Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) operates the basic and petrochemicals businesses of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. Among the products the company makes are polyolefins like polyethylene and polypropylene, polycarbonate, and purified terephthalic acid (PTA). Mitsubishi Chemical operates manufacturing and R&D facilities throughout Japan and also maintains a presence in Asia, Europe, and the US. MCC is one of three units that comprise Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings; the other two are Mitsubishi Plastics and pharmaceuticals maker Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma.

Jiangsu Overseas Group Corporation helps oversee the flow of specialty chemical products in and out of China. The company primarily distributes pharmaceutical and dyestuff intermediates. Its product line includes bromines, esters, phase transfer catalysts, and coupling agents. Jiangsu Overseas Group primarily draws its products from plants within the JOC Group and affiliated factories. China is the company's top customer, where it has also engaged with chemical research institutes to create new chemical products.

Formosa Plastics Corp., U.S.A., is the prince of PVC. Affiliated with Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Corporation (one of the world's largest PVC suppliers), the company produces all manner of petrochemicals and plastic resins. Its product roster includes polyethylene, polypropylene, vinyl, and chlor alkali products like caustic soda. The company also produces suspension and specialty PVC resins, the former for pipe and fencing, the latter for flooring and insect screening. Other Formosa products are used for packaging and chemical processing. The fully vertically integrated company operates three manufacturing locations that are fed raw materials by oil and gas-producing and transportation subsidiaries.

Forward Industries, Inc. engages in the design, marketing, and distribution of carry solutions for hand held consumer electronics products. Its products include carry cases for cell phone handsets, cases for handset camera attachments, handset plastic belt clips, carrying case straps and bags, decorative faceplates, wrist straps, digital display cleaning cloths, and other accessory products; and medical monitoring and diagnostic kit carrying cases. The company’s product portfolio also includes belt clips, as well as other carry and storage solutions, including cases for cameras, MP3 players, and retail bar code scanners. Forward Industries sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, as well as to retailers and wholesalers of cellular phone products and related accessories. The company sells its products in the Asia Pacific Region, the Americas, and Europe. Forward Industries was founded in 1954 and is based in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Yara International tries to make the world green -- and, in the process, make a little green of its own. The manufacturer of fertilizers and industrial gases is among the world's largest makers of plant nutrients and ammonia, selling about 20 million metric tons of fertilizer per year. It is also a top supplier of CO2 and nitrogen chemicals to industrial markets and of nitrates to the explosives industry. Yara has a quarter stake in Chilean fertilizers maker SQM, as does Canadian fertilizers maker PotashCorp. Formerly known as Hydro Agri, the company was spun off in 2004 by Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro. Yara markets its products worldwide.

Dover Chemical Corporation is a leading producer of alkylphenols, chlorinated paraffins, polymer additives, liquid and solid antioxidants (including organophosphites), flame retardants, and additives for water-based and oil-based metalworking fluids. It is among the top US manufacturers of chlorinated paraffins, which are used to make flame retardants, and it is major producer of liquid phosphites in North America.

Elkem is one of Norway's largest industrial companies and aims to become a global supplier to the silicon products and solar energy industries. Its products include ferroalloys, silicon metal, carbon, and microsilica. In addition, Elkem produces hydroelectric power for Norway's power market and is involved in energy trading in the Nordic market. It is also developing its own technology for highly purified silicon, to be used in solar cells. Elkem is a subsidiary of Norwegian industrial conglomerate Orkla.

NOF might be your one-stop bakery. The company is a major processor of oilseeds, from which it produces oleochemicals (common in personal care items such as detergents and shampoos) and food staples such as margarine, shortening, and processed oils. It also produces explosives used in construction and in military and space applications. In addition, NOF produces materials for electronics and petroleum-based chemicals such as surfactants, polymers, and paints for ships and automobiles. The company operates half a dozen manufacturing locations throughout Japan and international subsidiaries elsewhere in Asia, Europe, and North America.

LaPolla Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of foam and coatings for commercial and industrial, and residential applications in the United States. Its Foam segment supplies building envelope insulation and roofing foam to the construction industry. The building envelope insulation foam applications consist of perimeter wall and attic space in the commercial and industrial, and residential applications. Its roofing applications consist of new and retrofit commercial and industrial, and residential applications. In addition, this segment provides open and closed cell spray foam insulation and closed cell technology for roofing applications, as well as supplies adhesives and equipment. The Coatings segment offers various protective coatings and primers for roofing systems for new and retrofit applications primarily to the roofing industry. This segment also supplies caulking and equipment. The company was formerly known as IFT Corporation and changed its name to LaPolla Industries, Inc. in November 2005. LaPolla Industries, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, focuses on the development of its waste management technology, which provides environmental solutions to agriculture industry in the United States. The company provides solutions for environmentally sound clean-up of the waste streams of large-scale confined animal feeding operations, and for integration of renewable energy production, ethanol production, sustainable animal husbandry, and organic soil/fertilizer and feed production. It intends to design, construct, and operate a Bion system to treat the waste of the dairy cows, including milkers, dry cows, and heifers at the Kreider Dairy, located in Mannheim, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in New York, New York.

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