Elastogran makes specialty elastomers and more. Elastrogran is one of the global leaders of polyurethane manufacturing. The company, a subsidiary of world's No. 1 chemicals maker BASF, makes polyurethane systems and polyurethane special elastomers. It is also a manufacturer and supplier of polyurethane raw materials. Polyurethane consists primarily of two raw materials produced from crude oil: isocyanate and polyol. One of its products, Elastollan, is used in ventilation mesh for sports shoes and in the automotive and electronics industries. Elastogran operates about a dozen sites in Europe and works closely with affiliate BASF Coatings to sell its polyurethane products throughout Europe.

C.P. Pokphand Co. (CPP) is the Chinese arm of Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Group. The company's products include animal feed additives (chlortetracycline and hydrochloride chlortetracycline, which are broad-spectrum antibiotics), made at its Huazhong Chia Tai and Pucheng Chia Tai subsidiaries. Its Northern Ek Chor unit manufactures Dayang brand of cub-style motorcycles, scooters, bicycles, and tricycles). Its Shanjiang Deni Carburetor joint venture manufactures motorcycle and auto carburetors, along with automotive accessories. In addition, through its ECI-Metro operations, the company is a dealer for Caterpillar products, offering sales, leasing, and repair for the heavy-equipment manufacturer's products.

For those interested in the environmentally responsible pursuit of leisure, SeaLife Corporation helps get you there. Its two subsidiaries, SeaLife Marine and ProTerra Technologies, coat your boat and keep your golf course--or your lagoon--green and healthy. SeaLife Marine's antifoul paints are hydroreactive, becoming increasingly smooth when submerged, which gives shell, weed, and algae no place to latch onto. ProTerra's soil conditioner, Soil ResQ, maintains soil with a balance of nutrients, micronutrients, and humus; its Nulagoon product breaks down waste in lagoons. CEO Robert McCaslin owns 15% of the company, while secretary J.P. Heyes owns 14%.

Not all chemicals are a naturalist's nightmare. Croda International gets most of its sales from its industrial specialties segment, primarily from oleochemicals (chemicals that are derived from natural oils). Other products made by that segment include polymer additives, coatings, and automotive and industrial lubricants. Its other segment is consumer care and includes products for the personal care, health care, and agricultural industries. For example, wool grease (more commonly known as lanolin) and its derivatives are used in nearly every cosmetic from lipstick to moisturizers as well as in medical care treatment products.

The Sun Products Corporation (formerly Huish Detergents) believes sunlight is truly the best disinfectant. The company makes laundry detergents and household cleaning products, such as floor and glass cleaners, oxygenated stain removers, prewash formulas, antibacterial soaps, bleach, and fabric softeners under the Sun brand name. It's also one of the largest US contract manufacturers of private-label brands for major retailers and makes personal care products under the White Rain brand. The company expanded in 2008 when its parent Vestar Capital Partners acquired Unilever's North American laundry brands (All, Wisk, Sunlight, Surf, and Snuggle) and merged the two businesses to form The Sun Products Corporation.

TPC Group Inc. produces specialized lines of chemical products to chemical and petroleum based companies worldwide. The company offers C4 processing products, including butadiene, which is used to produce synthetic rubber; butene-1x that is used in the manufacture of plastic resins, fuel additives, and synthetic alcohols; and raffinates and methyl tertiary butyl ether, which are used in gasoline blend stock formations. It also provides performance chemicals comprising isobutylene that is used in the production of specialty rubbers, lubricant additives, detergents, and coatings; polyisobutylenes, which are used in the production of fuel and lube additives, caulks, adhesives, sealants, and packaging; diisobutylene that is used in the manufacture of surfactants, plasticizers, and resins; and propylene derivatives, such as nonene and tetramer, which are used as intermediates in the production of plasticizers, lube oil additives, surfactants, antioxidants, and other performance products. The TPC Group Inc. was formerly known as Texas Petrochemicals Inc. and changed its name to TPC Group Inc. in January 2010. TPC Group was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Witton Chemical Company is an international fine chemical contract manufacturer based in the UK, with a 50 year history of manufacturing chemicals for a wide range of international customers from all sectors of industry. We develop ongoing partnerships for chemical manufacture and toll manufacture with some of the largest adhesive, electronic, paint, sealant, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.

Tata Chemicals Limited Company Profile At one time salt drove the world's commerce; it still makes up a good bit of the business at Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL). Tata Salt owns a more than 40% share in India's branded salt market, and the company's soda ash business is also tops in the country, controlling nearly a third of India's market. Tata Chemicals divides its business in two segments: Inorganic Chemicals (soda ash, salt, and caustic soda) and Fertilizers (primarily urea and phsophatic fertilizers). A member of the Tata Group, the company operates India's largest inorganic chemical complex in Mithapur. TCL's products end up in such diverse products as salt licks for cattle, fertilizers, cement, glass, processed steel, and detergents.

Morre-Tec Industries can bring home the bacon or fry it up in the pan. (If, by bacon, you mean bromine- and chlorine-based chemicals.) Not only does the New Jersey company distribute chemicals through its partnerships with ICL Industrial Products and others, but Morre-Tec also manufactures its own line of specialty chemicals. Through it divisions Extracts & Ingredients, JEDCO Adhesives, and Repackaging Services Corporation, Morre-Tec also manufactures adhesives and solvents and imports chemicals for the food and cosmetics industries. The company was formed in 1987.

Enormous steel factories call for monolithic refractories, and Minteq International delivers. A wholly owned subsidiary of Minerals Technologies Inc., Minteq produces refracting materials for surfaces or applications exposed to extreme high temperatures. The company primarily serves the aluminum, cement, iron, polymer, steel, and other manufacturing industries. Its Pyrogenics Group produces pyrolytic graphite used for thermal management in aerospace, electronics, and glass applications. Subsidiary Ferrotron provides refractories for steel makers, and Minteq's ASMAS unit, acquired in 2006, serves the steel industry in Eastern Europe and Turkey.

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