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.

Turtle Wax would have been one of those kitchen table success stories, except Ben and Marie Hirsch concocted their polish in the bathtub. In the 1950s they changed the name of their company from Plastone Polish to Super Hard Shell and later to Turtle Wax. Now led jointly by their daughter Sondra Healy and son Denis John Healy Jr., the family-owned firm makes more than 1,250 products, including car waxes, polishes, and cleaners and sells them in 90 countries. Other products include engine treatments, vinyl and leather protectants, and odor removers. Turtle Wax also supplies bulk chemicals to car washes and operates some 20 car washes in the Chicago and Kansas City areas.

The old and the new work together for Aditya Birla Nuvo. It is the second largest producer of rayon yarn in India, and also holds the title of the largest branded apparel company in the country, the second largest producer of carbon black, and is among the biggest fertilizer makers. Aditya Birla Nuvo also is engaged in growth businesseses, including life insurance, telecom, business process outsourcing (BPO) and other IT services. Madura Garments is the company's garments division -- it manages such Indian clothing lines as Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Peter England, and San Frisco. Idea Cellular spearheads it wireless communications unit. The company is a subsidiary of venerable Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla.

Ennis International earned its stripes in the traffic paint industry and has become the largest pavement marking company in the world. The company operates manufacturing facilities throughout the US and sells its paint and thermoplastic coating products through a nationwide network of distributors. It also sells raised road markers and components, and it serves international customers. The company was founded in 1996 by chairman Bryce Anderson and president and CEO John Anderson.

Arch Chemicals, Inc., a biocides company, provides chemistry-based and related solutions to destroy and control the growth of harmful microbes in the United States and internationally. Its Treatment Products segment manufactures and sells chlorine-based and non-chlorine-based products and equipment for the sanitization and treatment of residential and commercial pool and spa water, drinking water, and water used in industrial applications. It also offers personal care and industrial biocides that control dandruff on the scalp and the growth of micro-organisms, such as fungi and algae; and biocides for anti-bacterial applications. In addition, this segment produces wood treatment chemical solutions that protect wood against rot, fungal decay, or termites and other insects; and provides industrial or consumer-applied products for the surface decoration and protection of wood, including stains, polyester-based, and polyurethane-based coatings, and water-based coatings.The company’s Performance Products segment manufactures and sells urethane intermediate products, such as specialty polyols, which are used as ingredients for elastomers, adhesives, coatings, sealants, and rigid foam; glycols and glycol ethers for use as ingredients in cleaners, personal care products, and antifreeze; and flexible polyols. This segment also supplies hydrazine hydrates and hydrazine derivatives used as chemical blowing agents, water treatment chemicals, agricultural products, and pharmaceutical intermediates, as well as for use as fuel in satellites, expendable launch vehicles, and auxiliary and emergency power units. Arch Chemicals, Inc. serves pool and spa retailers, consumer product companies, big box retailers, furniture manufacturers, chemical and equipment distributors, wood treaters, sawmills, other chemical manufacturers, and the United States’ government. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties works the dynamics of dolomite and magnesium. A subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials, the company manufactures and sells dolomitic lime and magnesia-based chemicals to customers in the industrial, agricultural, and environmental sectors. Magnesia Specialties' dolomitic lime products are primarily sold to customers in the steel industry. The firm's chemicals segment includes products used for animal feed, flame retardant, wastewater treatment, and paper production purposes. The company has manufacturing facilities in Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. engages in the production, distribution, and marketing of ethanol and related by-products in the United States. It also involves in grain warehousing and marketing; selling and related services of agronomy and petroleum products; and marketing and distribution of company-produced and third-party ethanol and distillers grains. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

Canada's good for more than just sketch comedy and hockey; it also makes quite a lot of specialty chemicals. Celanese Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of specialty chemicals maker Celanese. The company makes basic chemicals, polymers, polypropylene films, and food ingredients. The company operates two emulsion facilities in Quebec and Ontario. Celanese shuttered a formaldehyde production plant in 2004 and then did the same with its line of acetate products by 2007.

CEPS, formerly known as Dinkie Heel, invests in a handful of specialty businesses. Its Davies Odell business makes body armor, protective underwear, matting for equestrian and dairy use, and a range of footwear repair products. CEPS' Friedman's is a specialist textile importer. The company acquired Friedman's, an importer and distributor of Lycra materials used in dancewear and swimwear, in 2005. The company's Sunline Direct Mail unit is engaged in the the polythene wrapping of mail packs. CEPS has been operating since 1930.

PVS Chemicals sells undrinkable soda, sulfur-based chemicals, and acids that not even Timothy Leary would find palatable. The company's product list includes sulfuric and hydrochloric acids, liquid caustic soda, ferric chloride, and ammonium thiosulfate. These chemicals are used in applications such as water treatment (wastewater, process, and municipal), electronics manufacture (including semiconductor etching), gold and copper mining, and food and aluminum production. PVS Chemicals' subsidiaries include PVS Technologies (water treatment), Dynecol (transportation, analysis, treatment, and recycling of chemicals), and PVS Nolwood (chemical distribution).

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