Contract Chemicals began life in 1977 as a gun-for-hire in the world of specialty chemical manufacturing. Its chemicals (including bromides, chlorides, intermediates, and salts) are made for the agrochemical, fragrance, detergent, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and photography industries. The company's products are used in antibiotics and anti-hypertension drugs as well as salt and vinegar potato chips. The bulk of Contract Chemicals' revenues come from exports to the US, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Korea, and Switzerland.

Rodda Paint, one of the largest paint manufacturers in the Pacific Northwest, makes paints and other coatings that it sells in its 45 stores located throughout Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. In the summer of 2004 Rodda joined forces with an even larger regional paints maker, Canadian company Cloverdale Paint. The two companies merged operations but planned to keep using separate names in their respective countries and to maintain separate management teams. Art Rodda founded Rodda Paint in 1932.

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.

Forward Industries, Inc. engages in the design, marketing, and distribution of carry solutions for hand held consumer electronics products. Its products include carry cases for cell phone handsets, cases for handset camera attachments, handset plastic belt clips, carrying case straps and bags, decorative faceplates, wrist straps, digital display cleaning cloths, and other accessory products; and medical monitoring and diagnostic kit carrying cases. The company’s product portfolio also includes belt clips, as well as other carry and storage solutions, including cases for cameras, MP3 players, and retail bar code scanners. Forward Industries sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, as well as to retailers and wholesalers of cellular phone products and related accessories. The company sells its products in the Asia Pacific Region, the Americas, and Europe. Forward Industries was founded in 1954 and is based in Pompano Beach, Florida.

American Pacific Corporation primarily manufactures fine and specialty chemicals in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Fine Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Aerospace Equipment, and Other Businesses. The Fine Chemicals segment manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients and registered intermediates. Its pharmaceutical ingredients are used in drugs with indications in three primary areas: anti-viral, oncology, and central nervous system. The Specialty Chemicals segment principally produces ammonium perchlorate, an oxidizing agent for propellant rockets, booster motors, and missiles used in space exploration, commercial satellite transportation, and national defense programs. It also produces and sells sodium azide, a chemical used in pharmaceutical manufacturing; and Halotron, a series of clean fire extinguishing agents used in fire extinguishing products, such as portable fire extinguishers and total flooding systems. The Aerospace Equipment segment manufactures monopropellant and bipropellant liquid propulsion systems and thrusters for satellites, launch vehicles, and interceptors. The Other Businesses segment designs, manufactures, and markets systems for the control of noxious odors, the disinfection of water streams, and the treatment of seawater, as well as involves in real estate operations. The company was founded in 1955 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

PTT Chemical is a leading producer of petrochemicals in Asia. The company's primary products are olefins such as ethylene and propylene used in the manufacture of plastics. These products make up nearly all of the company's sales. PTT Chemical also produces chemicals used to make adhesives, paint, rubber, and solvents. It is Thailand's largest producer of olefins. PTT Chemical was formed in 2005 when oil and gas company PTT acquired National Petrochemical Public Co. Ltd. and combined it with its Thai Olefins unit. PTT owns just under 50% of the company.

For UOP, it's not necessarily what you make, it's how you make it. The subsidiary of Honeywell's Specialty Materials segment develops and licenses technologies for processing chemicals. The technologies mainly are used in petroleum-derived products and chemicals (such as ethylene and propylene), but also in the manufacture of products further downstream like plastics, detergents, and fibers. Three-quarters of the world's ethylene production is made using UOP technologies. UOP also produces catalysts, alumina adsorbents (used to purify gas and dry air), and molecular sieves. Until 2005 it had been a joint venture of Honeywell and Union Carbide (which is owned by Dow Chemical).

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.

Airgas Canada, based in Calgary, Alberta, is a major respiratory home care service provider and a distributor of specialty gases and welding supplies. We have eight locations that focus on Western Canada.Airgas Canada is committed to providing it's Canadian customers with unmatched product and service offerings through the industry's most comprehensive distribution network.

When super glue isn't enough, it's time to turn to the pros at Sound Specialty Coatings. The company makes epoxy, paint, coating, and adhesive products for residential, commercial, maritime, and military uses. They also manufacture hydrophobic and antistatic coatings for use in clean rooms, on rebar, in fisheries, for the lining of brewery tanks, and for marine vessels. Their products are nontoxic and environmentally friendly, which means anyone can use them.

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