Custom Building Products (CBP) likes to hold things together. The producer of tile-setting grout and adhesives makes such products as epoxies, cement, household and industrial glues, sealants, acrylic resins, clay mortars, putties, and latex, as well as gypsum products and concrete repair products. The company also offers installation tools, cleaning and maintenance equipment, and a library of how-to-do-it and other resource materials. The company manufactures and distributes its wares from about a dozen locations in North America. Its customers include architects, contractors, dealers, distributors, and do-it-yourselfers. CBP was founded in 1964 by Thomas Peck and Mike Bilek.

ICL Performance Products LP Company Profile ICL Performance Products LP is phosphorific! The North American unit of the performance products segment of Israel Chemicals Limited (ICL), it produces phosphorus chemicals, phosphoric acid, and phosphate salts. The chemicals are used in foods, cleaners, water treatment, flat-panel displays, oral care products, paints and coatings, and pharmaceuticals. The company also manufactures flame retardants. ICL Performance Products operates plants in Brazil and the US (California, Kansas, Missouri, and New Jersey). It represents about a quarter of its parent's total business.

BIP (Oldbury) has been dipping into specialty chemicals since its creation in 1894. The company, formerly BIP Limited (and earlier, British Industrial Plastics Limited), is the oldest polymer material manufacturer in the UK. A pioneer in developing thermoset resins and plastic molding materials, it was the first company to patent urea-formaldehyde resins. BIP now makes molding materials and textile and paper chemicals. It manufactures industrial chemicals such as formaldehyde resins, adhesives, and water-based polyurethanes. It also produces a biodiesel product, BIPSE, from discarded vegetable oils. Welsh company Synthite, a subsidiary of the Tennants Group, acquired BIP in 2004.

H. M. Royal is distinguished in its ability to distribute chemicals throughout the US. The company's products include pigments, reinforcements, fire retardants and smoke suppressants, plasticizers, polymers, and performance additives. It serves customers including manufacturers, compounders, and formulators in the plastic, rubber, protective coating, adhesive, and sealant industries. H. M. Royal's suppliers include Albemarle, DuPont, and Dow. The company operates distribution facilities in New Jersey and California and provides warehousing services across the US through affiliates.

Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry doesn't run a charity, but it does have a soup kitchen of sorts. The company, known as Nippon Gohsei, makes specialty polymer chemicals like Gohsenol, a polyvinyl alcohol that affects water solubility, and Soarnol, a resin for use with food packaging and fuel tanks. Its products fall into two categories -- acetyl and fine chemicals, and synthetic (functional and adhesive) resins including film -- used in the manufacture of consumer products. Nippon Gohsei creates vinyl resins, polymers, and liquefied acetylene that end up in agricultural, packaging, and electronic products. Mitsubishi Chemical owns more than a third of the company.

Since the establishment of ZEON Corporation in 1950, ZEON have consistently taken advantage of our original technologies and created numerous unique products that cannot be imitated by any other company. ZEON intend to continue contributing to society through our world-class technologies and products, with particular emphasis on responding rapidly and valuing open communication. ZEON produces a number of other related chemicals, including C5 petroleum resins and thermoplastic elastomers. Its Specialty Materials business unit manufactures chemicals for fragrances, flavors, and pharmaceuticals; specialty plastics; and information materials. ZEON also makes include PVC products.

Champion Technologies produces specialty chemicals that help companies in the oil and gas industry withstand surface equipment problems such as internal pipe corrosion and flow assurance. The company's chemicals also are used in water-oil separation. Its manufacturing facilities are located in North America and Europe, with blending facilities located throughout the world. Special Products, a division of Champion Technologies, is a supplier of base chemicals for use in oilfield cementing, drilling, refining, and stimulation. Its Champion Environmental Technologies focuses on products that combat environmental damage from underwater drilling. The company is a subsidiary of Permian Mud Service.

INEOS NOVA International is still pretty impressive. The joint venture, owned by diversified chemicals giant Ineos and Canadian plastics company NOVA Chemicals, ranks among the world's larger styrenics manufacturers. Its primary products are polystyrene (used as packaging material and in household appliances and equipment housings), expandable polystyrene (used as building insulation and in packaging containers), and styrene monomer (used as a raw material for the production of other styrenics). INEOS NOVA also manufactures a range of performance products that are used to make a variety of plastics for packaging, medical devices, housewares, and office products.

Inditherm makes a heat-conducting polymer used for temperature protection for pipelines and storage. It is also used in products such as clothing and medical supplies. Applications include patient warming and muscle heat therapy for the medical market; critical temperature management for mining, utilities, and manufacturing companies; and underpitch heating for sports stadiums (such as the training grounds for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Aston Villa). Inditherm's Speedheat product is used instead of heat packs for sports injuries. Storage products include heated jackets for drums, storage tanks, and intermediate bulk containers. The company was founded in 1998 by Pat O'Grady, who still owns a small stake.

Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited is one of the largest independent distributors in Canada, and the 6th largest distributor in North America. Founded by Mr. R.R. Carr-Harris in 1920, the company's growth over the past many years has been built on strong customer service, quality assurance and responsible care. Our distribution services span Canada with warehouses located in Brampton, Windsor, Montreal, Vancouver and Leduc, as well as a sulphuric acid manufacturing plant in Elmira Ontario.

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