Innospec Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, blending, and marketing of fuel additives and other specialty chemicals to oil refineries, and other chemical and industrial companies worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Fuel Specialties, Active Chemicals, and Octane Additives. The Fuel Specialties segment develops, manufactures, blends, and markets a range of specialty chemical products used as additives to various fuels. Its products are used in the operation of automotive, marine and aviation engines, power station generators, and heating and diesel particulate filter systems. The Active Chemicals segment provides technology-based solutions for the personal care; household, industrial, and institutional; and fragrance ingredients markets. The Octane Additives segment produces tetra ethyl lead for use in automotive gasoline. Its environmental remediation business assists customers to manage the clean up of the associated redundant plants. The company was formerly known as Octel Corp. and changed its name to Innospec Inc. in January 2006. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Newark, Delaware. Innospec Inc. (NasdaqNM: IOSP) operates independently of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation as of May 22, 1998.

Landec Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of temperature-activated and other specialty polymer products for various food products, agricultural products, and licensed partner applications in the United States. The companys polymer products are based on its proprietary Intelimer polymers, which could be customized to abruptly change their physical characteristics when heated or cooled through a pre-set temperature switch.

Exxon Mobil, is among the world's top chemical companies. ExxonMobil Chemical ranks #1 or #2 in making many petrochemicals, including benzene and toluene, as well as polyolefins such as polypropylene (PP) and high-density and linear low-density polyethylene (HDPE and LLDPE, respectively). The company also is a major producer of olefins (such as ethylene and propylene, used to make polyolefins), aromatics (toluene and xylene used in paints and agrochemicals), and plastics (such as thermoplastic elastomers). ExxonMobil uses its polyolefins to make films for packaging and labeling and also licenses some of its process technology. It operates globally.

Specialty chemical company Cognis prides itself on being aware of the chemical marketplace. The company -- whose name is derived from the Latin cognoscere, "to know or perceive" -- operates through three business units: Care Chemicals, Nutrition and Health, and Functional Products. Among Cognis' products are environmentally friendly inks and coatings, synthetic lubricants, oilfield chemicals, fatty acids, and dietary supplements. Once a subsidiary of chemicals giant Henkel, Cognis is now owned by an investment group led by Permira and Goldman Sachs.

The US subsidiary of German giant Henkel KGaA, Henkel Corporation helps consumers stick to it in many parts of their lives and projects. The company operates through three business sectors: laundry and home care, cosmetics and toiletries, and adhesives technologies. Some of its well known brands are Dial soap, Loctite and Pattex adhesives, Sista sealants, Thomsit flooring adhesives, Right Guard antiperspirant, LA LOOKS hair gel, Soft Scrub cleaner, and Purex laundry detergent. Henkel manufactures and markets industrial and engineering adhesives and surface technologies, as well. The founding Henkel family controls the company.

Webb Chemical Service will deliver your hydrochloric and sulfuric acid, saving you the trip. The nationwide chemical distributor based in Michigan has a fleet of tankers, trailers, and freight boxes that it uses to transport chemicals to customers. Chemicals transported by Webb include acids (more than a million pounds a week), chlor-alkalis, alcohols, ketones, and acetates. In addition to transportation, the company also provides safety training, inventory management, warehousing, liquid blending, and contract packaging services.

Royal DSM N.V. creates innovative products and services in Life Sciences and Materials Sciences that contribute to the quality of life. DSM’s products and services are used globally in a wide range of markets and applications, supporting a healthier, more sustainable and more enjoyable way of life. End markets include human and animal nutrition and health, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, coatings and paint, electrical and electronics, life protection and housing. DSM has annual net sales of EUR 9.3 billion and employs some 23,500 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in the Netherlands, with locations on five continents. DSM is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

Tredegar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of plastic films, elastics, and laminate materials primarily for personal and household care products, and packaging and surface protection applications. It offers apertured film and nonwoven materials for use in feminine hygiene products, baby diapers, and adult incontinent products; breathable, embossed, and elastic materials that are used as components for baby diapers, adult incontinent products, and feminine hygiene products; and absorbent transfer layers for use in baby diapers and adult incontinent products. The company also provides apertured films, breathable barrier films, and laminates that regulate fluid or vapor transmission for use in industrial, medical, agricultural, and household markets, including disposable mops, facial wipes, and filter layers for personal protective suits, facial masks, and landscaping fabric.The company also produces a range of packaging films for paper products; and laminating films for food packaging applications. In addition, it produces single and multi-layer surface protection films for use in protecting components of flat panel displays and liquid crystal display televisions during the manufacturing process. Tredegar has operations in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Netherlands, Hungary, China, Italy, and Brazil. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Dyno Nobel has exploded and landed down under. Formerly based in Norway, Dyno Nobel was founded in 1865 by an associate of Swedish dynamite inventor and prize giver Alfred Nobel. The company makes explosives at more than 65 manufacturing and distribution facilities in Australia and North America. It sells to mining, construction, and industrial quarry companies, among other industries. Once split into four geographic segments (Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa, Latin America, and North America), Dyno Nobel was restructured in 2005. Three years later, Australian agrochem maker Incitec Pivot bought Dyno Nobel for about $3 billion.

During the past century, Nalco Company has grown from a fledgling water treatment business to the leading integrated water treatment and process improvement company in the world. We do this by focusing on our core markets of water treatment and process chemicals and on our corporate strengths - global presence, on-site expertise, and innovative products and services.Nalco's more than 11,000 employees work with more than 70,000 customers in 130 countries in industry, government and institutions to reduce water and energy consumption by solving and preventing problems, protecting the environment, decreasing costs, increasing productivity, improving profitability by reducing customer total costs of operation, and maintaining asset reliability.Our goal is to help ensure optimum and trouble-free operations in the customer's plant, mill, mine or municipality through the prevention of water and process-related problems and proactive process improvements. The Nalco representative is key to achieving these goals - as consultant, problem-solver, on-site expert and business partner.

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