O'Sullivan Films is making its comeback. Formerly O'Sullivan Corporation, the company was sold to The Geon Company (a predecessor of PolyOne) in 1999. In 2007 the new entity, branded O'Sullivan Films, reemerged from PolyOne's divestiture of its Engineered Films business unit. Jointly owned by management and an investor group formed by Matrix Capital, the firm provides customized polymer films used in applications such as automotive instrument and door panels, flooring, wall coverings, and pool liners. In addition, O'Sullivan offers film-finishing technologies including embossing, laminating, and painting. Its customers serve global auto makers like Ford, General Motors, Honda, and Toyota.

Evonik Degussa Corporation is the North America arm of German chemical giant, Evonik Degussa GmbH. Like its parent, it operates through six divisions, the biggest of which are Industrial Chemicals (chlorides and peroxides) and Inorganic Materials (silicon products and carbon black). The other units are Consumer Specialties, Health and Nutrition, Coatings and Additives, and Performance Polymers. Products range from amino acids and building protection coatings to another of its specialties, specialty acrylic products including its best known brand, Plexiglas.

OMNOVA Solutions, Inc. provides emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and decorative and functional surfaces for various commercial, industrial, and residential end uses primarily in the United States, Asia, and Europe. It operates in two segments, Performance Chemicals and Decorative Products. The Performance Chemicals segment produces a range of emulsion polymers and specialty chemicals based on styrene butadiene, styrene butadiene acrylonitrile, styrene butadiene vinyl pyridine, polyvinyl acetate, acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic, glyoxal, and fluorochemical chemistries. Its custom-formulated products are tailored for coatings, binders, and adhesives, which are used in paper, carpet, nonwovens, construction, adhesives, tape, tire cord, floor polish, textiles, graphic arts, plastic parts, and various other specialty applications.The Decorative Products segment develops, designs, produces, and markets a line of decorative and functional surfacing products, including commercial wallcoverings, coated and performance fabrics, vinyl, paper and specialty laminates, and performance films. Its products are used in various applications, including commercial building refurbishment, remodeling, and new construction; residential cabinets, flooring, and furnishings; transportation markets comprising school busses, marine, and automotive; and recreational vehicles, manufactured housing, and various industrial film applications. The company sells its products through internal marketing, sales, and technical service teams to manufacturers; through independent distributors to building owners, contractors, architects, interior designers, and other specifiers; and through agents to manufacturers of cabinets, furniture, seating, and other products. OMNOVA Solutions was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Fairlawn, Ohio.

The world's #2 ink maker (behind Sun Chemical), Flint Group produces inks and coatings for a variety of applications, including packaging, publication, commercial uses, and digital printing. It operates four business units: printing inks, flexographic products (printing plates), pigments (colorants and additives), and printing blankets, sleeves, and chemicals. Flint owns plants throughout the world, and its customers produce magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and packaging materials. The company's products include sheetfed and web offset, ultraviolet and electronic beam (UV/EB) curable, and flexographic inks as well as environmently friendly vegetable oil-based inks. Flint Group is owned by CVC Capital Partners.

Nippon Chemical Industrial has grown organically. The company has five chemical plants in Japan. Two plants in Fukushima produce barium compounds and lithium chemicals used in electronics and organic and inorganic phosphorus compounds. The other three plants produce silicate compounds, phosphorus compounds, and chromic acid compounds (used to finish metals). Affiliate JCI USA Inc. handles sales of industrial chemicals in the US.

Canpotex is the world's largest exporter of potash, an international marketing and distribution company wholly owned by the Saskatchewan potash producers: Agrium Inc., The Mosaic Company, and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.As a competitive world supplier, Canpotex markets and distributes Saskatchewan potash to customers overseas, principally to countries in Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. Operating since 1972, Canpotex has corporate offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Saskatoon, and Vancouver.

Cooley Group Holdings' polymer materials are used to create a variety of cool products, including digital murals, safety gear, and reservoir liners. The company designs and manufactures advanced polymer coatings for flexible membranes. Cooley's operating groups include Sign and Awning Products (backlit signs and awnings), Specialty Products (medical, sports, transportation, and marine), Building Products (roofing), Engineered Membranes (environmental containment, construction, military), Digital Products (outdoor advertising), and Cooley Europe in the Netherlands (automotive, industrial and commercial construction, horticulture). The company was founded as Cooley Finishing Company in 1926 by Arthur Cooley.

Ferrotec USA wishes that the magnetic force be with you. A subsidiary of Japanese specialty materials maker Ferrotec, the company makes fluids that, when controlled with a magnetic force, can be used for sealing, sensing, lubrication, and heat transfer. Known as ferrofluidics, these liquids are used by makers of audio speakers and lighting -- General Electric is a major customer -- and in its own engineered products. Ferrotec USA's sealing devices are used for making semiconductors and in oil and chemical production. The company's US locations are in California and New Hampshire.

Davis Paint is a dilly of a paint dealer in the midwestern US. The company makes paints and industrial coatings including house paint, barn paint, masonry sealer, primer, shingle oil, and wood stain. It sells its products in retail stores and dealer outlets to customers including architectural and contracting companies, as well as residential consumers. It also provides private label and industrial distribution services. Davis Paint's brands include Ever Bright, Cook, Eli Weatherby, Eventone, Master Painter, and Sahara. The company was founded in 1921 by Berry Davis.

Humatech turns organic matter into food for plants and animals. Humatech claims that its line of organic, humate-based fertilizers, feed additives, and plant nutrients are safer for the environment and channel nutrients to the plants more efficiently. The company markets its products to commercial growers, independent garden consumers, and animal feeders throughout the US; it also has a 45% stake in its UK distributor, Humatech, Ltd.

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