Paragon Films was founded in 1988 under the innovative leadership of company president and industry pioneer Mike Baab. He envisioned combining cutting-edge technology with a highly skilled work force to produce a line of stretch film unparalleled in performance, value, quality and consistency. Since the first days of production, Paragon's culture fostered creativity and gave employees the freedom to take risks and try new ideas. This innovative culture led to a steady stream of products. With no boundaries on imagination and no barriers to cooperation, one innovative idea swiftly lead to another.The Paragon attitude toward service is simple: "Give the customer what they want, when they want it." Paragon's dedicated sales team possesses the skill and expertise to identify your stretch film needs. Internal processes and procedures are in place to ensure the delivery of top quality products in a timely manner. The customer service staff, with access to a fully integrated computer system, can track specific orders through production, shipping, and billing. The system can identify who purchased a specific roll of film, when it was sold and which production line, operator and raw materials were used in the process.

Brenntag UK first took wing as Albion Chemicals Group in 2001, emerging from the nest of Hays Chemicals through a management-led buyout. The company is the United Kingdom's No. 2 chemicals distributor (behind Univar). In addition to its distribution businesses, Brenntag UK operates a chlor-alkali chemicals manufacturing plant. The company has a network of a dozen distribution depots and another six specialties sites across the UK and Ireland to supply businesses in the region. Following the MBO in 2001 it operated as Albion even after global distributor Brenntag acquired it in 2006. By 2009 the parent company decided to re-brand it as its own and changed the name to Brenntag UK.

CRI Catalyst Company is part of CRI/Criterion Inc., the global catalyst technology company of the Shell Group. CRICC operates research laboratories, development facilities, manufacturing plants and business units throughout the world.It is dedicated to providing a broad customer base with effective and cost-efficient catalysts and technologies. CRI has a range of products with specific focus on

Cardolite makes an uncanny match out of a nutshell and a brake pad. The company manufactures coating and friction products based on cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL) -- yes, that kind of cashew. Cardolite's products are used in adhesives, concrete, intermediates, resins, inks, and electrical goods for the industrial, specialty coatings, automotive, printing, rubber, and polymer industries; it supplies about 50 countries worldwide. Cardolite operates manufacturing facilities in the US and China, as well as sales and distribution facilities in Belgium and Singapore.

SABIC Innovative Plastics is among the world's largest producers of high-performance polymers used bymanufacturers of electronics, office equipment, computer, and automotive. The company's units include Specialty Film & Sheet, which makes the polycarbonate sheet and film under the Lexan brand name; Polymershapes, a plastic film, sheet, and tube distributor; and Resins, a producer of all manner of plastic resins (the starting point in making most plastic materials). SABIC IP also owns LNP Engineering Plastics, a plastics compounding firm. The company was formed in 2007 when General Electric sold GE Plastics to Saudi Arabia's largest public company, SABIC, for $11 billion.

Floridienne, originally named for its mining activities in Florida, now focuses on inorganic chemistry, food, and the life sciences. The holding company's agro-food division specializes in French seafood, snails, and truffles, as well as international food products. The company's chemical unit focuses in making zinc, lead, nickel, cadmium, and bismouth salts. In addition, Floridienne develops enterprises in the biotechnological, food-processing, and chemical industries through its life sciences division.

Yule Catto’s Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) performance improved sharply for the second year in a row, making 2008 easily the Company’s best year ever for SHE performance. The number of Over-3-Day Lost Time Accidents (O3D) accidents in Group companies owned on 1 January 2008 halved, to give an accident rate better than the average for the UK chemical industry (as measured by the UK Chemical Industries Association). This was the target we set for 2008. Equally encouraging, there was a significant drop in the all Lost Time Accident (LTA) rate which reduced to 60% of the latest figure reported by Cefic (the European Chemical Industry’s representative body).Yule Catto & Co plc produces specialty chemicals through three units: polymer chemicals (water-based polymers, synthetic latex), performance chemicals (aerosol filling, colorants, industrial cleaners), and pharma and fine chemicals (pharmaceutical ingredients, organic and inorganic chemicals, flavor and fragrance products for food and detergents). Yule Catto's polymer chemicals division is by far its largest, accounting for more than two-thirds of sales. Malaysian plantation company Kuala Lumpur Kepong owns nearly 22% of Yule Catto.

Axion International Holdings, Inc. develops structural building products from recycled consumer and industrial plastics in the United States. Its structural building products include railroad crossties, bridge infrastructure, marine pilings, and bulk heading. The company also offers fire retardants used for wood, metal, and plastic surfaces. In addition, Axion International Holdings develops structural composite I-beams, and tongue and groove planking products. It markets its products to railroad industry and military, as well as industrial engineering and contracting firms. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.

NOVA Chemicals Corporation muscles into a long line of plastic products. The company makes ethylene, polyethylene, and performance styrenics used in the manufacture of plastic and foam products. Applications include packaging, plastic bags, appliances, electronics, housewares, and plastic pipe. Through its INEOS NOVA joint venture (with INEOS), the company was one of the world's largest producers of styrene monomer and styrenic polymers. However, in 2010 INEOS announced it was buying out NOVA's 50% share of INEOS NOVA in favor of a new venture with BASF SE. The US and Canada account for 80% of NOVA's sales. It's owned by Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Co., or IPIC.

Do-it-yourself Van Goghs fill their palettes with Diamond-Vogel Paint's products. The company makes architectural (interior and exterior), industrial, and heavy-duty protective coatings, paints, and stains under such brand names as Diamond Vogel and Van Sickle. Its Old Masters unit makes stains, varnishes, pickling, and other wood care products. Diamond-Vogel Paint sells its products through about 70 company-owned stores, primarily in the midwestern and southwestern US. The company's stores also sell home decorating products such as wallpaper and window treatments. Diamond-Vogel Paint, which was founded by Dutch immigrant Andrew Vogel in 1926, is owned and managed by the third generation of the Vogel family.

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