Sherwin Alumina, one of the largest alumina refineries in North America, extracts aluminum oxide, or alumina, from bauxite ore. It has an annual production capacity of nearly 1.5 million tons of smelter-grade and 300,000 tons of chemical-grade alumina. After the company refines the alumina it is then used primarily in the making of aluminum, though also as an abrasive and a refractory material. Sherwin Alumina's location on the Texas Gulf Coast allows it access to nearby aluminum smelting facilities and its own deepwater port. It is owned by Swiss metals giant Glencore.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the creation and manufacture of fragrance and flavor products in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Flavors and Fragrances. The Flavors segment offers flavor compounds to the food and beverage industries for use in consumer products, such as prepared foods, beverages, dairy, and food and confectionery products. The Fragrances segment provides various functional fragrances, including fragrance compounds for personal care and household products; fine fragrance and beauty care, including perfumes, colognes, and toiletries; and ingredients consisting of synthetic ingredients that could be combined with other materials to create functional and fine fragrance compounds. This segment markets its products primarily to the cosmetics industry, including perfume and toiletries manufacturers; and the household products industry comprising the manufacturers of soaps, detergents, fabric care, household cleaners, and air fresheners. The company markets its products through agents and distributors. International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. was founded in 1909 and is based in New York, New York.

Tosoh Corporation evolved from humble beginnings in 1935 as a domestic producer of caustic soda and soda ash in Japan. The Japanese characters for “Tosoh”, in fact, are an abbreviation for oriental soda. Today, the Company is a multinational corporation that generates an array of products to suit modern lifestyles and that contribute to the development of cutting-edge products and technologies. Tosoh is a global supplier of inorganic chemicals, petrochemicals, and specialty materials. As a result, the Group’s customers include the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, health care and food, and many other industries that produce items used daily. The Tosoh Group comprises 136 companies and more than 50 of those firms are located outside Japan. Together, Group companies employ a multiethnic workforce of over 11,000 people and generate net sales of approximately US$7.4 billion.

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, markets, and licenses technologies and solutions that reduce harmful emissions from internal combustion engines, and improve fuel economy and engine power. Its products and solutions include the Platinum Plus fuel-borne catalyst, a diesel fuel soluble additive that reduces particulates, unburned hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide emissions; ARIS, an advanced reagent injection system used in selective catalytic reduction systems for control of emissions of nitrogen oxides from diesel engines, and for hydrocarbon injection applications; diesel particulate filter technology based on catalyzed wire mesh filter elements; and biofuels technology, including Biodiesel Plus. The company also offers various engineering and development consulting services. It sells its products to distributors and resellers, as well as to various transportation segments, including on-road, off-road, rail and marine, and other end users. The company offers its products through its distribution network, direct sales, sales consultants, and agents primarily in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Clean Diesel Technologies was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Thailand's first cement manufacturer, Siam Cement was founded in 1913 on orders from King Rama VI. The government controls almost a third of Siam Cement. Siam Cement has more to hold it together than its name suggests. It still makes cement (sold under the Elephant and Tiger brands), but gets most of its sales from petrochemicals, paper, and packaging; other lines of business include building products and distribution. Siam Cement also has real estate holdings. The Siam Cement Public company cracked out of its cement mold in response to Asia's financial crisis of the late 1990s; acquisitions made it one of Thailand's biggest industrial conglomerates, with five business units encompassing more than 100 companies.

ADA-ES, Inc. provides environmental technologies and specialty chemicals to the coal-burning utility industry in the United States. The company supplies powdered activated carbon injection systems, mercury measurements, and services related to emission control for coal-fired boilers used in electric generation. It also processes and manufactures activated carbon (AC) and interim sources of AC for mercury control applications. The company, through a joint venture with NexGen Refined Coal, LLC, also engages in the development and marketing of refined coal technology that reduces emissions of nitrogen oxides and mercury from certain treated coals.Further, it sells flue gas conditioning equipment and chemicals, and other chemicals and technologies for coal-fired boilers, as well as offers consulting services that assist utilities in planning and implementing strategies to meet new government emission standards requiring reductions in sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, particulates, and mercury. Additionally, the company is developing technologies for power plants to address issues related to the emissions of carbon dioxide. ADA-ES, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Littleton, Colorado.

Brown bears, black bears, snow-white polar bears -- BEHR Process Corporation manufactures all the colors in the bear rainbow. The company produces coatings such as paint, stains, and varnishes that are sold primarily through The Home Depot; its best-selling line is exclusive to the home-improvement warehouse giant. The company was founded in 1947 out of Otho Behr's garage as a marketer of linseed oil. It grew into a stain and varnish manufacturer and, by the mid-80s, began to make architectural paints. BEHR also owns Masterchem Industries, which makes the primer KILZ. Home-improvement materials company Masco owns BEHR.

New Oriental Energy & Chemical Corp. engages in the manufacture and distribution of fertilizer and chemical products in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers urea and coal-based chemicals, including ammonium bicarbonate and liquid ammonia used for nitrogenous fertilizers, and as a raw material for chemical products. It also provides methanol used in the production of medicines, pesticides, dyes, plastics, synthetic proteins, fibers, formaldehydes, and methyl ether; and dimethyl ether used as an additive for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and non-industrial fuel substitute to LPG; as a refrigerant for refrigerators and air conditioners; as a chemical feedstock for the production of acetic acid, acetate, and hydrocyanic acid; and in the production of pesticides and cosmetics, as well as everyday chemical products, such as detergent and hair gel. The company serves chemical, pharmaceutical, light, and textile industries. It sells its products primarily through regional distributors. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Xinyang, the People’s Republic of China.

Jacob Stern & Sons, which primarily operates through subsidiary Acme-Hardesty, is a global oleochemicals and agricultural products distributor. Acme-Hardesty distributes an array of oil- and fat-based chemicals, as well as flavor and fragrance ingredients and industrial chemical products. Its customers include manufacturers of adhesives, coatings, lubricants, soaps, food, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. In addition to the chemicals it gets domestically, Acme-Hardesty's oleochemicals are imported from Asia, the Middle East, and South America.

The D.H. Litter Company was established in 1921 and has grown into one of the largest regional chemical distributors in North America, achieving "Top Fifty" status in an industry standard publication.We service and support the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic States. Headquartered in the NYC Metro area, we maintain sales offices and warehousing throughout the region to conveniently service our customers.D.H. Litter operates with a simple mission...they bring value to our Customers, Principals and Employees. Our commitment and growth over the many years has delivered on this promise.

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