Durr Marketing Associates' forte is raw materials for the specialty chemical market. The company distributes catalysts, inorganic chemicals, pigments, lubricants, rust/corrosion/stain inhibitors, plasticizers, resins, and thickening agents. Its customers include companies in the adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, plastics and rubber, and electronics industries. Durr Marketing's suppliers include Interplastic, PPG Industries, and Huntsman.

Chemspec International Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of chemical compounds in the People’s Republic of China. It offers fluorinated specialty chemicals that are used in the manufacture of thin film transistor liquid crystal displays, and other electronics products, such as semiconductors. The company also supplies fluorinated specialty chemicals to pharmaceutical companies for use in various drugs, such as anti-depressants, diabetes medications, antibiotics, and pain killers; and to agrochemical companies. It sells its products directly to end users, as well as to trading companies. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

In the world of specialty chemicals production, Prince Minerals wouldn't mind being king. The company turns natural minerals into additives and pigments used in animal feed, bricks, cement, ceramics, fertilizer, foundries, glass, steel, water treatment, and other industrial applications. Serving customers throughout the Americas, it operates six processing facilities that manufacture iron oxide, magnetite, olivine, silica, and zircon, among others. Prince Minerals is the North American subsidiary of Prince Mineral Holdings Corp., which is owned by private equity firm Palladium Equity Partners. UK-based sister subsidiary Prince Minerals Limited operates in Europe.

Polypore International, Inc., a technology filtration company, develops, manufactures, and markets microporous membranes used in separation and filtration processes. The company operates through two segments, Energy Storage and Separations Media. The Energy Storage segment offers polypropylene and polyethylene monolayer and multilayer membrane separators for lithium batteries for the use in personal electronic devices, cordless power tools, and hybrid electric and other electric vehicles. This segment also provides polymer-based membrane separators for lead-acid batteries for the use in transportation and industrial applications comprising automobiles and other motor vehicles, forklifts, submarines, and uninterruptible power supply systems. The Separation Media segment offers healthcare application products, which include polyethersulfone membranes for hemodialysis; polypropylene and polymethylpentene membranes for blood oxygenation; and polypropylene and polyethersulfone membranes for plasmapheresis. This segment also produces membranes and membrane-based elements for micro-filtration and ultra-filtration and gasification/degasification of liquids for the filtration industry. Polypore International sells its products to manufacturers and converters in North America, South America, western Europe, and Asia. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Color Wheel Paint Manufacturing can color your world -- if you live in Florida, that is. Founded in 1960, Color Wheel Paint makes paints, varnishes, and related supplies that are distributed through about 40 company-owned stores in the Sunshine State. The company sells paints, coatings, industrial epoxies, and polyurethanes (as well as paint supplies) to paint contractors, builders, and homeowners. Through its Lab Services Division, the company helps customers with product-related questions. The founding Strube family had owned the business until it sold Color Wheel to the Comex Group in 2006. The Comex Group operates a number of regional paint manufacturers in the US, including Kwal Paint and Frazee Paint.

With a cart full of products, Reckitt Benckiser (rhymes with "freezer") wants to clean up. Among the top household cleaning products makers worldwide, the company makes a variety of consumer products, including air fresheners (Air Wick), household cleaners (Lysol, Easy-Off), laundry products (Woolite), furniture polishes (Old English), and dishwashing detergents (Electrasol). It also makes over-the-counter pharmaceuticals (Gaviscon) and offers products for hair removal, denture cleaning, and pest control (d-Con). Reckitt Benckiser also butters its bread with French's mustard. The company peddles its products in some 200 countries and boasts about 17 "powerbrands."

Celanese Corporation engages in producing and selling industrial chemicals, acetyl products, and engineered polymers in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company involves in processing chemical raw materials, such as methanol, carbon monoxide, and ethylene, as well as natural products, including wood pulp into value-added chemicals, thermoplastic polymers, and other chemical-based products. It operates in four segments: Advanced Engineered Materials, Consumer Specialties, Industrial Specialties, and Acetyl Intermediates.

In a race to the finish line, Polarome International wins by a nose. The New Jersey-based specialty chemicals company manufactures and distributes aroma and flavor chemicals. Polarome maintains manufacturing and distribution operations in the US, Europe, and South America. It has an inventory of more than 1,000 flavor and aroma ingredients (which originate the world over), from Amyris (found in Haiti) to Ylang (brought in from the Comoros Islands). The company, formed in 1951, is owned and operated by the third generation of founder William Bruell's family.

Mitsubishi Chemical USA has been in the black for decades. The company -- the result of the 1994 merger of Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation and Mitsubishi Petrochemical -- operates through many subsidiaries and joint ventures that produce inks and drums for copiers and printers, as well as phosphor used in computers and TV screens, polyester film used in packaging, and building materials. Other operations include joint venture include Noltex (ethylenevinyl alcohol) and subsidiary Mytex Polymers (automotive plastic compounds). With roots that date back to 1934, Mitsubishi Chemical USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical, Japan's largest chemical company.

Advanced Aromatics (AALP) produces three grades of naphthalene and naphthalene derivatives. Products include tetrahydronaphthalene, high purity grades of naphthalene, aromatic solvents, and octane fuel components. AALP's chemicals end up in a variety of products including everything from fertilizers and dyes to textiles and gasoline. The company operates a single manufacturing location near Houston.

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