Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. engages in the production and sale of fertilizers, and related industrial and feed products in North America. The company manufactures and sells solid and liquid phosphate fertilizers; animal feed supplements; and industrial acid, which is used in food products and industrial processes. It also produces nitrogen fertilizers, as well as nitrogen feed and industrial products, including ammonia, urea, nitrogen solutions, ammonium nitrate, and nitric acid. Potash Corporation’s primary customers for fertilizer products include retailers, dealers, cooperatives, distributors, and other fertilizer producers. In addition, the company produces potash from six mines in Saskatchewan and one mine in New Brunswick. It sells purified phosphoric acid directly to consumers of the product. The company was founded in 1953 and is based in Saskatoon, Canada.

GEO Specialty Chemicals knows that many niches can add up to a lot of market. The company makes about 300 specialty chemicals for niche markets such as water treatment, wire and cable manufacturing, construction, electronics, and oil and gas production. Its specialty additives improve the properties of concrete, gypsum wallboard, and plastics. GEO also produces performance chemicals (used in water treatment) and gallium (used in semiconductors for telecommunications equipment). GEO's strategy is to buy and build -- buy companies and then grow them organically.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Silver (recycled) from X-rays and photowaste turns plants green all in a row. Itronics operates its two business segments through subsidiaries. Itronics Metallurgical recycles photochemicals and turns the results into its GOLD'n GRO animal repellent and liquid fertilizer. GOLD'n GRO products are sold primarily in the western US. Another subsidiary, Whitney & Whitney, provides mineral planning and technical services (mineral economics, geologic studies, and project management services) to the mining industry.

GLS Corporation is a soft touch. The company makes and distributes thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds and alloys to customers globally. Soft, flexible TPEs are used in products such as tools, pens, food packaging, personal care items (toothbrushes and razors), and sporting goods (bicycle seats and handle grips). They are also found in medical devices and industrial products. Along with its own DYNAFLEX TPE compounds, GLS also distributes KRATON rubber compounds. GLS has a composites distribution joint venture, called Composites One, with TOTAL's Cook Composites and Polymers unit. The Dehmlow family owned and operated GLS until it sold out to PolyOne in early 2008. It now acts as the TPE unit of PolyOne.

Got potash? If not, the Arab Potash Company (APC) would be glad to fix you up. The company mines the Dead Sea for potassium chloride, one of several potassium-based compounds commonly known as potash. The substance is used primarily for fertilizer, but also has industrial applications, for example in the manufacture of glass and ceramic. Canadian industry bigwig Potash Corp. bought more than a quarter of the company in 2003 and installed some of its own executives in APC management roles. Jordan Investment Corp. also owns more than a quarter of APC.

Champion Chemical Company of California, Inc. Company Profile Champion Chemical Company of California champions the cause of the janitor by making his or her work a little easier. The company makes safe but powerful building maintenance and janitorial products, including items for carpet care and for cleaning floors and restrooms. Products include cleaning compounds and degreasers, disinfectants, floor sealers, glass cleaners, and graffiti removers. Customers include the NASA, the US Department of Defense, schools, hospitals, local governments, and both large and small businesses. Champion Chemical also provides products for use in the transportation and foodservice industries.

Agrium Inc. produces and markets agricultural nutrients, industrial products, and specialty products worldwide, as well as involves in the retail supply of agricultural products and services in North and South America. It operates through three segments: Retail, Wholesale, and Advanced Technologies. The Retail segment markets crop nutrient products, including nitrogen, phosphate, potash, sulphur, and micronutrients; crop protection products, such as herbicides, fungicides, adjuvants, and insecticides; seeds; and a range of custom application and agronomic consulting services, as well as other services, including crop input product application, soil and leaf tissue testing and analysis, and crop scouting. As of December 31, 2008, this segment operated approximately 800 retail farm centers in the U.S., Argentina, and Chile. The Wholesale segment manufactures, purchases, and markets a range of nutrients, including nitrogen-based, potash, and phosphate-based crop nutrient products. It also owns and operates facilities that upgrade ammonia and urea to other products, such as nitrogen solutions and nitric acid. In addition, this segment operates fertilizer granulation and blending plants in the United States. The Advanced Technologies segment produces and sells controlled-release crop nutrient and professional products to the agriculture, specialty agriculture, professional turf, horticulture, and consumer lawn and garden markets. This segment also offers pest control products to the structural pest control industry, including pest control in residential and commercial structures. It was formerly known as Cominco Fertilizers Ltd. and changed its name to Agrium Inc. in 1995. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Vertellus Specialties manufactures chemicals for the agricultural, nutritional, pharmaceutical, personal care, and performance material markets. The company's Agriculture and Nutrition Specialties division's products include pyridine, picolines, and vitamin B-3. Vertellus' Specialty Materials operations include the manufacture of DEET (a primary ingredient in mosquito repellent), pharmaceutical intermediates, as well as castor and citrate polymer additives for use in plastics, adhesives, coatings, and sealants. It operates manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America. Investment firm Wind Point Partners owns Vertellus.

CPAC can make your face and floor shine. The company's Fuller Brands segment (more than half of sales) boasts some 2,700 consumer and industrial products, including brushes, cleaning chemicals, brooms, and personal care products. The segment also licenses the Stanley Home Products brand and makes Stanley cleaning and personal care products for sale at home parties. CPAC's Imaging segment manufactures and markets a line of branded and private-label chemicals and equipment for photographic, graphic arts, and health care applications. Products include photographic chemical silver-recovery equipment; the shift to digital imaging has hurt this segment. Private equity group Buckingham Capital Partners owns CPAC.

CCP—Cook Composites and Polymers—is a world leader in the production and distribution of gel coats, composites polyester resins, coatings resins and emulsions. Our reputation—based on our long and proud history of solution-oriented research and product innovation, and our readiness to assist customers— brings the best from our past into our dynamic future, and underscores our imposing—and growing—global profile.The number one producer of gel coats in the world, CCP also has the largest composites distributor network in North America. With associated companies, we share the position of world's second largest producer of resins. CCP's other businesses include products for maintenance, graphic arts, and industrial cleaners.

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