Solvay Indupa manufactures and distributes PVC (polyvinyl chloride) resin used in the manufacture of a broad range of industrial and consumers goods; end products include flooring, footwear, packaging materials, pipes, and coatings for wire and cable. The company produces its PVC, sold under the SolVin brand, as well as other chemical products (sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, and hypochlorite) at plants in Argentina and Brazil. Solvay Indupa's annual output of PVC resin totals more than 260,000 tons. The company is a subsidiary of Brussels-based chemical and pharmaceutical maker Solvay Group.

TIC Gums was established in 1909 and is operated by the third generation of the Andon family, which has owned the company since 1949. While TIC Gums doesn't spend the day blowing bubbles, its gums are found in everything from donut glaze to hand lotion. The company is a leading US provider of hydrocolloids (thickeners) used in cosmetics, food (including chewing gum), and pharmaceuticals. Products -- including agar; carrageenan; guar gum; and pectin in powder, spray, and "pre-hydrated" forms -- are shipped to customers worldwide. The company has agents and stock locations in Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, and North America.

Hudson Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, Hudson Technologies Company, provides refrigerant services and solutions in the refrigeration industry primarily in the United States. Its products and services include refrigerant sales; refrigerant management services consisting of reclamation of refrigerants and laboratory testing; and RefrigerantSide services, including system decontamination to remove moisture, oils, and other contaminants. The RefrigerantSide services also include predictive and diagnostic services for industrial and commercial refrigeration applications, which predict potential catastrophic problems and identify inefficiencies in an operating system. The company's products and services are primarily used in commercial air conditioning, industrial processing, and refrigeration systems. It sells reclaimed and new refrigerants to customers in air conditioning and refrigeration industry. The company serves commercial and government customers, as well as refrigerant wholesalers, distributors, contractors, and refrigeration equipment manufacturers; and industrial customers in petrochemical, pharmaceutical, industrial power, manufacturing, commercial facility, and property management and maritime industries. Hudson Technologies has a strategic alliance with The Linde Group to market its service offering outside the United States. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Pearl River, New York.

American Pacific Corporation primarily manufactures fine and specialty chemicals in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Fine Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Aerospace Equipment, and Other Businesses. The Fine Chemicals segment manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients and registered intermediates. Its pharmaceutical ingredients are used in drugs with indications in three primary areas: anti-viral, oncology, and central nervous system. The Specialty Chemicals segment principally produces ammonium perchlorate, an oxidizing agent for propellant rockets, booster motors, and missiles used in space exploration, commercial satellite transportation, and national defense programs. It also produces and sells sodium azide, a chemical used in pharmaceutical manufacturing; and Halotron, a series of clean fire extinguishing agents used in fire extinguishing products, such as portable fire extinguishers and total flooding systems. The Aerospace Equipment segment manufactures monopropellant and bipropellant liquid propulsion systems and thrusters for satellites, launch vehicles, and interceptors. The Other Businesses segment designs, manufactures, and markets systems for the control of noxious odors, the disinfection of water streams, and the treatment of seawater, as well as involves in real estate operations. The company was founded in 1955 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers (MCF) is a big part of India's growing agricultural industry. Part of the Indian conglomerate UB Group, the company manufactures chemical fertilizers in the Indian state of Karnataka. Manufacturing both nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers, MCF has an annual manufacturing capacity of more than 2 million metric tons of ammonia an 3 million metric tons of urea. The company sells its products (including specialty fertilizers) under the Mangala brand. UB Group owns about 30% of the company with smaller stakes held by the Karnataka government and various financial institutions.

Helix BioMedix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing and commercializing small proteins known as bioactive peptides. The company develops small-chain peptides with anti-infective and anti-inflammatory properties, such as the stimulation of cell proliferation and migration. Its peptides are used as ingredients in cosmetics and topical therapeutics in various applications, including anti-aging skin care, acne treatment, wound healing, and the treatment and prevention of infections. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Bothell, Washington.

EAU Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets equipment that uses water electrolysis to create non-toxic cleaning and disinfecting fluids. The company’s products include Primacide A, a disinfecting and sanitizing fluid that kills bacteria, yeast, molds, viruses, and other organisms; Primacide B, an alkaline-based cleaner that emulsifies oils, fats, and other lipids; and Primacide C, a cleaning fluid for spraying on produce in grocery stores, and on consumer products requiring a longer shelf life. Its products are used in commercial food processing and organic or non-organic agricultural products that clean, disinfect, remediate, hydrate, and moisturize, as well as to treat various facets and phases of the food chain, from soil to animal feed to meat processing by eliminating dangerous and unhealthy pathogens from the food chain. EAU Technologies markets its products to dairy production and processing, meat and poultry processing, clean in place for food and beverage processing, and agricultural grow-out and processing sectors for commercial and residential use. The company was formerly known as Electric Aquagenics Unlimited, Inc. and changed its name to EAU Technologies, Inc. in January 2007. EAU Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Arkema hoards a dozen or so commodity and specialty chemicals units that operate worldwide. Those businesses reside within Arkema's industrial chemicals (acrylics, fluorochemicals, thiochemicals, and hydrogen peroxide), performance chemicals (specialty chemicals, technical polymers, and organic peroxides), and vinyl products (chlorochemicals and PVC resins and products) segments. Arkema operates 80 manufacturing facilities in Europe, North America, and Asia, and six research centers in France, Japan, and the US. Multinational oil and gas leviathan TOTAL spun off the company in 2006.

Nan Ya may be plastic, but it's the real deal. Part of the Formosa Group's collection of chemical and plastics companies, Nan Ya Plastics primarily manufactures plastics, fibers, and electronic materials, and is Taiwan's largest plastics maker. The company is counting on growing the electronic materials business, as well as its burgeoning specialty chemicals operations. Those two units have higher margins and better growth potential than do basic plastics and fibers. Nan Ya Plastics was founded in 1958; it operates in the US through subsidiary Nan Ya Plastics USA.

Ashland Inc. operates as a specialty chemicals company in the United States and internationally. Its Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients segment produces cellulose ethers; and specialty additives and functional ingredients. Its products offer functionality, such as thickening and rheology control; water retention; adhesive strength; binding power; film formation; protective colloid, suspending, and emulsifying action; foam control; and pH stability.

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