SI Group came to life by bringing good varnishes to life for General Electric. Founded by Howard Wright in 1906, the company was established to develop insulating varnishes for GE's early electrical devices. SI Group makes friction material resins for use in the manufacture of brake linings and clutch facings. The company's other products include alkylphenols, phenolic resins, and electronic chemicals used in the production of semiconductors, imaging products, packaging, rubber compounds, agrochemicals, dyes, fuel additives, and flavoring agents. SI Group's manufacturing operations are located worldwide. Descendants of Wright still own the company, which was called Schenectady International until 2006.

Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients manufactures chemicals that add desired traits to products from food to construction materials. An Ashland subsidiary, the company produces both water-soluble and solvent-soluble polymers (mostly derived from natural raw materials) that add functionality such as thickening, water-retention, binding, and emulsifying capabilities. It also makes wood and gum rosin resins for adhesives, food and beverages, and construction materials. Ashland Aqualon's customers include makers of coatings, oil field chemicals, paper, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. The company had been a part of Hercules Incorporated until Ashland acquired Hercules in 2008 and rebranded Aqualon.

Quaker Chemical Corporation develops, produces, and markets formulated chemical specialty products for various heavy industrial and manufacturing applications, as well as offers chemical management services (CMS). Its products and services include rolling lubricants, which are used by manufacturers of steel in the hot and cold rolling of steel, as well as by manufacturers of aluminum in the hot rolling of aluminum; corrosion preventives that are used by steel and metalworking customers to protect metal during manufacture, storage, and shipment; and metal finishing compounds, which are used to prepare metal surfaces for special treatments, such as galvanizing and tin plating, as well as to prepare metal for further processing.The company’s products also include machining and grinding compounds that are used by metalworking customers in cutting, shaping, and grinding metal parts; forming compounds, which are used to facilitate the drawing and extrusion of metal products; hydraulic fluids that are used by steel, metalworking, and other customers to operate hydraulically activated equipment; and technology for the removal of hydrogen sulfide in various industrial applications. In addition, Quaker Chemical Corporation’s products include chemical milling maskants for the aerospace industry, and temporary and permanent coatings for metal and concrete products; construction products, such as flexible sealants and protective coatings for various applications; and programs to provide chemical management services. The company primarily serves steel, automotive, mining, aerospace, tube and pipe, coatings, and construction materials industries. It markets its products through its own employees and CMS programs, as well as through value- added resellers and agents. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

IRPC Public Company Limited ranks among the leading integrated petrochemical companies in Thailand, producing naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, and lubricant oils. The company's operations include petroleum, mostly refined products (gasoline, diesel, and fuel oils), though also lubricating oils and asphalt. IRPC 's other major business is the manufacture of olefins (ethylene and propylene) and aromatics (benzene, toluene, and xylene) that are used to make pretty much every kind of plastic used in all manner of industries. The company had been operating under bankruptcy protection for much of the decade.

Potash One Inc. Company Profile Potash One, formerly ISX Resources, isn't interested in your girl's best friend any longer. The company's chief asset is a permit to acquire 100% of a potash exploration property in Saskatchewan. Formerly it had focused on diamond exploration in Canada's Otish Mountains. It acquired the permit in mid-2007 and changed its name toward the end of the year. The potash property is located adjacent to a mine operated by potash giant Mosaic Company. In 2009 it agreed to buy fellow Canadian potash producer Potash North Resource Corporation.

The world's #2 ink maker (behind Sun Chemical), Flint Group produces inks and coatings for a variety of applications, including packaging, publication, commercial uses, and digital printing. It operates four business units: printing inks, flexographic products (printing plates), pigments (colorants and additives), and printing blankets, sleeves, and chemicals. Flint owns plants throughout the world, and its customers produce magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and packaging materials. The company's products include sheetfed and web offset, ultraviolet and electronic beam (UV/EB) curable, and flexographic inks as well as environmently friendly vegetable oil-based inks. Flint Group is owned by CVC Capital Partners.

Gelest may be an expert in the manufacturing of silanes and silicones, but it is far from a "sili" company. Founded in 1990, Gelest supplies silicone, tin, and germanium compounds to both the commercial and research markets. Product applications include adhesives, ceramics, coatings, composites, metallization, and superconductors, as well as synthesis and organic chemistry processes. Gelest offers about 2,000 different materials in gram to commercial quantities. It is expanding into a more extensive offering of other metal-organics, particularly metal alkoxides and diketonates. Gelest has distributorships throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, allowing the company to reach an international client base.

Hoping to cushion its parent companies' rides through a bumpy economy, Americas Styrenics combines the styrene operations of Dow Chemical and Chevron Phillips Chemical (CP Chem). The 50-50 joint venture makes styrene monomer and a number of polystyrene resins. Its products go into the obvious (packaging and foam peanuts) and the unlikely (envelope windows and lighting applications). Americas Styrenics operates eight manufacturing facilities throughout the US and in Brazil and Colombia. It is the #1 producer of polystyrene and the #2 maker of styrene in the Western Hemisphere.

TRInternational (TRI) tries its best to be an exemplary chemical distributorship. The company distributes all manner of chemicals and raw materials from locations worldwide. Industries served include adhesives, concrete, cosmetics, food and beverage, paint and coatings, and pharmaceuticals. TRI has its headquarters in Seattle and branch offices in Chicago, Newark, and Oakland. It also has an office in Shanghai, China. The company maintains warehouses in Asia, Europe, and the US, and ships its products to Australia, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, South America, and Sri Lanka. The bulk of its products are sold in the US. TRInternational is owned by CEO Anthony Riddell.

Specialty chemicals maker Perstorp manufactures a number of chemical products for the aerospace, marine, coatings, textile, and electronics sectors. Its coatings intermediates products include polyols used in coatings for appliances, autos, and wood. The Oxo intermediates segment makes monomers and plasticizers, and the performance chemicals division manufactures sodium formates used by the leather and textile industries. Subsidiary Formox serves the formaldehyde manufacturers by designing and building plants and providing catalysts for the production process. Perstorp operates in Asia, Europe, and North and South America. European investment firm PAI Partners owns Perstorp.

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