Clariant Corporation is clearly into the chemicals business. The company is divided into four segments: Textile, Leather, and Paper Chemicals; Functional Chemicals; Pigments and Additives; and Masterbatches (which are color and additive concentrates). As the North American subsidiary of Swiss specialty chemicals maker Clariant AG, Clariant Corp. oversees operations in Canada and the US and has about 25 manufacturing facilities and service centers throughout North America.

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.

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.

George S. Coyne Chemical. The company distributes industrial chemicals (for pharmaceuticals, food, and cosmetics), consumer products (pool chemicals, de-icing chemicals, solar salt), and metal finishing and plating chemicals, primarily in the northeastern US. Coyne Chemical also provides related valued-added services, such as warehousing, custom blending and packaging, and environmental consulting. It operates four locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The company was formed in 1868 by George Coyne and is operated by the founder's descendants.

The industrial-strength version of S.C. Johnson & Son, JohnsonDiversey split from the well-known company in 1999 to make commercial cleaning, hygiene, pest control, and food sanitation products for retailers, building service contractors, hospitality firms, and foodservice operators. It operates 31 manufacturing facilities in almost 25 countries. JohnsonDiversey also provides safety and application training, safety and hygiene consulting, and hygiene auditing. It's the #2 global industrial and institutional cleaning products company behind Ecolab. Europe represents more than half of the firm's sales, which span some 160 countries. The Johnson family controls two-thirds of the company; Unilever controls the rest.

Hawkeye Energy Holdings sure hopes you have. Operating through affiliates Hawkeye Renewables, Hawkeye Growth, and Hawkeye Gold, the ethanol maker runs two production facilities in Iowa from which it produces approximately 215 million gallons annually. Like most ethanol producers, Hawkeye Energy also markets distiller grains (a by-product of the manufacturing process) as animal feed. Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) acquired 80% of the company, formerly called Iowa Falls Ethanol Plant, in 2006.

ADA-ES, Inc. provides environmental technologies and specialty chemicals to the coal-burning utility industry in the United States. The company supplies powdered activated carbon injection systems, mercury measurements, and services related to emission control for coal-fired boilers used in electric generation. It also processes and manufactures activated carbon (AC) and interim sources of AC for mercury control applications. The company, through a joint venture with NexGen Refined Coal, LLC, also engages in the development and marketing of refined coal technology that reduces emissions of nitrogen oxides and mercury from certain treated coals.Further, it sells flue gas conditioning equipment and chemicals, and other chemicals and technologies for coal-fired boilers, as well as offers consulting services that assist utilities in planning and implementing strategies to meet new government emission standards requiring reductions in sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, particulates, and mercury. Additionally, the company is developing technologies for power plants to address issues related to the emissions of carbon dioxide. ADA-ES, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Littleton, Colorado.

deVan Sealants shores up buildings, windows, vehicles, appliances, and other consumer goods. The company makes cross-linked butyl compounds like butyl tape, non-skinning caulk, zero solvent urethane, and other products including standing seam sealant. Color matching is available for customers in the manufacturing industry. The company was founded in 1949 and purchased by the Abrams family in 1981.

Van Horn, Metz & Co. was founded in 1950 by Harold Van Horn and Donald Metz. The company was designed to offer raw materials for industry use. These are now sold by VHM's salesforce from Maine southward to Florida and Westward to Missouri. VHM has grown to include 12 warehouses and 6 sales offices strategically located throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, South, and Ohio Valley regions.

GEO Specialty Chemicals knows that many niches can add up to a lot of market. The company makes about 300 specialty chemicals for niche markets such as water treatment, wire and cable manufacturing, construction, electronics, and oil and gas production. Its specialty additives improve the properties of concrete, gypsum wallboard, and plastics. GEO also produces performance chemicals (used in water treatment) and gallium (used in semiconductors for telecommunications equipment). GEO's strategy is to buy and build -- buy companies and then grow them organically.

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