If people turn to Bayer for what ails them, why can't plants? Bayer CropScience, a part of German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant the Bayer Group, is a leading producer of agricultural chemicals. The company's Crop Protection unit makes fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides. Bayer CropScience also operates units that focus on non-crop chemicals (such as consumer lawn care products) and genetically modified seeds. The company ranks as the #2 crop protection firm worldwide, behind Syngenta, and operates on six continents. It has been building up both its seeds business and bioscience unit in the last years of the decade.

Potash One Inc. Company Profile Potash One, formerly ISX Resources, isn't interested in your girl's best friend any longer. The company's chief asset is a permit to acquire 100% of a potash exploration property in Saskatchewan. Formerly it had focused on diamond exploration in Canada's Otish Mountains. It acquired the permit in mid-2007 and changed its name toward the end of the year. The potash property is located adjacent to a mine operated by potash giant Mosaic Company. In 2009 it agreed to buy fellow Canadian potash producer Potash North Resource Corporation.

Raymor Industries didn't get a charge out of the battery business and has moved on to the powders and coatings market. In 2004 the company acquired the advanced materials division of PyroGenesis and dumped its mining exploration business. Through subsidiary Advanced Powders and Coatings (AP&C), Raymor partners with PyroGenesis to produce specialized metallic powders and ceramic and metallic coatings. The products are used primarily in the biomedical, industrial, and aerospace and defense industries. Raymor also operates a nanotechnology division to develop products on a nanometric scale. In 2009 the company filed for bankruptcy protection and was taken private by a small group of investors early the next year.

Mace Security International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures various security products in the United States. Its Security Segment designs, manufactures, assembles, markets, and sells a range of security products, principally electronic surveillance products and components. It sells its electronic surveillance products and components primarily to installing dealers, distributors, system integrators, and end users. This segment also owns and operates a wholesale central monitoring station, as well as offers less-than-lethal Mace defense sprays and other security devices, such as monitors, high-end digital and machine vision cameras, and professional imaging components, as well as video conferencing equipment. The company’s Digital Media Marketing Segment focuses on selling products on third party Internet promotional sites. In addition, it owns and operates car wash business. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania.

Turtle Wax would have been one of those kitchen table success stories, except Ben and Marie Hirsch concocted their polish in the bathtub. In the 1950s they changed the name of their company from Plastone Polish to Super Hard Shell and later to Turtle Wax. Now led jointly by their daughter Sondra Healy and son Denis John Healy Jr., the family-owned firm makes more than 1,250 products, including car waxes, polishes, and cleaners and sells them in 90 countries. Other products include engine treatments, vinyl and leather protectants, and odor removers. Turtle Wax also supplies bulk chemicals to car washes and operates some 20 car washes in the Chicago and Kansas City areas.

Dynaction isn't the newest Saturday morning cartoon show -- it's a maker of fine and specialty chemicals through its 70% holding in Produits Chimiques Auxiliaires et de Synth賥 (PCAS). Its products are made for the pharmaceutical sector, primarily, as well as for makers of personal care and fragrance products. More than half of the company's sales are generated outside France. It previously had made power transmissions for heavy industrial use (through subsidiary CMD Engrenages et R餵cteurs) and had other non-chemical businesses, but Dynaction sold off the businesses from 2004-06 and now operates almost entirely through PCAS. Company chairman Christian Moretti holds about 15% of Dynaction.

From painting to printing, Clariant GmbH makes it brighter. The company makes pigments for paints, lacquers, plastics, and other specialty applications. The company also makes masterbatches, printing inks for ink jet and laser printing, additives to improve heat resistance, and aluminum paints. Other divisions make surfactants, polymers, pharmaceutical and agricultural fine chemicals, and distribute color and additive concentrates. Clariant GmbH sells to the automotive, electronics, consumer goods, medical, packaging, and textiles markets. The company is the German unit of Swiss specialty chemical giant Clariant International and accounts for about 15% of its parent's total sales.

Jamestown Paint had been around when the original Jamestown was settled, residents could have painted their wagons any color they wished. The company, a family-run business founded in 1885, makes more than 2,000 varieties of coatings used by automotive OEMs and other manufacturing companies, including producers of heavy machinery, pipes and containers, general industrial products, and office furniture. It also provides custom formulation, process optimization, training, and waste reduction services. The company serves domestic and international customers, with a focus on clients in the northeastern US.

When your roof starts leaking, you can turn to Carlisle Coatings & Waterproofing's products to stop it from happening again. The division of Carlisle Companies unit SynTec makes primers, mastics, deck coatings, drainage systems, construction membranes, and roofing underlayment. The company also manufactures duct sealants and adhesives for HVAC equipment. Carlisle Coatings & Waterproofing makes its products at four manufacturing plants and maintains sales offices throughout the US and in Canada. Its brands include Barricoat, Eco-Fast, and Vapor-Lock, which are targeted for the construction, industrial, and maintenance markets.

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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