Do-it-yourself Van Goghs fill their palettes with Diamond-Vogel Paint's products. The company makes architectural (interior and exterior), industrial, and heavy-duty protective coatings, paints, and stains under such brand names as Diamond Vogel and Van Sickle. Its Old Masters unit makes stains, varnishes, pickling, and other wood care products. Diamond-Vogel Paint sells its products through about 70 company-owned stores, primarily in the midwestern and southwestern US. The company's stores also sell home decorating products such as wallpaper and window treatments. Diamond-Vogel Paint, which was founded by Dutch immigrant Andrew Vogel in 1926, is owned and managed by the third generation of the Vogel family.

Through its subsidiaries, Thai Rubber Latex Corporation makes latex concentrate, as well as various finished products made from that concentrate. More than half of the company's revenue is derived from its manufacturing of latex concentrate, the major raw material used in the manufacture of rubber and latex products including gloves, condoms, and rubber thread. The company also manufactures latex gloves and rubber thread from its majority-owned subsidiaries Universal Latex Products and World Flex. Thai rubber Latex operates nine manufacturing facilities.

Southwall Technologies Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets energy saving films and glass products for automotive and architectural markets worldwide. It offers thin film coatings on flexible substrates for the automotive glass, electronic display, window film, and architectural glass products. The company’s products include transparent solar-control films for automotive glass; anti reflective films for computer screens, including flat panel displays and plasma displays; transparent conductive films for use in touch screen and liquid crystal displays; energy control films for architectural glass; and various other coatings. It develops products to save energy and reduce carbon emissions in homes, buildings, and automobiles. The company also offers various products that control sunlight in automotive glass, reduce light reflection, reduce electromagnetic radiation, and improve image quality in electronic display products, as well as conserve energy in architectural products. Southwall Technologies sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, glass and window fabricators, and distributors through direct sales force and sales representatives. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties works the dynamics of dolomite and magnesium. A subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials, the company manufactures and sells dolomitic lime and magnesia-based chemicals to customers in the industrial, agricultural, and environmental sectors. Magnesia Specialties' dolomitic lime products are primarily sold to customers in the steel industry. The firm's chemicals segment includes products used for animal feed, flame retardant, wastewater treatment, and paper production purposes. The company has manufacturing facilities in Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Wattyl you do to make your home more colorful? Wattyl wants to be the Solver of that puzzle. Operating through two main companies, Wattyl in Australia and New Zealand and Solver Paints in Australia, it makes a variety of paints, lacquers, varnishes, and other coating products that are sold worldwide. Brand names include Solagard, Estapol, and Killrust. In addition to selling directly to homeowners through its 60 company-owned stores, Wattyl markets its products to contract painters and industrial customers. About 90% of its business is done in Australia, with sales to New Zealand accounting for the rest.

Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, doesn't want its customers to be bugged. The subsidiary makes insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides for agricultural applications, as well as for residential pest control. It also develops genetically modified (GM) seeds under the Mycogen and Phytogen names. Dow AgroSciences splits its operations into five product lines: plant gentics and biotechnology (in addition to seeds the unit has developed food products like the heart-healthy Natreon canola oil), weed management, disease management, pest management, and urban pest management. It has operations in more than 50 countries around the world.

J.M. Huber claims to make them even better. Hard to believe, we know. Founded in 1890 by Joseph M. Huber and still owned by his heirs, the company makes specialty additives and minerals used to thicken and improve the cleaning properties of toothpaste, the brightness and gloss of paper, the strength and durability of rubber, and the flame-retardant properties of wire and cable. The diverse company also makes oriented strand board (a plywood substitute), explores for and produces oil and gas, and provides technical and financial services. Huber also makes hydrocolloids (thickeners for gums) through subsidiary CP Kelco.

Got potash? If not, the Arab Potash Company (APC) would be glad to fix you up. The company mines the Dead Sea for potassium chloride, one of several potassium-based compounds commonly known as potash. The substance is used primarily for fertilizer, but also has industrial applications, for example in the manufacture of glass and ceramic. Canadian industry bigwig Potash Corp. bought more than a quarter of the company in 2003 and installed some of its own executives in APC management roles. Jordan Investment Corp. also owns more than a quarter of APC.

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories (CIL) helps scientists avoid having to say "oops!" by providing a stable research base. The company produces stable (non-radioactive) isotopes -- and chemical compounds labeled with stable isotopes -- for research and laboratory purposes. Its annual production capacity is 120 kilograms of Carbon-13 and 250 kilograms of Oxygen-18. CIL offers more than 8,000 products including amino acids, carbohydrates, gases, buffers, and dioxins, as well as specialty products such as forensic testing standards that monitor the effectiveness of a given drug and a new type of non-invasive "breath test" substrate used to gain information on metabolism.

Andes Chemical Corp. was founded in South Florida in April of 1986. We are an export company that specializes in raw materials for the manufacture of paints, inks, adhesives, concrete and masonry additives, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and personal care products. Andes Chemical was started with minimal warehousing space totaling only 500 square feet. Yet, with only one salaried employee, the company succeeded in achieving a Sales Volume of $1.8M during the first 6 months of operation.

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