La Seda de Barcelona has a PET project. Although long associated with manufacturing artificial silk, La Seda de Barcelona (Spanish for "the silk of Barcelona") has turned its attention toward the production of basic chemicals such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET, used to make plastic containers), PTA (purified terephthalic acid), polyester fibers, and polyamide yarns. The company also makes ingredients used in detergents (ethylene oxide) and antifreeze (glycols). Its PET unit makes up half of La Seda's business. Customers include members of the textile, food, paper, paint, and cosmetics industries. La Seda de Barcelona was founded in 1925.

The prognosis for Procter & Gamble Nordic: lots of consumer goods for Scandinavian customers. P&G Nordic carries out the Scandinavian operations of global consumer products giant Procter & Gamble, which opened its first office in the region (in Sweden) in 1969. P&G Nordic brings many of the parent company's top brands to consumers in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Well-known offerings include Olay cosmetics, Pampers diapers, Pringles potato chips, Vicks throat products, Tampax tampons, Pantene and Wella shampoos, and laundry and kitchen cleaning products such as Ajax, Dynamo, and Febreze.

Timminco produces silicon metal for the chemical (silicones), aluminum and electronics/solar industries, through its majority owned production partnership with Dow Corning, known as Québec Silicon. Timminco is also a producer of solar grade silicon, using its proprietary technology for purifying silicon metal, for the solar photovoltaic energy industry, through its wholly owned subsidiary Bécancour Silicon.

Cigarettes are certainly hazardous to your health, but the making of cigarette filter materials has been good for Daicel Chemical. The company was founded in 1919 to make celluloid (the first plastic) and still makes cellulose-based products such as cellulose acetate, used in filters and photographic film. Daicel primarily makes films for packaging and plastics. The company also produces an array of organic chemicals (acetic acid, acetic anhydride) used in fibers, paints, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Daicel's aerospace and defense systems/safety systems unit produces inflators for automobile air bags and rocket propellants.

Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co. (GNF-J) is part of a joint venture formed by General Electric, Toshiba, and Hitachi as early as 1967 to introduce to Japan a boiling water reactor developed by GE. The company now designs, develops, and manufactures nuclear fuel in Japan (since 1971) and offers core management services and quality control for the fuel. General Electric has the controlling 51% stake in the venture, and Toshiba and Hitachi split the remaining share. Formerly Japan Nuclear Fuel Co. (JNF), GNF-J integrated into the GE Energy division in 2000.

Adhesive tape has been holding Nitto Denko together for more than 50 years. The company makes industrial adhesive tapes for the electronics, automotive, health care, packaging, and construction industries. Nitto Denko separates its business into three segments: Industrial Products (double-coated adhesive tape, barcode labels, etc.), Electronic Products (semiconductor encapsulating resins and flexible printed circuits), and Functional Products (tissue-cultured ginseng, pest control products, and transdermal patches). The Industrial and Electronics segments provide nearly all of the Nitto Denko's sales.

Dyno Nobel Inc. is the North American unit of explosives maker Dyno Nobel. The company, which operates more than 50 manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout the continent, is North America's leading supplier of explosives. Primary customers include mining, construction, and industrial quarry companies. Its former parent company, the Norwegian private equity firm Industrie Kapital, divided the parent company in 2005 and sold the Australian and North American operations to Macquarie Bank. Rival Orica acquired the other operations. Dyno Nobel remains the world's second-largest explosives producer behind Orica, though it was acquired by Australian agrochem maker Incitec Pivot in 2008.

Tnemec (pronouced tah-KNEE-mick, it is cement spelled backwards) makes more than 100 different paints and coatings that can be used as primers on concrete, masonry, steel, and flooring materials. It also provides waterproofing, corrosion prevention (for wastewater facilities), and exterior finishing products. Subsidiary Chemprobe Coating Systems specializes in masonry products, while the company's StrataShield division focuses on floor and wall coatings. Tnemec has manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout the US, and it has sales representatives in Canada, Europe, and Latin America.

Metabolix, Inc., a bioscience company, develops and commercializes alternatives to petrochemical-based plastics, chemicals, and energy. It applies metabolic engineering and molecular biology tools to produce biobased plastic in microbial systems and directly in non-food plant crops. The company offers its proprietary microbial fermentation system to produce a family of polymers known as polyhydroxyalkanoates under the Mirel name. Mirel is used for injection molding, cast sheet, cast and blown film applications, and thermoforming. It sells these bioplastic alternatives to petroleum-based plastics for use in a range of commercial applications, including products used in agriculture and horticulture, compost and organic waste diversion bags, marine and aquatic applications, consumer products, business equipment and durable goods, and general packaging materials. In addition, the company is also developing a proprietary platform technology for co-producing plastics, chemicals, and energy from crops, such as switchgrass, oilseeds, and sugarcane. It has a strategic alliance with ADM Polymer Corporation. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

When you need some crimson -- or any other color, for that matter -- Cloverdale Paint hopes you come straight to them. The paint and coatings manufacturer maintains more than 100 retail stores and a network of dealer outlets across Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Cloverdale Paint also manufactures architectural and industrial maintenance products. In recent years, Cloverdale has expanded by acquiring US-based rival Rodda Paint and the Canadian Guertin Coatings; both companies continue to operate as independent subsidiaries. The company has four manufacturing facilities. Cloverdale Paint was founded in 1933.

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