The company is Europe's largest chemical distributor (ahead of Univar) and among the top three in the US (along with the likes of Ashland); it also ranks as the top distributor in Latin America. From its 400 locations in 60 countries, Brenntag offers lab services (blending, compounding, preparation), storage, and logistics activities. Among the companies whose products Brenntag supplies are global giants like Arkema, BASF, and Yara. Its industrial and specialty chemicals serve the oil and gas, cosmetics, coatings, plastics, mining, and pulp and paper industries. Brenntag went public in 2010.

Teknor Apex is no retread. At least not any longer. Founded in 1924 as a tire distributor and retreader, Teknor Apex has sold off those assets to concentrate on chemicals, plastic, and rubber. The company has seven divisions that provide chemicals (plasticizers and toll compounding), garden hoses, rubber (custom mixing and molding of rubber compounds), specialty compounding (custom thermoplastic compound manufacturing and toll compounding of plastics), color concentrates for plastics (Teknor Color Company), thermoplastic elastomers, and vinyl (custom PVC compounds). The founding Fain family owns a controlling interest.

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.

Hawkins, Inc. manufactures, blends, and distributes bulk and specialty chemicals. It operates through two segments, Industrial and Water Treatment. The Industrial segment provides industrial chemicals, products, and services to agriculture, energy, electronics, food, chemical processing, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, medical device, and plating industries. This segment also offers acids, alkalis, and industrial and food-grade salts; and distributes various chemicals in bulk, including liquid caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, potassium hydroxide, and aqua ammonia. In addition, this segment manufactures sodium hypochlorite and agricultural products, as well as food-grade products, including Cheese-Phos liquid phosphate, lactates, and other blended products; repackages water treatment chemicals; and performs custom blending of chemicals for customers according to customer formulas. The Water Treatment Segment provides equipment, chemicals, and solutions for potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, and non-residential swimming pool water. Hawkins, Inc. was founded in 1938 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

It's not just nuts and bolts that hold your car together. It's also products like EFTEC North America's adhesives and sealants that are responsible for bonding together the myriad parts of an automobile. The company and its sister, EFTEC AG, provide sealants, adhesives, and coatings to the auto industry. Other operations include the manufacture of mineral wool, waxes, PVC products, and elastomers. EFTEC North America's customers include Audi, General Motors, and Mercedes-Benz. The two EFTECs existed as a joint venture between EMS-CHEMIE and H.B. Fuller until 2007 when EMS bought out Fuller's portion of the JV.

Chevron and Phillips Petroleum (now ConocoPhillips) formed 50-50 joint venture Chevron Phillips Chemical Company in 2000. Among the largest US petrochemical firms, the company produces ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, and polypropylene -- sometimes used as building blocks for the company's other products such as pipe. Chevron Phillips Chemical also produces aromatics such as benzene and styrene, specialty chemicals such as acetylene black (a form of carbon black), and mining chemicals. The company has several petrochemicals joint ventures in the Middle East, including Saudi Chevron Phillips Company (50%) and Qatar Chemical Company (not quite 50%).

Textile Rubber & Chemical Company (TRCC) doesn't want to pull the rug out from under your feet. It prefers to make that rug stronger and more comfortable. The company manufactures a number of rubber, latex, and polyurethane compounds that are used to make backings for rugs and carpets; as the raw ingredients in textile, rubber, and plastic products; and as additives for asphalt surfaces. TRCC operates on five continents and maintains 13 operating divisions and subsidiaries, including Perpetual Machine Company (maker of carpet finishing equipment), Tiarco (latex chemicals manufacturer), and XL Brands (maker of floor covering adhesives and carpet care products).

Fuchs Lubricants Co. is the U.S. operating unit of the Fuchs Worldwide Group, the largest independent manufacturer of specialty lubricants in the world.Fuchs provides high quality lubricants and services to a wide range of American industry - from underground mines to pharmaceutical manufacturers to makers of complex metal components such as automotive, appliance and aerospace manufacturers. Fuchs is constantly developing new products to meet the ever-changing demands of modern industry.

Florikan E.S.A. Corporation Company Profile Ask a horticulturist who can, and the answer just may be, "Florikan." The company, founded as Florikan E.S.A. (Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture) Corporation, provides professional horticultural products that range from biological pest control products and soil amendments to greenhouse coverings and nursery containers. It is also a distributor of Nutricote controlled-release fertilizers and products made by ITML Horticultural Products Inc. (Canada). Florikan serves the southeastern US from its offices in Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana. Ed and Betty Rosenthal, respectively serving as the company's president and CEO and its CFO, founded Florikan in 1982.

Exxon Mobil, is among the world's top chemical companies. ExxonMobil Chemical ranks #1 or #2 in making many petrochemicals, including benzene and toluene, as well as polyolefins such as polypropylene (PP) and high-density and linear low-density polyethylene (HDPE and LLDPE, respectively). The company also is a major producer of olefins (such as ethylene and propylene, used to make polyolefins), aromatics (toluene and xylene used in paints and agrochemicals), and plastics (such as thermoplastic elastomers). ExxonMobil uses its polyolefins to make films for packaging and labeling and also licenses some of its process technology. It operates globally.

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