Meghmani Organics is a leading producer of pesticide chemicals used by pesticide manufacturers and pigments used by manufacturers of printing ink, plastics, paint, textiles and leather, paper, and rubber. The company's customers are primarily multinational corporations and include Ciba Holding, Flint Ink, and FMC Agricultural Products. More than 50% of its pesticide products and over 80% of its pigment products are exported. The company was founded in 1986 and has offices in Belgium, China, and the US.

ADEKA serves the chemically dependent. The company's sales come primarily from producing chemicals including caustic soda (used in soap and paper), oleochemicals, additives for resins and polymers, and electronic materials. Founded in 1917 as a part of the Furukawa Group, ADEKA expanded into margarine in 1929 and now also makes shortening, mayonnaise, and raw food materials, among other food items. Independent now, ADEKA operates primarily in Japan, but also has business throughout Asia as well as in France, Germany, and the US.

H. Heller & Co.'s loading dock is where the rubber meets the road. The company manufactures plastic and rubber raw materials through affiliated companies American Thermoplastics, Heller Performance Polymers, and Gulf Performance Polymers. Heller manufactures thermoplastic resins, recycled plastics, and rubber compounds and additives; it also provides custom blending and compounding. The company serves customers in the packaging, film, wire and cable, and sheet and molding industries throughout Canada, Mexico, and the US.

From poisoning garden pests to exfoliating dry skin, Lonza puts itself in the middle of things. As the US operations of its parent company, Lonza accounts for about a third of the Lonza Group's $2.5 billion in annual sales. While Lonza doesn't actually make consumer products, the company provides chemical ingredients and intermediates for the personal care, water treatment, pharmaceutical, and plastics industries, from its nine manufacturing and R&D locations throughout the US.

Meghmani Organics is a leading producer of pesticide chemicals used by pesticide manufacturers and pigments used by manufacturers of printing ink, plastics, paint, textiles and leather, paper, and rubber. The company's customers are primarily multinational corporations and include Ciba Holding, Flint Ink, and FMC Agricultural Products. More than 50% of its pesticide products and over 80% of its pigment products are exported. The company was founded in 1986 and has offices in Belgium, China, and the US.

Sionix Corporation engages in the design, development, and marketing of automatic water filtration systems primarily for small water districts. Its products include Dissolved Air Flotation used in water and wastewater treatment; and Sionix Elixir water treatment system, a self-contained water treatment system or pre-treatment process using ordinary air with minimal chemical flocculent aids. The company’s systems are used in municipalities, industrial, emergency response, military, and small residential communities. Sionix Corporation was founded in 1985 and is based in Anaheim, California.

Pinnacle Polymers operates a polypropylene plant at the peak of performance. The company, from that one plant in Louisiana, sells its products throughout North America. Those products and services include injection molding, sheet and thermoforming, and fiber extrusion products. Pinnacle Polymers was founded in 1991 under the name Epsilon Products Company. Epsilon sold its Pennsylvania plant to Sunoco Chemicals in 2000, and the Lousiana operations became Pinnacle. Pinnacle Polymers became a part of French polypropylene company Polychim the following year.

Gulf Coast Chemical serves Florida chemical consumers. The company supplies industrial chemical compounding components and equipment. It distributes products from about 25 different manufacturers, including colorants, adhesives, resins, preservatives, filaments, and metal and plastic containers. The firm's suppliers include 3M, Ball Corporation, and Ferro. Gulf Coast Chemical was founded in 1957 and delivers by train and truck.

Napier Environmental Technologies, named for a grass, works to green up the chemical industry. The company manufactures wood treatments, water-based strippers, and paint removal products designed to do less damage to the environment than their traditional counterparts. Products such as Bio-Wash, Concrete Safe Etch, Citri-Safe Cleaner, and the RemovALL line are made for consumer (about 55% of sales) and industrial markets. Napier's compounds also clean airplanes, remove graffiti, and harden waste paint. Paint manufacturer Sico had agreed to buy Napier's assets in 2005 but subsequently withdrew the offer. Napier filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005 but emerged later that year.

Bayer MaterialScience's parent company, the Bayer Group, may no longer get most of its money from chemicals and plastics but the unit's share isn't exactly immaterial. Though MaterialScience now ranks behind the health care division of the German conglomerate, with 120 sites throughout the world it still accounts for more than a third of Bayer's annual sales. MaterialScience makes raw materials for adhesives and coatings; it also manufactures plastics, films, and resins. Its products are marketed to the automotive, construction, footwear, sports, and textiles industries, among others.

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