I say, "potato chip." You say, "crisp." But we can all agree Pringles are sought after worldwide. Procter & Gamble Holdings UK, like its US parent The Procter & Gamble Company, manufactures and sells household care items (this includes its Pringles brand); beauty products (includes fragrances like Hugo Boss and Lacoste, cosmetic brand Max Factor, and skin care line Olay); and family health items (like Crest toothpaste and "disposable nappies" Pampers). Procter & Gamble operates more than a dozen locations in the UK, including administrative offices, technical centers, and manufacturing facilities. President Laurent Philippe succeeded Paul Polman, who retired in June 2005.

Cantol Limited is out to make a clean sweep. The company manufactures and distributes cleaning, maintenance, and specialty chemicals. Brand names include Aquapower (parts washing compound), Hi-Brite (metal finish cleaner), Ora-Clean (degreaser and deodorizer), and Rug Briter (carpet and upholstery cleaner). The company operates throughout Canada and throughout the Eastern Seaboard of the US. About half of its sales are in the US. The company has also been selling in China and in Mexico. President Elmer Snethen, through his company Snethen, Inc., has acquired nearly 91% of Cantol.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals aims to make things stronger, brighter, less clingy, and cleaner. (Note to Parents: it can't achieve this with kids.) Ciba produces specialty chemicals through three business segments: coating effects (pigments, anti-static additives, and whitening agents); plastic additives (additives for lubricants and plastics); and water and paper treatment (for the paper production, water and wastewater treatment, detergent, and hygiene industries). Ciba sells in more than 120 countries, mostly in Europe, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific region; Europe accounts for almost half of sales. BASF, the world's largest chemicals maker, bought Ciba for about $4 billion in 2009.

Cole Chemical & Distributing provides chemical ingredients to petrochemical manufacturers, oil companies, and personal care product makers. The company's products include acids, alcohols, amines, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, fatty chemicals, glycol ethers, lubricants, and resins from suppliers including BASF, Cargill, and Dow Corning. It offers safety training, custom blending, warehousing, logistics, and custom packaging services from its locations throughout the US; the company also has import and export operations.

Beardow & Adams is constantly seeking out and creating sticky situations for itself. The company, known as Beardow Adams, is a hot melt adhesives manufacturer, whose products are used in such activities as bookbinding, woodworking, adhering labels to cans, bottles, and refrigerators, and sealing up the tops of cereal boxes. Hot melts are also used in the assembly of products ranging from consumer appliances to automobiles. Its products are distributed worldwide. Beardow Adams was established in 1977 by chairman and managing director Bob Adams and his partner, Len Beardow.

GreenShift Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops and commercializes clean technologies that facilitate the use of natural resources in the United States. It owns four corn oil extraction facilities in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Medina, New York; Marion, Indiana; and Riga, Michigan. The company also owns a bio-diesel refinery located in Adrian, Michigan; and an oilseed crushing facility in Culbertson, Montana. GreenShift Corporation sells its corn oil as a feedstock for biofuel production or for direct use as biofuel. The company was formerly known as GS CleanTech Corporation and changed its name to GreenShift Corporation. GreenShift Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Advanced Aromatics (AALP) produces three grades of naphthalene and naphthalene derivatives. Products include tetrahydronaphthalene, high purity grades of naphthalene, aromatic solvents, and octane fuel components. AALP's chemicals end up in a variety of products including everything from fertilizers and dyes to textiles and gasoline. The company operates a single manufacturing location near Houston.

For UOP, it's not necessarily what you make, it's how you make it. The subsidiary of Honeywell's Specialty Materials segment develops and licenses technologies for processing chemicals. The technologies mainly are used in petroleum-derived products and chemicals (such as ethylene and propylene), but also in the manufacture of plastics, detergents, and fibers. Three-quarters of the world's ethylene production is made using UOP technologies. UOP also produces catalysts, alumina adsorbents (used to purify gas and dry air), and molecular sieves. Until 2005 it had been a joint venture of Honeywell and Union Carbide (which is owned by Dow Chemical).

Spectra is all about the colors. Spectra Colors Corporation manufactures colorants and dyes for everything from Polaroid's imaging products to Samsung ink jets to Kiwi shoe polishes. The company, which was founded in 1987, maintains a laboratory, production area, and warehouse at its New Jersey headquarters and also has a distribution network that spans the globe.

Paragon Films was founded in 1988 under the innovative leadership of company president and industry pioneer Mike Baab. He envisioned combining cutting-edge technology with a highly skilled work force to produce a line of stretch film unparalleled in performance, value, quality and consistency. Since the first days of production, Paragon's culture fostered creativity and gave employees the freedom to take risks and try new ideas. This innovative culture led to a steady stream of products. With no boundaries on imagination and no barriers to cooperation, one innovative idea swiftly lead to another.The Paragon attitude toward service is simple: "Give the customer what they want, when they want it." Paragon's dedicated sales team possesses the skill and expertise to identify your stretch film needs. Internal processes and procedures are in place to ensure the delivery of top quality products in a timely manner. The customer service staff, with access to a fully integrated computer system, can track specific orders through production, shipping, and billing. The system can identify who purchased a specific roll of film, when it was sold and which production line, operator and raw materials were used in the process.

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