North America, extracts aluminum oxide, or alumina, from bauxite ore. It has an annual production capacity of nearly 1.5 million tons of smelter-grade and 300,000 tons of chemical-grade alumina. After the company refines the alumina it is then used primarily in the making of aluminum, though also as an abrasive and a refractory material. Sherwin Alumina's location on the Texas Gulf Coast allows it access to nearby aluminum smelting facilities and its own deepwater port. It is owned by Swiss metals giant Glencore.

Showa Denko is one of Japan's leading producers of chemicals and industrial materials. The company's sectors include petrochemicals (olefins, organic chemicals, plastic products), aluminum (aluminum cans, sheets, ingots, foils), electronics (semiconductors, ceramic materials, hard disks), chemicals (industrial gases, ammonia, agrochemicals), and inorganic materials (ceramics, graphite electrodes). The petrochemicals segment is its largest division, accounting for more than a third of sales. Showa Denko has more than 180 subsidiaries and affiliates. It was formed in 1939 when Nihon Electrical Industries and Showa Fertilizers combined.

SI Group came to life by bringing good varnishes to life for General Electric. Founded by Howard Wright in 1906, the company was established to develop insulating varnishes for GE's early electrical devices. SI Group makes friction material resins for use in the manufacture of brake linings and clutch facings. The company's other products include alkylphenols, phenolic resins, and electronic chemicals used in the production of semiconductors, imaging products, packaging, rubber compounds, agrochemicals, dyes, fuel additives, and flavoring agents. SI Group's manufacturing operations are located worldwide. Descendants of Wright still own the company, which was called Schenectady International until 2006.

SNF Floerger is the world's leading manufacturer of synthetic flocculants, laying claim to 38% of the global market. Synthetic flocculants are used in water treatment -- they clarify water by combining with suspended solids. SNF Floerger also makes other products, including superabsorbants and thickeners. The company has more than 30 subsidiaries and operations in more than 130 countries around the world, including SNF Inc. in the US, France, South Korea, and China. It has 18 plants worldwide that serve some 30,000 customers, who in turn serve more than 250,000 end users.

SNF manufactures water soluble polymers such as synthetic flocculants, coagulants, and dispersants used for municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment. Other industries served by SNF include paper processing, textile printing, oil production, agriculture, and personal-care products manufacturing. The American arm of French polymer maker SNF Floerger, the company has about a dozen polymer production facilities around the US. Business units include Chemtall, Floquip (polymer preparation equipment), Polychemie, and Polydyne.

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