Rise and shine is a way of life for the folks at Meguiar's. The company produces a variety of automotive care products, including soaps, chrome polishes, carnauba waxes, and vinyl and leather conditioners. It also makes microfiber chamois, towels, and pads that can be used on air and electric polishers. Products are available at major auto parts retailers such as AutoZone and O'Reilly Automotive, as well as through Meguiar's online store. In addition to its car care offerings, the company produces syndicated TV and radio show Car Crazy, which caters to automobile enthusiasts and is hosted by Barry Meguiar, CEO and the founder's grandson. Meguiar's was founded in 1901. 3M acquired the company in 2008.

TransChemical, Inc.is an independent distributor of chemicals and solvents throughout the Midwest since 1974. TransChemical sources from a select list of quality suppliers, enabling you to meet your specifications precisely and without compromise. Consistently ranked in the Top 100 Chemical Distributors, member of National Association of Chemical Distribution, and ISO 9001:2000 certified.

Samuel Cabot is here to protect and preserve -- your home's wooden surfaces. Cabot makes wood stains and surface preparation products, primarily for use on exteriors. Founded in 1877, the company's products include cleaners, strippers, primers, stains, and waterproofing, as well as specialized products for decks, fences, and interiors. Brands include Cabot and Problem-Solver. Customers include builders, painting contractors, interior designers, and homeowners. The company is a unit of US coatings giant Valspar. As such, Cabot products are sold largely through Lowe's stores, with whom Valspar has a strong relationship.

Faultless Starch/Bon Ami aims to keep you crisp, clean, and nicely scented. The company's product lines include the market-leading Faultless and Magic Sizing brand laundry starches, Bon Ami cleaners, Kleen King metal cleaners, the Garden Weasel and WeedPopper garden tools, and Trapp room sprays and candles. It also produces a line of starches and chemicals for the commercial laundry market. Although once in decline, the Bon Ami product line has enjoyed a rise in popularity as an environmentally friendly cleaner, while starch is on the rebound with the return of cotton in garments. Faultless Starch/Bon Ami has been owned and operated by the founding Beaham family since 1887.

FutureFuel Corp. engages in the manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals and biofuels in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Chemicals and Biofuels. The Chemicals segment offers custom manufacturing chemicals, including a bleach activator for detergent and consumer products manufacturers; a proprietary herbicide for life sciences companies; and chlorinated polyolefin adhesion promoters and antioxidant precursors for chemical companies.

Rodda Paint, one of the largest paint manufacturers in the Pacific Northwest, makes paints and other coatings that it sells in its 45 stores located throughout Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. In the summer of 2004 Rodda joined forces with an even larger regional paints maker, Canadian company Cloverdale Paint. The two companies merged operations but planned to keep using separate names in their respective countries and to maintain separate management teams. Art Rodda founded Rodda Paint in 1932.

Blaster's products blast away rust, grease, and grime. The company makes solvents, spray lubricants, degreasers, cleaners, polishers, and related products for the automotive, hardware, marine, and RV consumer markets. Its top product is PB, a penetrating catalyst for lubrication and rust-removal applications. Blaster serves professional and do-it-yourself customers; the company's products are sold in retail auto part and hardware stores, as well as through distributors. Blaster was founded in 1957 by William Westley, who sold it in 1980 to Cleveland investor Bernard Porter, whose family still owns the company.

In 1989, the Thai government, through the Board of Investment, granted promotional privileges to Vinythai to operate as one of the nation’s largest petrochemical down streamers in the National Petrochemical Complex (NPC2), for the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), chlorine, and other co-products such as caustic soda. Vinythai’s production facilities are located in the country’s industrial capital – Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate on the Eastern Seaboard in Rayong Province.Vinythai Public Company Limited manufactures and distributes products that resin-ate around the world. Its main product, PVC (polyvinyl chloride) resin, is used to make everything from clothes to building materials, medical supplies to automobile parts. Vinythai also produces significant quantities of caustic soda used in the exploration, production, and processing of petroleum, as well as in the production of biodiesel and natural gas. A majority of its products are sold in Thailand, the remainder, throughout Southeast Asia.

If you need pigments that are more than a figment, Holland Colours has hues you can use. The company sells color additives to plastics manufactures for tinting PVC pipes, siding, food and beverage containers, and silicone sealants and to coating and ink makers. It produces colors in micro granules, granules, powders, and liquids mainly at four plants in the Netherlands, Indonesia, Hungary, and the US for customers in more than 70 countries. Colors are mainly available as pigments, pastes, and powders for use in bottles, toys, and industrial paints and plastics, respectively. Holland Colours also provides lab, technical, and R&D support to third parties. Employees own about half the company.

Yara's theme is Man against Nature as it strives to develop environmentally friendly applications for its fertilizers. Yara America is the North American subsidiary of Norwegian fertilizer company Yara International. The company produces both nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers for the agricultural and horticultural industry from Yara's network of about 30 terminals in the US and Canada. Yara North America unit was formerly called Hydro Agri North America before its parent company was spun off from industrial giant Norsk Hydro in 2004.

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