Interplastic Corporation has been an industry leader in thermoset resin, gel coat and colorant research, design and development since 1959. Our chemists and engineers work closely with Interplastic’s customers and suppliers to develop innovative solutions for product, manufacturing, and marketplace challenges. Our goal is to help composites and cast polymer manufacturers build better, longer-lasting products.Interplastic has strategically placed itself to meet the diversified needs of its customers by expanding its manufacturing capabilities and by investing in product research. Our five full-service product development laboratories are located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; Fort Wright, Kentucky; Hawthorne, California; and South Bend, Indiana. All manufacturing facilities and laboratories are ISO 9001:2000 certified. The Minneapolis, Ft. Wright, Pryor, Kent, and Hawthorne facilities are also ISO 14001:2004 certified.

There's always room for gelatin. At least that's what GELITA hopes. The company is the world's #1 producer of gelatin, with a 25% share of the market. GELITA's products are used in food and pharmaceuticals, as well as photographic and specialty products (from fertilizers to pet food to cleansing agents). Collagen found in the skin, hair, and bone of slaughtered animals (deemed safe for human consumption, naturally) is the base material for gelatin, valued not only for its high percentage of protein but also for its thickening, adhesive, and emulsifying properties. After producing gelatin under the GELITA name for more than 70 years, Deutsche Gelatine-Fabriken Stoess formally changed its name to GELITA in 2005.

Beauty is indeed only skin deep when it comes to laminates, quoth Nevamar. The company specializes in making thin laminates that serve to protect and/or decorate all manner of objects. Nevamar's laminates, high pressure laminates, specialty surfaces, aluminum sheets, and thermofused melamine panels are typically used in such applications as counters, wall panels, office and household furniture, interior doors, table tops, elevator cabs, and vanities. Laminates can mimic more expensive materials such as stone or wood or can be designed with special properties such as chemical resistance, fire resistance, or static dissipation. Panolam Industries acquired Nevamar in 2006.

When the kids (or coworkers) track in a hill of dirt from the yard, Hillyard is around to help clean up. The company manufactures and distributes cleaning solutions and supplies, from carpet and gym-floor cleaners to toilet-bowl detergents and air fresheners. Hillyard not only makes the cleaners but also moves them around North America through a network of distributors that spans the US and much of Canada. Among the company's larger customers are manufacturing and consumer products giants the likes of Georgia-Pacific, 3M, and Rubbermaid. Hillyard was formed by N. S. Hillyard in 1907.

Sensient Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of colors, flavors, and fragrances worldwide. Its products include flavors, flavor enhancers, and bionutrients; fragrances and aroma chemicals; dehydrated vegetables and other food ingredients; natural and synthetic food and beverage colors; cosmetic and pharmaceutical colors, and additives; and technical colors, inkjet colors and inks, and specialty dyes and pigments. The company operates in two segments, Flavors & Fragrances Group and Color Group. The Flavors & Fragrances Group segment offers systems products, including flavor-delivery systems; compounded and blended products; and ingredient products, such as essential oils, natural and synthetic flavors, and aroma chemicals. This segment sells its products to food industries, including savory, beverage, dairy, confectionery, and bakery flavors; and non-food industries, such as personal and home care-markets, and pharmaceuticals market. The Color Group segment provides natural and synthetic color systems for foods, beverages, and pharmaceuticals; colors and other ingredients for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; and technical colors for industrial applications and digital imaging. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The AMINe COmpany, or Taminco for short, is a leading manufacturer of methylamines, a key chemical building block for agricultural, household, industrial, and pharmaceutical products. It also makes amine-based derivatives that are used in animal feed additives, detergents, insecticides, paints, performance solvents, rubber processing, and water and gas treatment. Taminco operates through three business units: Methylamines & Derivatives, Higher Amines & Specialties, and Life Sciences. The company runs eight production sites in the Americas, Asia/Pacific, and Europe, with additional offices in Africa and the Middle East. In 2007 private equity firm CVC Capital Partners agreed to acquire Taminco.

Sunoco Chemicals is positioned in one of the largest chemical market regions in the U.S., with the infrastructure of a large refining base. Several acquisitions, a strong business strategy and continued growth has resulted in a full-service integrated chemical company that is customer focused and is committed to new project development to support reinvestment to meet increasing customer demand.Sunoco Chemicals' product line includes phenol, acetone, nonene, tetramer, alpha-methylstyrene, toluene, xylene, benzene, cyclohexane, bisphenol-A, and polypropylene. We are the number one producer of phenol in the US and number two globally. We are a leading producer of polypropylene in North America. Further strengthening its position in polypropylene is its Technology & Commercial Center in Pittsburgh, PA, which is among the most advanced technical support facilities worldwide dedicated to helping customers meet market challenges.

ADCO Products adheres to its sticky operating mantra. The company, a subsidiary of ADCO Global, manufactures polyurethanes, acrylics, and butyls used in adhesives and sealants for the construction and transportation industries. ADCO's products make adhesives, sealants, tapes, primers, and caulk for the automotive replacement glass, vehicle manufacturing, industrial assembling, and roofing industries. Brand names include TITAN and ADCOTHERM, among others. The company handles ADCO Global's domestic operations.

Inabata & Co. is all over the map, literally and figuratively. The company has operations in such varied segments as information technology and electronics, housing materials, chemicals, plastics, and food, offering its products around the world. The company produces IT and electronic goods including flat panel displays, copiers and printers, while its chemical products include dyestuffs, paper chemicals, paint, ink, and adhesives. Offerings in the plastics segments include resins, performance plastics, and packaging materials. Inabata also supplies seafood, agricultural, and meat products to commercial clients worldwide.

PMC Global makes Bob the Builder's bubble bath "and" the pipe that drains the suds away. The diversified international company produces memory chips, connectors, film, packaging, plastics, plastic-molding equipment, and specialty chemicals, among other things. It operates through about a dozen specialized divisions such as ASC Group (electronics), Cosrich (children's bath, cosmetics, and toiletry products), PMC Specialties Group (specialty chemicals), and VCF Films (PVC and acrylic films). In 2008 it bought Chemtura's oleochemicals unit. CEO Philip Kamins (who owns the company) founded PMC (Plastic Management Corporation) in 1971 as an outgrowth of a small plastics scrap yard he founded in 1964.

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