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.

Hawkins, Inc. manufactures, blends, and distributes bulk and specialty chemicals. It operates through two segments, Industrial and Water Treatment. The Industrial segment provides industrial chemicals, products, and services to agriculture, energy, electronics, food, chemical processing, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, medical device, and plating industries. This segment also offers acids, alkalis, and industrial and food-grade salts; and distributes various chemicals in bulk, including liquid caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, potassium hydroxide, and aqua ammonia. In addition, this segment manufactures sodium hypochlorite and agricultural products, as well as food-grade products, including Cheese-Phos liquid phosphate, lactates, and other blended products; repackages water treatment chemicals; and performs custom blending of chemicals for customers according to customer formulas. The Water Treatment Segment provides equipment, chemicals, and solutions for potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, and non-residential swimming pool water. Hawkins, Inc. was founded in 1938 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Dow Chemical Company engages in the manufacture and supply of products used primarily as raw materials in the production of customer products and services worldwide. The Electronic and Specialty Materials segment offers materials for chemical mechanical planarization pads and slurries, chemical processing aids and intermediates, electronic displays, food and pharmaceutical processing and ingredients, home and personal care ingredients, hygiene and infection control, photolithography materials, printed circuit board materials, process and materials preservation, semiconductor packaging, connectors and industrial finishing, and water purification. It’s Coatings and Infrastructure segment offers sticking and bonding solutions; insulation, housewrap, sealant, and adhesive products and systems; and construction chemical solutions and building-integrated photovoltaics. The Health and Agricultural Sciences segment provides agricultural and plant biotechnology products, pest management solutions, and healthy oils. The company’s Performance Systems offers plastics, adhesives, glass bonding systems, emissions control technology, films, fluids, structural enhancement, and acoustical management solutions, as well as elastomers, specialty films, and plastic additive products, and skin and microcellular polyurethane foams and systems, and epoxy solutions and systems. Its Performance Products segment provides amines, emulsion polymers, epoxy resins, oxygenated solvents, polyurethane, and specialty monomer products. The company’s Basic Plastics segment offers polyethylene, polypropylene, equipolymers, and polystyrene resins. Its Basic Chemicals segment provides ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer, caustic soda, and ethylene oxide. The Hydrocarbons and Energy segment procures fuels, natural gas liquids, and crude oil-based raw materials, as well as supplies monomers, power, and steam. The Dow Chemical was founded in 1897 and is based in Midland, Michigan.

Kohl Marketing moves products for companies like Degussa, BASF, and Akzo Nobel; the chemical distributor's wingspan stretches from eastern Pennsylvania down to Florida and west to Tennessee and Mississippi. It distributes raw chemical materials to makers of paints, plastics, textiles, adhesives, graphic arts, and building materials. Kohl Marketing has distribution centers in North Carolina, Florida, and at its home base in Roswell, Georgia.

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.

LyondellBasell the global leader in polyolefins technology, production and marketing; a pioneer in propylene oxide and derivatives; and a significant producer of fuels and refined products, including biofuels. Headquartered in The Netherlands, LyondellBasell has combined annual revenues of $50.7 billion* and more than 15,000 employees worldwide. Our vertically integrated facilities, broad product portfolio, manufacturing flexibility, superior technology base and reputation for operational excellence allow us to deliver exceptional value to our customers across the petrochemical chain – from refining through to advanced product applications.LyondellBasell are dedicated to ongoing research and development programs that meet the ever-changing requirements of our diverse customers, including the creation of new catalysts, processes and products. Our materials are used in virtually every market to manufacture countless goods and products that enhance quality of life for people around the world.

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.

Cooley Group Holdings' polymer materials are used to create a variety of cool products, including digital murals, safety gear, and reservoir liners. The company designs and manufactures advanced polymer coatings for flexible membranes. Cooley's operating groups include Sign and Awning Products (backlit signs and awnings), Specialty Products (medical, sports, transportation, and marine), Building Products (roofing), Engineered Membranes (environmental containment, construction, military), Digital Products (outdoor advertising), and Cooley Europe in the Netherlands (automotive, industrial and commercial construction, horticulture). The company was founded as Cooley Finishing Company in 1926 by Arthur Cooley.

CTI Industries Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, production, marketing, and sale of novelty products, specialty and printed films, and flexible containers in the United States and internationally. The company’s products include foil balloons, latex balloons, punch balls, and other inflatable toy items; specialty and printed films for food packaging, specialized consumer uses, and various commercial applications; and flexible containers for home and consumer use for the storage and preservation of food and personal items. It markets its products primarily through distributors, wholesalers, independent sales representatives, and retail outlets. CTI Industries Corporation was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Barrington, Illinois.

Start with a strong dose of analytical expertise in organic compounds, add more than a pinch of synthesis, and mix in high quality manufacturing operations. These are the key ingredients that ABITEC says make up its business. Enzyme producer ABITEC's services range from vegetable oil refining to customer-specific ingredients synthesis. In addition to emulsifiers for the food and flavor industries, the company makes oleochemical-based ethoxylates for industrial uses, emollients and emulsifiers for the personal care segment, and excipients for pharmaceutical companies. It is a part of the ingredients unit of Associated British Foods.

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