The Dow Chemical Company engages in the manufacture and supply of products used primarily as raw materials in the production of customer products and services worldwide. The Electronic and Specialty Materials segment offers materials for chemical mechanical planarization pads and slurries, chemical processing aids and intermediates, electronic displays, food and pharmaceutical processing and ingredients, home and personal care ingredients, hygiene and infection control, photolithography materials, printed circuit board materials, process and materials preservation, semiconductor packaging, connectors and industrial finishing, and water purification. It’s Coatings and Infrastructure segment offers sticking and bonding solutions; insulation, housewrap, sealant, and adhesive products and systems; and construction chemical solutions and building-integrated photovoltaics. The Health and Agricultural Sciences segment provides agricultural and plant biotechnology products, pest management solutions, and healthy oils. The company’s Performance Systems offers plastics, adhesives, glass bonding systems, emissions control technology, films, fluids, structural enhancement, and acoustical management solutions, as well as elastomers, specialty films, and plastic additive products, and skin and microcellular polyurethane foams and systems, and epoxy solutions and systems. Its Performance Products segment provides amines, emulsion polymers, epoxy resins, oxygenated solvents, polyurethane, and specialty monomer products. The company’s Basic Plastics segment offers polyethylene, polypropylene, equipolymers, and polystyrene resins. Its Basic Chemicals segment provides ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer, caustic soda, and ethylene oxide. The Hydrocarbons and Energy segment procures fuels, natural gas liquids, and crude oil-based raw materials, as well as supplies monomers, power, and steam. The Dow Chemical was founded in 1897 and is based in Midland, Michigan.

FMC Corporation, a chemical company, provides solutions, applications, and products for agricultural, consumer, and industrial markets worldwide. It operates in three segments: Agricultural Products, Specialty Chemicals, and Industrial Chemicals. The Agricultural Products segment develops, markets, and sells a portfolio of crop protection, pest control, and lawn and garden products. It produces insecticides and herbicides to protect various crops, including cotton, sugarcane, rice, corn, soybeans, cereals, fruits, and vegetables from insects and weed growth. The company’s insecticides are also used in non-agricultural applications, including pest control for home, garden, and other specialty markets; and herbicides in turf and roadsides applications.

New Japan Chemical is an old hand in the laboratory. The company researches and manufactures a variety of oleochemicals such as fatty acids, glycerin, and fatty alcohols as well as other chemical products like epoxy resins, plasticizers, and solvents. Its chemicals are used by other manufacturers in the preparation of personal care and other household products. New Japan Chemical operates from four manufacturing facilities throughout Japan and has subsidiaries elsewhere in Asia and the UK. The company, established in 1919, began by selling hydrogen and oxygen it made through electrolysis of water.

Not unlike Rosie O'Donnell, Bombril makes its money being abrasive. Bombril is the largest manufacturer of steel wool in the world. The company also makes about 10 other household cleaning products, including detergents, disinfectants, deodorizers, fabric softeners, insecticides, and glass cleaners. Products are marketed under nearly 10 brand names, such as Bom Bril, Kalipto, Limpol, Mon Bijou, and Pratice, and distributed to more than 400,000 retail locations throughout Brazil. Bombril was founded in 1948 as Abrasivos Bombril. Today it operates three manufacturing plants located in Anchieta, Abreu e Lima, and Sete Lagoas.

Sun Chemical is the world's largest inks maker; it also makes all manner of coatings. In addition to inks and coatings for paper, packaging, metal, and other products, Sun Chemical manufactures printing plates for corrugated packaging. Its inks and coatings products are sold under the Sun Chemical, Kohl & Madden, US Ink, and Coates brands. The company operates more than 250 manufacturing, sales, and service locations in Europe and the Americas. Sun Chemical has been a subsidiary of Japanese inks and coatings maker DIC (formerly Dainippon Ink and Chemicals) since 1987 when the latter bought the graphic arts division of what is now Sequa.

Kronos Worldwide, Inc. produces and markets titanium dioxide pigments primarily in North America and Europe. The titanium dioxide pigments are used to impart whiteness, brightness, and opacity in various products, such as coatings, plastics, paper, fibers, food, ceramics, and cosmetics. The company produces titanium dioxide pigments in two crystalline forms, rutile and anatase in approximately 40 different grades. It also offers ilmenite, a raw material used directly as a feedstock by sulfate-process titanium dioxide pigment plants; iron-based chemicals, which are co-products and processed co-products of the titanium dioxide pigment production process and used as treatment and conditioning agents for industrial effluents and municipal wastewater, as well as in the manufacture of iron pigments, cement, and agricultural products. In addition, the company provides titanium oxychloride and titanyl sulfate, which are side-stream products from the production of titanium dioxide pigments and used in specialty applications in the formulation of pearlescent pigments, a well as production of electroceramic capacitors for cell phones and other electronic devices. It serves paint, plastics, and paper manufacturers. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Kronos Worldwide, Inc. is a subsidiary of Valhi, Inc.

It's clear what Deft makes: clear wood finishes and more. Founded in 1953, the company manufactures coatings for two markets: residential (interior wood stains and finishes) and industrial (aerospace and transportation coatings). Its home products include clear wood finishes, interior and exterior clear polyurethanes, and wood stains. Its aerospace products include polyurethane and epoxy primers and coatings. Deft's products can be bought from small paint-supply stores such as Conklin Paint and Do It Best, as well as large suppliers like Lowe's, Kmart, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart. The company is owned and run by members of the founding Desmond family.

LaPolla Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of foam and coatings for commercial and industrial, and residential applications in the United States. Its Foam segment supplies building envelope insulation and roofing foam to the construction industry. The building envelope insulation foam applications consist of perimeter wall and attic space in the commercial and industrial, and residential applications. Its roofing applications consist of new and retrofit commercial and industrial, and residential applications. In addition, this segment provides open and closed cell spray foam insulation and closed cell technology for roofing applications, as well as supplies adhesives and equipment. The Coatings segment offers various protective coatings and primers for roofing systems for new and retrofit applications primarily to the roofing industry. This segment also supplies caulking and equipment. The company was formerly known as IFT Corporation and changed its name to LaPolla Industries, Inc. in November 2005. LaPolla Industries, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Inolex Chemical Company is a family-owned supplier of specialty chemicals for the lubricant, personal care and cosmetics industries. Inolex′s headquarters is located in Philadelphia, PA.At this Philadelphia site, fatty acids have been produced since the 1800′s, when D.B. Martin Oil and Fats began operations there. Wilson and Company, a major meat packer acquired the business for the first half of the century. In the 1970′s American Can acquired the company as part of a diversification strategy providing an entry for American Can into the chemical business. American Can changed the name to Inolex (Innovation Technology Excellence) in 1974. The present ownership dates back to 1981 when the Plimpton family acquired the business and incorporated under the name Inolex Chemical Company.

Compass Minerals International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and marketing of inorganic mineral products in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company operates in two segments, Salt and Specialty Fertilizer. The Salt segment produces salt and magnesium chloride for use in road deicing and dust control, food processing, water softeners, pool salt, and agricultural and industrial applications. This segment also purchases potassium chloride and sells as a finished product. The Specialty Fertilizer segment produces and markets potash crop nutrients and industrial grade sulfate of potash, which are used in the production of specialty fertilizers for vegetables, fruits, tea, potatoes, nuts, tobacco, and turf grass. The company operates a rock salt mine located in Goderich, Ontario; and the salt mine located in Winsford, the United Kingdom. It primarily serves producers of intermediate chemical products used in the production of vinyls and other chemicals, and pulp and paper, as well as water treatment and other industrial uses. The company markets its products through a direct sales force, and a network of brokers. It was formerly known as Salt Holdings Corporation and changed its name to Compass Minerals International, Inc. in November 2003. Compass Minerals International was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.

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