METabolic EXplorer has the answer. As producer of alternative industrial chemicals, METabolic offers about a dozen bio-based chemicals to industrial companies that traditionally use petrochemicals to manufacture products. The company's chemical production involves fermentation, a process that uses bacteria to turn plant materials into chemicals. Its products simulate petrochemicals traditionally derived from crude oil and other fossil fuels. A global distributor, METabolic's customers include companies that make paints, polyester fibers, plastics, animal feed, antifreeze, and other products.

Landec Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of temperature-activated and other specialty polymer products for various food products, agricultural products, and licensed partner applications in the United States. The company’s polymer products are based on its proprietary Intelimer polymers, which could be customized to abruptly change their physical characteristics when heated or cooled through a pre-set temperature switch. It operates in three segments: Food Products Technology, Commodity Trading, and Technology Licensing. The Food Products Technology segment markets and packs produced and specialty packaged fresh-cut vegetables utilizing fresh-cut produce processing technology and access to specialty packaged produce products to distribute in the retail grocery chains, club stores, and to the foodservice industry. The Commodity Trading segment involves in the purchase and sale of primarily whole commodity fruit and vegetable products to Asia. The Technology Licensing segment licenses and supplies Intellicoat, a proprietary seed coating technology to the farming industry, as well as Intelimer polymers technology for personal care products and other industrial products. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

C.P. Pokphand Co. (CPP) is the Chinese arm of Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Group. The company's products include animal feed additives (chlortetracycline and hydrochloride chlortetracycline, which are broad-spectrum antibiotics), made at its Huazhong Chia Tai and Pucheng Chia Tai subsidiaries. Its Northern Ek Chor unit manufactures Dayang brand of cub-style motorcycles, scooters, bicycles, and tricycles). Its Shanjiang Deni Carburetor joint venture manufactures motorcycle and auto carburetors, along with automotive accessories. In addition, through its ECI-Metro operations, the company is a dealer for Caterpillar products, offering sales, leasing, and repair for the heavy-equipment manufacturer's products.

The Aditya Birla Management Corporation subsidiary produces chemical products including chlor-alkali, epoxy, fluorine chemicals, peroxides, phosphates, and sulphites. Aditya Birla handles manufacturing at nine facilities -- four in India and five in Thailand -- and exports its products to about 60 countries. Food, textiles, electronics, composites, leather, plastics, and automobiles are among the industries that use Aditya Birla chemicals in their manufacturing applications.

Hanwha Chemical Corporation emerged, along with its home country's industrial economy, in the early 1960s. Today the diversified South Korean chemical company manufactures polyethylene (for industrial films and packaging products), PVC (pipes, cable insulation, and hoses), and caustic soda (used by the pulp, paper, and petroleum industries). Hanwha has also entered new business areas such as environmental and electronic materials, including water-soluble resins, wastewater treatment technology, and semiconductor slurry.

KiON isn't the new low-budget, high-mileage car out of Detroit; it's an old high-performance polysilazane-based resin manufacturer north of Philadelphia. The company's resins are used in coatings, electronics, and ceramics, and by the defense industry. Polysilazane resins are intermediates composed of alternating silicon and nitrogen atoms. The company was established in 1987 as Commodore Polymer Technologies. Swiss specialty chemical company Clariant, looking to bolster its own polysilazane manufacturing operations, acquired KiON in early 2006 from previous owners Blum Technology Trust.

Interplastic Corporation has been an industry leader in thermoset resin, gel coat and colorant research, design and development since 1959. Our chemists and engineers work closely with Interplastic’s customers and suppliers to develop innovative solutions for product, manufacturing, and marketplace challenges. Our goal is to help composites and cast polymer manufacturers build better, longer-lasting products.Interplastic has strategically placed itself to meet the diversified needs of its customers by expanding its manufacturing capabilities and by investing in product research. Our five full-service product development laboratories are located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; Fort Wright, Kentucky; Hawthorne, California; and South Bend, Indiana. All manufacturing facilities and laboratories are ISO 9001:2000 certified. The Minneapolis, Ft. Wright, Pryor, Kent, and Hawthorne facilities are also ISO 14001:2004 certified.

CRC Industries is well equipped for tune-ups of all kinds. The company manufactures lubricants, corrosion inhibitors, and cleaners for maintenance and repair applications. It serves the automotive, industrial, electrical, marine, and aviation markets. Among the company's brand names are Sta-Lube, Marykate, and K&W. Based in Pennsylvania, the company maintains international operating divisions in Canada and Mexico as well as in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region. Investment management fund Berwind Group has owned CRC since 1981.

Nufarm UK, a subsidiary of Australian crop protection manufacturer Nufarm Limited, specializes in producing herbicides. In addition to a broad array of phenoxyacetic and phenoxy propionic herbicides, Nufarm UK makes other crop protection and related agricultural chemicals, including fungicides, pesticides, adjuvant oils, and growth regulators. Products include herbicides Lentipur and Nu-shot and fungicides Difcor and Solace. It serves the UK and Irish markets. In 2009 Nufarm acquired A H Marks, greatly adding to its operations in the UK.

Morre-Tec Industries can bring home the bacon or fry it up in the pan. (If, by bacon, you mean bromine- and chlorine-based chemicals.) Not only does the New Jersey company distribute chemicals through its partnerships with ICL Industrial Products and others, but Morre-Tec also manufactures its own line of specialty chemicals. Through it divisions Extracts & Ingredients, JEDCO Adhesives, and Repackaging Services Corporation, Morre-Tec also manufactures adhesives and solvents and imports chemicals for the food and cosmetics industries. The company was formed in 1987.

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