Total's strategy is to tightly integrate its subsidiaries with the parent company's operations, and Total Petrochemicals USA operates directly in coordination with Total's US plants. For the most part Texans don't cotton to foreigners, especially those from France. But Total Petrochemicals USA, the North American arm of French energy giant Total's basic chems unit, is doing just fine in Houston. The company manufactures base and petrochemicals from facilities in Texas and Louisiana and also operates a refinery in Texas. Total Petrochemicals produces olefins (ethylene and propylene), polyolefins (polypropylene and polyethylene), aromatics (benzene, toluene, and xylene), and transportation fuels.

Salt has preserved K+S (for Kali und Salz) for more than a century. Founded in 1889 to mine salt, K+S gets more than 40% of its sales from potash, which is extracted from salt and used in fertilizers. The company also produces salt used for industrial purposes (such as making glass), as well as for deicing roads and cooking. K+S is Germany's top salt producer and supplies about 12% of the world's potash. In addition, the company recycles waste materials and provides underground waste disposal services. In 2009 the company helped Dow pay for its acquisition of Rohm and Haas by agreeing to buy Morton Salt for about $1.7 billion. The deal makes K+S the world's #1 salt producer.

TH Hilson Company is a preferred distributor of specialty chemical raw materials to leaders in the Coatings, Adhesives, Personal Care, MWF/Lubricant, and Plastics markets, providing quality service and innovative solutions since 1973. The company is a privately-held business, operating in 17 states, with consistent sales growth over the past eight years. TH Hilson Company is a 55% women-owned business with headquarters in suburban Chicago, Illinois. We have been a National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) member for almost 30 years and have implemented all guidelines set forth by the Responsible Distribution Process. Our success is based on the strong relationships we have built with our clients, industry principals in our key markets, technical expertise of our sales team and commitment to service.

E. T. Horn wants chemical makers to phone home ... the company's home office, that is. The company distributes chemical ingredients in the western US. Customers include manufacturers of coatings, lubricants, elastomers and composites, building materials, food, and personal care products. E. T. Horn maintains warehouses in California, Oregon, and Utah and serves customers in 11 western US states. Its suppliers include Aqualon, Cabot, and Momentive Performance Materials.

KMG Chemicals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals principally in the United States and internationally. It offers high purity wet process chemicals that are used to clean and etch silicon wafers in the production of semiconductors. The company also provides penta blocks, flakes, and solutions, as well as a byproduct of penta production that are used primarily to treat electric and telephone utility poles, protecting them from mold, mildew, fungus, and insects. In addition, KMG Chemicals sells creosote products as wood preservatives for railroad crossties and utility poles. Further, it offers animal health pesticides, including oral larvicides, ear tags, sprays, and dust products to protect cattle, swine, and poultry from flies and other pests. The company markets its pesticide products under the trade names of Avenger, Rabon, Ravap, Patriot, and Annihilator. It has a strategic partnership with AGRI Laboratories Ltd. to provide sales, marketing, and technical support for the company’s animal insecticide product line. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Mitsubishi Rayon's largest business segment makes chemicals and plastics, principally those based on MMA monomers. Another major business segment produces man-made fibers, including polyester and acrylic fibers and Pylen, a recyclable material used for interior decoration and automobile interiors. Other operations include specialty products such as plastic optical fibers, composite fibers, and water filtration systems. Mitsubishi Rayon is part of the Mitsubishi "keiretsu," a group of firms affiliated through extensive cross-ownership.

Bri-Chem Corp. is Western Canada's leading wholesale distributor of drilling fluids and steel products to the energy industry. Bri-Chem Corp. sells over 150 different products in a wide variety of weights and clays, as well as various diameter steel pipe, tubing and casing particular to the oil and gas fields in Western Canada and parts of the United States. In addition, the Company also distributes these products to non-oilfield related industries such as mining, industrial and construction industries.

SABIC Innovative Plastics is among the world's largest producers of high-performance polymers used bymanufacturers of electronics, office equipment, computer, and automotive. The company's units include Specialty Film & Sheet, which makes the polycarbonate sheet and film under the Lexan brand name; Polymershapes, a plastic film, sheet, and tube distributor; and Resins, a producer of all manner of plastic resins (the starting point in making most plastic materials). SABIC IP also owns LNP Engineering Plastics, a plastics compounding firm. The company was formed in 2007 when General Electric sold GE Plastics to Saudi Arabia's largest public company, SABIC, for $11 billion.

Really Tight Pants? Raisins That Propel? Maybe not, but RTP is a custom compounder of plastic resins. The company manufactures specialty compounds from more than 60 engineering resins that can affect color, level of conductivity, high temperature performance, and wear resistance in engineered plastics. Customers include injection molders, extruders, and OEMs in a wide variety of markets. The company added a new extrusion division in 2004, a new thermoplastic compounding facility the next year, and acquired Wiman Corporation (a maker of plastic films for medical and industrial purposes) in 2006. The family-owned company was founded in 1980 by Ben Miller; his son, Hugh Miller, is CEO.

Energy Recovery, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of energy recovery devices for sea water reverse osmosis desalination worldwide. The company markets its energy recovery devices under the ERI, PX, Pressure Exchanger, and PX Pressure Exchanger trademarks. It serves engineering and construction firms, and original equipment manufacturers. Energy Recovery, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in San Leandro, California.

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