Ube is a diversified manufacturer with a core focus on the chemicals sector. Its chemicals are utilized in diverse applications ranging from articles for daily use to advanced applications for the aerospace industry. For example, Ube's chemicals can be found in everything from digital consumer electronics and household goods to automotive parts and pharmaceuticals.Ube also produces a wide range of products beyond the chemicals sector, supplying useful materials and goods such as cement, building materials and aluminum wheels. In over a century of business operations, Ube has embraced a ceaseless commitment to innovation in manufacturing. It is also committed to the principles of coexistence and mutual prosperity with all stakeholders-from customers and business partners to shareholders and local communities.

Polimeri Europa, the petrochemical arm of Italian energy behemoth Eni, produces and distributes a wide range of chemicals, operating through four main divisions: basic chemicals, elastomers, polyethylene, and styrenics. The company's products are used by the agricultural, coatings, construction products, packaging, and plastics industries. Polimeri Europa operates about a dozen manufacturing facilities in Italy and about half of that number elsewhere in Europe. Its home country also accounts for more than half of company sales, though it has a sales presence in more than 30 countries on the continent.

Linzer Products is the professional painter's pal and the supplier to homeowner Picassos. In business since 1892, the firm's primary products are paint brushes and roller covers. Its other painting tools and accessories include artist brushes, mini rollers, pad painters, and plastic drop cloths. Linzer's products are sold at paint and hardware stores as well as home centers under the brands American Brush, Hobby, Le Jour-Craft, Superset Brush, and World of Color. Those products are manufactured and distributed from Linzer's three sites in California, New Hampshire, and New York as well as distribution facilities in Canada, China, and Mexico.

Dry ice blasting sounds like a pseudo-sport any adolescent male could enthusiastically get behind, but for Cold Jet, it's serious business. The firm makes dry ice blasting equipment used in industrial cleaning applications. Dry ice blasting can remove ink, glue, oil, paint, mold, and rubber from industrial equipment. Cold Jet was established in 1981, alongside the company's creation of its "Cryoblast" dry ice blast machine. The company operates in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Canada, and Mexico. It boasts Cold Jet Deutschland GmbH and Cold Jet Europe bvba. The company has expanded its products portfolio with the i?MicroClean and Cold Jet After Cooler items.

ASHTA Chemicals Inc. opened its corporate offices in Ashtabula, Ohio in 1992, although, under previous owners, this site has been operating since the early 1960's. Since then, ASHTA management has taken a number of steps which positioned the company for profitable growth. These steps include the purchase of Olin's potassium products business in 1993, designing and implementing a closed loop, zero discharge water treatment system for this Lake Erie site in 1994-5, and construction of a new potassium carbonate plant in 1995. In sales and marketing, our focus is on markets and products which provide sustained, profitable growth for our core potassium hydroxide chemistry. Additionally, our product distribution system was significantly expanded in 1998 to provide ample product in key chemical markets. From Ashtabula, we service our customers from six production sites, 19 liquid terminals, and 5 warehouses, strategically located in the United States and Canada.

DNT doesn't provide TNT, but it does supply its customers with a variety of other volatile substances. The company, which does business as E.W. Kaufmann, distributes specialty chemicals and equipment throughout the northeastern US from warehouses in Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. E.W. Kaufmann began as a sales representative organization in 1956; the employee-owned company now distributes chemicals from some 30 different manufacturers. Its suppliers include BASF, Huntsman, and Reichhold. Subsidiary E.W. Kaufmann Services provides storage and transportation tanks and maintenance and installation services.

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.

I say, "potato chip." You say, "crisp." But we can all agree Pringles are sought after worldwide. Procter & Gamble Holdings UK, like its US parent The Procter & Gamble Company, manufactures and sells household care items (this includes its Pringles brand); beauty products (includes fragrances like Hugo Boss and Lacoste, cosmetic brand Max Factor, and skin care line Olay); and family health items (like Crest toothpaste and "disposable nappies" Pampers). Procter & Gamble operates more than a dozen locations in the UK, including administrative offices, technical centers, and manufacturing facilities. President Laurent Philippe succeeded Paul Polman, who retired in June 2005.

Call Masterchem Industries Double-Oh Seven because it's got a license to KILZ. The coatings company -- a subsidiary of home supply giant Masco's BEHR paints business -- manufactures primers, one-coat paints, and rust preventatives under the brands Hammerite and KILZ. The company's two manufacturing facilities are located in and around St. Louis. Masterchem, which was founded in 1954, sells its products through 30,000 retailers nationwide; the vast majority of its products are sold to retail outlets with the remainder sold to distributors. It became a Masco subsidiary in 2000.

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.

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