Petrochem Carless wants to keep drivers from having to do without their vehicle. The company offers products such as antifreeze, brake fluids, de-icers, and racing fuels. It also supplies chemical solvents such as alcohols, amines, and esters. Petrochem Carless is one of the top European refiners and distributors of specialty hydrocarbons and advanced automotive fluids, as well as a leading supplier of drilling fluids. It was formed in 2000 when Petrochem bought Carless (which traces its history back to 1859) from Spanish giant Repsol and merged the two companies' operations. The company underwent a management buyout (backed by Lloyds Banking Group) in 2005, and Lloyds offered to buy it outright in 2010.

The printed circuit board (PCB) is king at Kingboard Chemical Holdings, though chemicals and laminates also make up the royal family. The company, controlled and run by the Cheung family, focuses on PCBs and the materials that make them. It operates through three roughly equal segments: PCBs, glass and paper laminates, and chemicals (including hydrogen peroxide used to bleach paper and clean semiconductors). Vertically integrated, Kingboard Chemical produces the glass fiber, copper foil, and formalin used in its laminates, which it uses to make PCBs. The group operates more than 60 manufacturing facilities in China and Thailand.

Montefibre helps keep the world in polyester. The company is among the world's leading acrylic fiber manufacturers; its other big product is polyester. The company also produces polymer and staple fibers and filament yarns, and it has developed an antibacterial acrylic fiber. Applications for the company's fibers include products like imitation fur, automobile carpeting, outdoor awnings, and sport socks. Montefibre produces its fibers at plants in China (a joint venture with Jilin Qifeng), Italy, and Spain. Orlandi Group owns a majority stake in Montefibre. The company was established in 1918 as La Soie de Chatillon and changed its name to Montefibre in 1972.

Rust-Oleum has been fighting the spread of iron oxide for more than 80 years. The company makes paints and similar coatings that resist moisture and corrosion. Designed for materials that are exposed to the elements, including light fixtures, patio furniture, wheelbarrows, mailboxes, and window trim, Rust-Oleum products come in multiple colors and textures. It also makes paints for indoor furniture, epoxies for garage floors and truck beds, and oil finishes for wood. Originally founded in 1921 by a Scottish-born sea captain named Robert Fergusson who discovered fish oil prevented rust, Rust-Oleum is now a subsidiary of chemicals and consumer products heavyweight RPM International.

Neville Chemical Company is a manufacturer of synthetic hydrocarbon resins and coumarone-indene resins. Established in 1925, Neville Chemical Company is privately owned with the Corporate Headquarters and main manufacturing facility located on Neville Island. The Island is located in the Ohio River, six miles west of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On April 20, 1999, Nevcin Polymers B.V. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Neville Chemical Company. Nevcin had been an equally owned joint venture in the Netherlands for the past forty years. Nevcin has since been re-named Neville Chemical Europe BV.Our resins are blended into a wide range of quality products. The major markets that utilize Neville's resins are printing inks, adhesives and sealants, rubber goods, paints, coatings and concrete cure. Synthetic resins are produced from two primary raw materials. The first is a crude heavy solvent naphtha obtained during the production of coke from coal. This is used to manufacture Neville's coumarone-indene resins. The second is petroleum streams obtained during the cracking or chemical treatment of petroleum. These are used to manufacture Neville's petroleum hydrocarbon resins. The Company's Neville Island and Dutch facilities have an effective quality program in place.

BioLargo, Inc. engages in licensing its BioLargo technology. It identifies and develops odor control products based on BioLargo technology for the animal health marketplace, such as animal bedding additives, cat litter additives, and facilities and equipment wash products. The company provides its products under the Odor-No-More brand. It has strategic alliance with Ioteq IP Pty, Ltd. BioLargo, Inc. is based in Irvine, California.

Formed in 1952 and still controlled by the family of founder David Tilley, the company operates a large distribution facility in Baltimore. Tilley distributes chemicals, oils, and lubricants over roads both flat and hilly. The company offers a full range of chemicals, specialty chemicals, and solvents for customers in the food, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries. Its oil and lubricant products -- motor oils, hydraulic oils, transmission fluids, rust preventers, metalworking fluids -- are typically used by the automotive and manufacturing industries. Tilley also provides packaging, transfer, and handling services. Tilley's suppliers include Morton Salt, BASF, Rhodia, and Dow.

Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy (SRCE) operates in the black -- as in furnace carbon black, a primary non-rubber additive used in the manufacturing of tires. Its Sid Richardson Carbon subsidiary manufactures and markets carbon black at plants in Louisiana, the Texas Panhandle, and West Texas, where the plants convert diesel oil into material used to harden rubber tires. The company produces more than 970 million tons of carbon black a year. Its more than 30 grades of carbon black are also used in industrial rubber applications such as automotive sealing systems and sheet roofing, as well as for printing inks, paints, and batteries. SRCE is owned by Sid Richardson's heirs, the ultra-rich Bass oil family of Texas.

Since the establishment of ZEON Corporation in 1950, ZEON have consistently taken advantage of our original technologies and created numerous unique products that cannot be imitated by any other company. ZEON intend to continue contributing to society through our world-class technologies and products, with particular emphasis on responding rapidly and valuing open communication. ZEON produces a number of other related chemicals, including C5 petroleum resins and thermoplastic elastomers. Its Specialty Materials business unit manufactures chemicals for fragrances, flavors, and pharmaceuticals; specialty plastics; and information materials. ZEON also makes include PVC products.

NL Industries, Inc., through its subsidiary, CompX International Inc., engages in the manufacture and sale of security products, precision ball bearing slides, and ergonomic computer support systems. Its security products include locking mechanisms and other security products comprising disc tumbler locks, pin tumbler locking mechanisms, and eLock electronic locks used in various applications, including ignition systems, mailboxes, vending and gaming machines, parking meters, electrical circuit panels, storage compartments, and office furniture. The company’s precision ball bearing slides and ergonomic computer support systems comprise integrated slide locks, adjustable ball locks, self-closing slides, articulating computer keyboard support arms, CPU storage devices, and complementary accessories used in computer-related equipment, appliances, tool storage cabinets, imaging equipment, file cabinets, desk drawers, and automated teller machines applications. It also manufactures and distributes marine instruments, and hardware and accessories for performance boats, which are used to operate in corrosive marine environment.NL Industries, through its other subsidiary Kronos Worldwide, Inc., produces and markets titanium dioxide pigments, which are used for imparting whiteness, brightness, and opacity to customer applications and end-use markets, including coatings, plastics, paper, and other industrial and consumer products. In addition, the company provides insurance brokerage and risk management services. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and distributors in North America and Taiwan. The company was founded in 1891 and is based in Dallas, Texas. NL Industries, Inc. is a subsidiary of Valhi, Inc.

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