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.

CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company puts the pedal to the metal for the chemically challenged. The company acts as the European distributor for its parent, CRI Catalyst, which itself is a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. Through its subsidiary, Criterion Catalysts & Technologies, CRI/Criterion Catalyst provides hydroprocessing chemicals used by petrochemical companies. In 2011 BASF Catalysts acquired CRI/Criterion's global styrene catalysts business in a move to expand into markets in the Middle East and China.

Westport Innovations Inc. the research, development, and marketing of engines and fuel injection systems that use gaseous fuels, including natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), hydrogen, and hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas for the on-road commercial vehicle sector primarily in North America and Asia. The company offers engines utilizing gaseous fuels for transit and shuttle buses, conventional trucks and tractors, and refuse collection trucks, as well as specialty vehicles, such as short haul port drayage trucks, material handling trucks, street sweepers, and vehicles for selected industrial applications; direct injection LNG system for heavy-duty trucks; and engines fuelled with LPG primarily for the OEM forklift market. It also provides alternative fuel engines, and relevant parts and kits for use in automobiles, heavy duty trucks, power generation, and shipping applications; and cryogenic tanks for compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

NoFire Technologies Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets fire retardant, intumescent products, as well as provides related consulting services. It offers a liquid fire retardant, which is used as a coating material, such as paint on various kinds of substances to render them fire and heat resistant. The company’s products are used on various substrates, including wood and wood products; metals, such as steel, aluminum, and various alloys; and certain plastics, fabrics, and textiles, which comprise fiberglass, and natural and synthetic fibers. Its products are used in various industries, including maritime, military, nuclear power plants, construction, wood products manufacturing, public and private housing, hotels, automotive, railway, and airports. The company markets its products through direct marketing and independent agents/distributors, as well as through licensing arrangements. It serves customers in California, Hawaii, the South, and Southwest and Middle Atlantic States, as well as Europe, the Middle East, India, Korea, China, the Southeast Asia, Ghana and West Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, and Mexico. The company was formerly known as PNF Industries Inc. and the name was changed in 1995. NoFire Technologies Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

Praxair is content to use Praxair Distribution. The company distributes industrial, medical, and other gases to more than 600 Praxair locations in the US and Canada. Praxair Distribution delivers industrial gases and hardware to welders; respiratory gases and healthcare equipment to hospitals and homecare patients; and specialty gases and equipment to electronics, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and chemical companies. It uses a line of stores and depots, specialty gases labs, cylinder-filling plants, homecare service locations, and distribution centers to serve its customers' needs.

Whether it flies, bulldozes, or hauls golfers, Arrow-Magnolia International has something that cleans it. The company makes about 400 chemical cleaners that it sells under its own brands; it also distributes nonchemical janitorial supplies. Its products include chemicals used in construction (concrete and rust removers), government engineering (street and equipment cleaners), aviation (carbon and dirt removers), and golf course maintenance. Arrow-Magnolia makes more than half of its products in-house and sells them through independent representatives and a dozen distributors. An investment group led by Tanya Tippeconnic-Shaw has owned Arrow-Magnolia since 2005.

Anderol thanks its lucky stars for all those pesky environmentalists that have many chemical companies running scared. The trend away from petroleum-based fluids fits the company's plans perfectly. Anderol's synthetic lubricants are used in gas engines and compressors and as hydraulic fluids and food-grade lubricants. The company is based in New Jersey and has operations worldwide, including Venezuela, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, China, and Canada. It became a subsidiary of Chemtura in 2007 when the specialty chemicals giant acquired its parent company, Kaufman Holdings, which also controls synthetic lubricants producer Hatco.

Materia’s Nobel Prize winning green metathesis technology provides chemical and material companies with a competitive edge. Customers use our groundbreaking technology to manufacture novel products inaccessible with traditional methods and to replace established production processes with faster, less expensive, greener routes. By working with Materia, our partners access a powerful innovation platform, leading application know-how, and a dominant IP position. With our technological expertise and understanding of market needs, we effectively focus our efforts on the development of products and services that contribute to a greener world.

PAVCO paves the way for other companies' successful outcomes with metal products by developing and processing a variety of chemical products used in the metal-finishing industry. The company's offerings include pre-plating, plating, and post-plating chemistries, as well as waste-treatment products. End users of products treated with PAVCO's chemistries have included companies in the aerospace, automotive, and electronics industries, among others. The company is one of the world's leading suppliers of zinc finishing technology. PAVCO was founded in 1948.

The company (SII for short) manufactures a number of specialty and basic chemicals, beginning with aluminum-based products (for the paper and water treatment industries) to zirconium (for makers of titanium dioxide -- the most widely used white pigment). Its core markets include manufacturers of cement, molecular sieves, pharmaceuticals, refinery and automotive catalysts, and zeolites. SII has about 10 manufacturing plants spread throughout the southeast US and Texas. President and CEO Milton Sundbeck owns Southern Ionics.

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