Matteson-Ridolfi distributes chemicals such as catalysts, pigments, resins, solvents, surfactants, and thickening agents to companies in the adhesives and sealants, automotive, glass and refractory, paints and coatings, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, and soaps and detergents industries. The company maintains facilities in Cleveland; Detroit; and Louisville, Kentucky. Customers include Cabot and other major chemical manufacturers. The family of company president Scot Westerbeek owns Matteson-Ridolfi, which was founded in 1932.

Novozymes A/S might have had a hand in brewing your beer, washing the mustard stain off your shirt, turning corn into ethanol for your car, or even treating your medical condition. The company produces more than 700 kinds of enzymes, microorganisms, biopolymers, and proteins used by more than 40 industries in 130 countries worldwide. Its enzymes are used in detergents, foods, animal feed, and other industrial and commercial products. The firm's microorganisms are used in wastewater treatment, and its proteins and biopolymers are used in pharmaceuticals. Novozymes is a sister company to Novo Nordisk, and the not-for-profit Novo Nordisk Foundation controls a majority of Novozymes' voting stock.

General Chemical Performance Products can be found in your water pipes, in your refrigerator, and inside your medicine cabinet. General Chemical manufactures performance chemicals for such industries as food additives and pharmaceuticals (active ingredients for drugs), environmental services (water treatment), high technology (chemicals for semiconductor manufacturing), and chemicals processing. In 2009 private equity group American Securities paid $675 million including debt to buy General Chemical's parent company, GenTek, and its subsidiaries.

DAK Americas manufactures products that are high in fiber and contain resins, but it has nothing to do with your breakfast cereal. The company's three units are DAK Resins, DAK Fibers, and DAK Monomers. Its primary products are PET resins, polyester staple fibers, and terephthalic acid (TPA) monomers, all used in the production of various textiles to make apparel, home furnishings, and items such as tea bags and diapers. DAK Americas maintains manufacturing facilities in the Carolinas in the US as well as in Mexico. Alpek, a subsidiary of Mexican industrial giant Alfa, S.A. de C.V., owns DAK Americas.

The good thing about being Mapei is that you've got a direct hand in preventing the rug from being pulled out from under you. The Italian specialty chemicals company manufactures adhesives and sealants for floor installations. Mapei operates globally and achieves more than half of its sales from outside of its home country. The Squinzi family founded the company in 1937 and still controls Mapei. The company's name is an acronym of a former name -- Materiali Ausilieri Per l'Edilizia e l'Industria (or Auxiliary Materials for Building and Industry).

Brenntag Mid-South doesn't make many chemicals of its own, but it hooks up people who do with people who need them. The company distributes industrial and specialty chemicals from 25 locations in states from Missouri in the Midwest to Florida in the South. Brenntag Mid-South has about 200 delivery vehicles, from local trucks to long-distance tractor trailers. Additionally Brenntag provides services like blending, repackaging, and technical and safety assistance. It serves the aluminum, automotive, food, mining, pharmaceutical, and water treatment industries, among others.

Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited is one of the largest independent distributors in Canada, and the 6th largest distributor in North America. Founded by Mr. R.R. Carr-Harris in 1920, the company's growth over the past many years has been built on strong customer service, quality assurance and responsible care. Our distribution services span Canada with warehouses located in Brampton, Windsor, Montreal, Vancouver and Leduc, as well as a sulphuric acid manufacturing plant in Elmira Ontario.

G.S. Robins as their key supplier for hundreds of specialty chemical products. Responding to customer and market needs, G.S. Robins and Company created a greater market focus with sales specialists and expanded products for Biofuels, Water Treatment, Food Ingredients, Chemical Compounders, Chemical Manufacturers, and the Fermentation Industry. Our locations ensure the best product availability and on-time deliveries. Our unique manufacturing capabilities, along with dedicated and experienced employees, allow us to be flexible and responsive to our customers ever changing needs. Our goal is to create “Raving Fans” of our customers by providing the best service in the chemical distribution industry.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company manufactures and markets replacement tires primarily in North America and internationally. It produces passenger car and light truck tires for independent tire dealers, wholesale distributors, regional and national retail tire chains, and other large automotive product retail chains. The company also produces passenger car, light truck, racing, and motorcycle tires, and markets these products to dealers in the replacement markets. In addition, it produces bias, radial light and medium truck tires, and off-the-road tires. The company was founded in 1913 and is based in Findlay, Ohio.

Nufarm UK, a subsidiary of Australian crop protection manufacturer Nufarm Limited, specializes in producing herbicides. In addition to a broad array of phenoxyacetic and phenoxy propionic herbicides, Nufarm UK makes other crop protection and related agricultural chemicals, including fungicides, pesticides, adjuvant oils, and growth regulators. Products include herbicides Lentipur and Nu-shot and fungicides Difcor and Solace. It serves the UK and Irish markets. In 2009 Nufarm acquired A H Marks, greatly adding to its operations in the UK.

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