Though Incitec Pivot is Australia's largest producer of fertilizers, it plans to get even bigger by blowing things up. The company's main products are phosphate fertilizers (ammonium phosphates and superphosphates, primarily); it also produces urea and anhydrous ammonia. Incitec Pivot also manufactures industrial chemicals -- for water treatment and process manufacturing -- using by-products from the manufacturing process. The company was formed in 2003 through the merger of fertilizer makers Incitec and Pivot; Orica had owned 70% of Incitec Pivot until it sold that majority stake in 2006. Two years later Incitec Pivot bought explosives maker (and direct rival to Orica) Dyno Nobel for $3 billion.

Superior Oil Company, Inc. is owned by members of its management team. Despite the name, Superior Oil actually distributes industrial products and provides chemical and waste services. Superior's solvents and chemicals division supplies manufacturers of paints and coatings, pharmaceuticals, fabricated metal products, and adhesives. The fiberglass and resins unit sells to clients that make products ranging from parts for recreational vehicles to bathtubs and showers. Superior Oil also provides blending, solvent reclamation, and hazardous waste removal services. The company has nine stocking facilities and a fleet of trucks, trailers, and tankers.

Linde's business is lighter than air and bigger than everyone else's. Operating in more than 100 countries, it is the world's largest producer of industrial and medical gases. Linde also has an engineering unit that builds process plants for companies in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and gas manufacturing industries; the gases unit accounts for about three-quarters of its sales. A third division provides logistics and supply chain solutions to a broad range of commercial and industrial sectors, including electronics, grocery, retail and gas. The company is active worldwide but does about half of its business in Europe.

Sasol Limited's Olefins and Surfactants unit (which itself is based in Germany). The division produces a number of commodity and specialty chemicals from its manufacturing sites and an R&D center in the US. Among the products made by Sasol North America are alcohols, alumina, paraffins, specialty surfactants, and fatty acid esters. Sasol North America is composed of what was once ConocoPhillips' chemicals unit, which was spun off as private company Vista Chemical in 1984, went public two years later, was purchased by RWE in 1991, and finally sold to Sasol in 2001.

Good Home Company Company Profile The Good Home Company develops and markets natural fragrances and cleaning products for the body and home. It's products are sold nationally through major chain stores, specialty stores, and online. The Good Home Company's products are made using essential oils and natural ingredients. Chains stores selling Good Home Company products have included Nordstrom, Anthropologie, and Restoration Hardware. CEO Christine Dimmick founded the company in her New York City home kitchen in 1995.

Timminco produces silicon metal for the chemical (silicones), aluminum and electronics/solar industries, through its majority owned production partnership with Dow Corning, known as Québec Silicon. Timminco is also a producer of solar grade silicon, using its proprietary technology for purifying silicon metal, for the solar photovoltaic energy industry, through its wholly owned subsidiary Bécancour Silicon.

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.

CP Kelco is the innovation leader in the production of polysaccharides by microbial fermentation, extraction from land and sea plants, and modification of cellulose-based raw materials. CP Kelco’s goal is to be the preferred partner for providing innovative products and solutions through the use of nature-based chemistry.

Fu Yu Corporation manufactures and supplies injection moulding and plastic accessories to the worldwide market. Its fabrications services cater to such clients as 3M, Agilent Technologies, and Siemens that primarily reside in the automotive, electronics, information technology, and medical sectors. The company's products are used to produce injection moulding for the assembly of computers and peripherals, cell phones and televisions, and diagnostic and medical equipment. Established in 1978, Fu Yu Corporation owns about a dozen plants and facilities across China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Its Malaysian operations are conducted through majority-owned, publicly traded subsidiary LCTH Corporation.

When super glue isn't enough, it's time to turn to the pros at Sound Specialty Coatings. The company makes epoxy, paint, coating, and adhesive products for residential, commercial, maritime, and military uses. They also manufacture hydrophobic and antistatic coatings for use in clean rooms, on rebar, in fisheries, for the lining of brewery tanks, and for marine vessels. Their products are nontoxic and environmentally friendly, which means anyone can use them.

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