Ashland Distribution is the one to call. The largest division of specialty chemicals company Ashland distributes chemicals, plastics, and composites (thermoset resins and associated products) in North America and plastics in Europe and China. Ashland Distribution serves coatings, adhesives, and inks makers; plastics compounders; the aerospace and electronics industries; and metalworking lubricant and chemical manufacturers. Parent company Ashland agreed in 2010 to sell the distribution business to private equity firm TPG Capital for $930 million.

The highest priority in the conduct of our business is safety and environmental protection. Univar Canada Ltd. policy mandates commitment to this priority by way of systems complying with our stringent standards and all government regulations. We are committed to constant vigilance and continuous improvement.Our operations are guided by the Distributor Code of Practice, the industry standard developed by the Canadian Association of Chemical Distributors (CACD). We participate in the Canadian Chemical Producers, (CCPA), Responsible Care Program, as well as comply with the rigorous Warehousing Standards of the Crop Protection Institute (CPI). Our major locations are registered to ISO 9002 standards. Our commitment to these codes and standards is stated in our Policy.

TCR Industries, founded by Tony Rumfola in 1975, will recognize its thirty-sixth year operating as a manufacturers' representative organization June 1st. Our beginning was dealing in distressed inventory brought on by the infamous "oil embargo" which occurred in the early 1970s. A very large percentage of manufacturers requiring chemical raw materials overbought because uncertanties of availability requirements to make their finished products. Thus, when the curtain lifted ending the "oil embargo" caused shortages, there were staggering inventories interfering with cash flows. Opportunities were there to buy these inventories at discounted prices and sell at discounted, but profitable prices. The process was helpful to all parties concerned, and it helped in the start up of TCR.

OM Group, Inc. engages in the development, production, and marketing of specialty chemicals and advanced materials to complex chemical and industrial processes worldwide. The company produces cobalt-based specialty chemicals, as well as specialty chemicals and advanced materials from barium, calcium, iron, manganese, potassium, rare earths, zinc, zirconium, germanium, and copper. Its advanced materials include powders and specialty chemicals for various industries, such as rechargeable battery, construction equipment and cutting tools, catalyst, and ceramics and pigments. The company’s specialty chemicals consist of electronic chemicals for the electronic packaging, memory disk, general metal finishing, and printed circuit board finishing markets; advanced organics for the tire, coating and inks, additives, and chemical markets; ultra-pure chemicals used in the manufacture of electronic and computer components, such as semiconductors, silicon chips, wafers, and liquid crystal displays; and photo-imaging masks and reticles for the semiconductor, optoelectronics, and microelectronics industries. OM Group’s products are sold in various forms, such as solutions, crystals, cathodes, powders, and quartz or glass plates. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Calgon Carbon Corporation provides services, products, and solutions for purifying water and air in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Activated Carbon and Service, Equipment, and Consumer. The Activated Carbon and Service segment manufactures granular and powdered activated carbon for use in applications to remove organic compounds from water, air, and other liquids and gases. It also offers leasing, monitoring, and maintenance of carbon adsorption equipment. In addition, this segment provides carbon reactivation, handling, and transportation.The Equipment segment offers systems to purify air and water. Its adsorption systems are used for volatile organic compound control, air stripper off-gases, and landfill gas emissions, as well as for process purification, wastewater treatment, groundwater remediation, and de-chlorination. This segment employs proprietary ISEP (Ionic Separator) continuous ion exchange units for the purification of products in the food, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. Its ISEP units are also used to remove perchlorate and nitrate contaminants from drinking water. In addition, this segment offers ultra violet oxidation and disinfection systems for the destruction or inactivation of waterborne contaminants and organisms, as well as produces odor control equipment to control odors at municipal wastewater treatment facilities and pumping stations. The Consumer segment manufactures and sells carbon cloth for the medical and specialty markets; PreZerve storage products to protect and preserve jewelry and keepsakes from deterioration; and AllGone, an odor elimination system that utilizes activated carbon discs to adsorb odors and impurities from the air. Calgon Carbon Corporation serves potable water, industrial process, environmental water, environmental air, food, and specialty markets. The company was founded in 1942 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Total's strategy is to tightly integrate its subsidiaries with the parent company's operations, and Total Petrochemicals USA operates directly in coordination with Total's US plants. For the most part Texans don't cotton to foreigners, especially those from France. But Total Petrochemicals USA, the North American arm of French energy giant Total's basic chems unit, is doing just fine in Houston. The company manufactures base and petrochemicals from facilities in Texas and Louisiana and also operates a refinery in Texas. Total Petrochemicals produces olefins (ethylene and propylene), polyolefins (polypropylene and polyethylene), aromatics (benzene, toluene, and xylene), and transportation fuels.

Tata Chemicals Limited Company Profile At one time salt drove the world's commerce; it still makes up a good bit of the business at Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL). Tata Salt owns a more than 40% share in India's branded salt market, and the company's soda ash business is also tops in the country, controlling nearly a third of India's market. Tata Chemicals divides its business in two segments: Inorganic Chemicals (soda ash, salt, and caustic soda) and Fertilizers (primarily urea and phsophatic fertilizers). A member of the Tata Group, the company operates India's largest inorganic chemical complex in Mithapur. TCL's products end up in such diverse products as salt licks for cattle, fertilizers, cement, glass, processed steel, and detergents.

NCH has been cleaning up for years, and like everyone else, it's been using soaps and detergents to do so. The company makes and sells about 450 chemical, maintenance, repair, and supply products, including all kinds of cleaners, for customers in more than 50 countries throughout the world. NCH markets its products through a direct sales force to companies in the agricultural, home-improvement, industrial, recreational, and utility markets. Other products include fasteners, welding supplies, plumbing parts, lubricants, and metal-working fluids. Descendants of founder Milton Levy own the company, which was established in 1919.

Solutia Inc. manufactures and markets various chemical and engineered materials used in the consumer and industrial applications worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Saflex, CPFilms, and Technical Specialties. The Saflex segment produces polyvinyl butyral (PVB) sheet, a plastic interlayer used in the manufacture of laminated glass for automotive and architectural applications; specialty intermediate PVB resin products; and optical grade PVB resin and plasticizer. The CPFilms segment manufactures and sells special custom coated window films under Llumar, Vista, Gila, and Formula One Performance Automotive Films brand names; and produces various films for use in tapes, automotive badging, optical and colored filters, shades, packaging, computer touch screens, electroluminescent displays, and cathode ray tube and flat-panel monitors. The Technical Specialties segment manufactures and sells chemicals for the rubber industry, which include vulcanizing agents, principally insoluble sulfur, and rubber chemicals, such as antidegradants, accelerators, and other rubber chemicals; heat transfer fluids used for indirect heating or cooling of chemical processes in various types of industrial equipment, as well as in solar energy power systems; and aviation hydraulic fluids and aviation solvents used in the aviation industry. Solutia sells its products directly to end users in various industries through a sales force and distributors. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Oil-Dri Corporation of America engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of sorbent products in the United States and internationally. It offers cat litter products, including coarse and scoopable products under the Cat’s Pride and Jonny Cat brand names; industrial and automotive sorbent products comprising clay-based sorbent products, such as Oil-Dri branded floor absorbent, which are used for floor maintenance in industrial applications to provide a non-slip and nonflammable surface for workers; and bleaching clay and clarification aid products under the pure-Flo, Perform and Select, and Ultra-Clear brand names that are used in bleaching, purification, and filtration applications. The company also provides agricultural and horticultural products consisting of granular and powdered mineral absorbent products under the Agsorb, Flo-Fre, Terra-Green, and Pro’s Choice brand names, which are used as carriers for crop protection chemicals, agricultural drying agents, bulk processing aids, growing media components, and sports field products; and animal health and nutrition products for livestock feed industry under the ConditionAde, Pel-Unite, and Pel-Unite Plus brand names. Its customers include mass merchandisers, wholesale clubs, drugstore chains, pet retail outlets, dollar stores, retail grocery stores, distributors of industrial cleanup and automotive products, and environmental service companies, as well as processors and refiners of edible oils, petroleum-based oils, and biodiesel fuel; manufacturers of animal feed and agricultural chemicals; and marketers of consumer products and sports turf users. Oil-Dri Corporation sells its products through sales force, food brokers, and distributors, including industrial, auto parts, safety, sanitary supply, chemical, and paper distributors, as well as catalogs. The company was founded in 1941 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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