It isn't just about red ink or black ink at DIC Corporation -- it's green, blue, and yellow, too. The company's graphic arts unit (more than half of sales) produces offset, gravure, and news inks, coatings for paper and cans, printing supplies (plates, films), and presses. It also makes imaging products (toners, drums, magnetic foils). DIC has three other business units: industrial materials (building materials and synthetic resins), high-performance and applied products (PET bottles, colorants, polymer additives, and labels), and electronic and information materials (engineering plastics and epoxy resins). It had been known by the name Dainippon Ink and Chemicals until mid-2008.

From modest beginnings in 1948 in Ashtabula, Ohio, MFG has grown to an international presence in the field of composites manufacturing. Today the company is a thriving enterprise that includes 16 entities throughout the United States and Mexico. MFG is involved in a gamut of exciting and growing industries, contributing to products that make life more affordable, safer, and healthier for human beings and the environment.True to the original vision of advancing both the art and science of composite plastic manufacturing, MFG has established itself as both an innovator of proprietary products and a respected partner to leading manufacturers around the world. The depth and breadth of the company as a specialist in FRP (fiber reinforced plastic) provides an unmatched asset to the world of manufacturing - a resource that customers large and small can turn to for composite materials expertise, dependable delivered goods and business integrity.

Japan's super packaging company is JSP Corporation, which manufactures foamed plastic products used to create food containers, electronics packaging, and automobile parts. The company's products are made using one of two methods: extrusion foaming and bead foaming. Its global subsidiary, JSP International, is among the leading manufacturers of expanded polypropylene beads, primarily used by the automotive industry. Since the 1990s the company has made international expansion a priority. JSP now gets almost a third of its total sales outside Japan. The company was founded in 1962.

Arch Chemicals, Inc., a biocides company, provides chemistry-based and related solutions to destroy and control the growth of harmful microbes in the United States and internationally. Its Treatment Products segment manufactures and sells chlorine-based and non-chlorine-based products and equipment for the sanitization and treatment of residential and commercial pool and spa water, drinking water, and water used in industrial applications. It also offers personal care and industrial biocides that control dandruff on the scalp and the growth of micro-organisms, such as fungi and algae; and biocides for anti-bacterial applications. In addition, this segment produces wood treatment chemical solutions that protect wood against rot, fungal decay, or termites and other insects; and provides industrial or consumer-applied products for the surface decoration and protection of wood, including stains, polyester-based, and polyurethane-based coatings, and water-based coatings.The company’s Performance Products segment manufactures and sells urethane intermediate products, such as specialty polyols, which are used as ingredients for elastomers, adhesives, coatings, sealants, and rigid foam; glycols and glycol ethers for use as ingredients in cleaners, personal care products, and antifreeze; and flexible polyols. This segment also supplies hydrazine hydrates and hydrazine derivatives used as chemical blowing agents, water treatment chemicals, agricultural products, and pharmaceutical intermediates, as well as for use as fuel in satellites, expendable launch vehicles, and auxiliary and emergency power units. Arch Chemicals, Inc. serves pool and spa retailers, consumer product companies, big box retailers, furniture manufacturers, chemical and equipment distributors, wood treaters, sawmills, other chemical manufacturers, and the United States’ government. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Chem-Pak packs a chemical punch into its private-label products. The company provides contract chemical manufacturing services for specialty coatings, cleaners, paints, music accessories (instrument cleaners), lubricants, and degreasers. Chem-Pak also provides packaging services for steel aerosol cans and specialty filling of aluminum tubes, pails, and drums. It operates from a facility in West Virginia.

McCombs Enterprises auto group sells new cars from Ford, GMC, Hyundai, Scion, and Toyota at about a dozen dealerships in and around San Antonio, Texas. McCombs Enterprises also rolls out a long roster of used car brands. Octogenarian-owner Red McCombs' other business interests include radio giant Clear Channel Communications, which he co-founded, Austin's Emergent Technologies, and real estate. He is a former owner of the Minnesota Vikings and the San Antonio Spurs. In 2000 Red McCombs pledged $50 million to the Red McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. McCombs founded his namesake company in 1958.

It's more than soft soap that sells at Standard Soap Company. The specialty chemicals company produces conventional milled soap (made from opaque or translucent soap bases of animal and vegetable origin), and transparent glycerine soap. The venerable contract manufacturer has been in business for well over a century. Standard Soap also makes a wide range of liquid toiletries in hot and cold mixes, waxes, and sticks. Its target markets include UK retail, UK and overseas brand owners, and global haute couture fragranced-led brand owners. Malaysian multinational Kuala Lumpur Kepong acquired the company in 1995.

G.S. Robins as their key supplier for hundreds of specialty chemical products. Responding to customer and market needs, G.S. Robins and Company created a greater market focus with sales specialists and expanded products for Biofuels, Water Treatment, Food Ingredients, Chemical Compounders, Chemical Manufacturers, and the Fermentation Industry. Our locations ensure the best product availability and on-time deliveries. Our unique manufacturing capabilities, along with dedicated and experienced employees, allow us to be flexible and responsive to our customers ever changing needs. Our goal is to create “Raving Fans” of our customers by providing the best service in the chemical distribution industry.

Compass Minerals International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and marketing of inorganic mineral products in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company operates in two segments, Salt and Specialty Fertilizer. The Salt segment produces salt and magnesium chloride for use in road deicing and dust control, food processing, water softeners, pool salt, and agricultural and industrial applications. This segment also purchases potassium chloride and sells as a finished product. The Specialty Fertilizer segment produces and markets potash crop nutrients and industrial grade sulfate of potash, which are used in the production of specialty fertilizers for vegetables, fruits, tea, potatoes, nuts, tobacco, and turf grass. The company operates a rock salt mine located in Goderich, Ontario; and the salt mine located in Winsford, the United Kingdom. It primarily serves producers of intermediate chemical products used in the production of vinyls and other chemicals, and pulp and paper, as well as water treatment and other industrial uses. The company markets its products through a direct sales force, and a network of brokers. It was formerly known as Salt Holdings Corporation and changed its name to Compass Minerals International, Inc. in November 2003. Compass Minerals International was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.

McBride keeps Europe well-groomed and squeaky clean. The continent's largest manufacturer of private-label household and personal care products, McBride sells its products to most of Europe's major grocery chains. The company's array of household products includes laundry and dishwashing products, hard surface cleaners, bleach, and air fresheners. Its personal care items include shampoo, soap, shaving cream, deodorant, toothpaste, and nail and skin care products. McBride has about a dozen manufacturing facilities in a handful of European countries and operates through subsidiaries in Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK. It also exports products to Central and Eastern Europe.

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