Founded in 1978, Wego is run by partners Bert Eshaghpour and Edward Khalily. Chemical distributor Wego Chemical & Mineral operates throughout the Americas as well as Asia and Europe. Its products include acids, adhesives and sealants, colorants, dyes, pigments, esters, flavors and fragrances, food additives, and intermediates. The company delivers those products to companies operating in the agriculture, cosmetics, detergent, food, mining, pharmaceutical, paper, textile, and water treatment industries. Wego Chemical sources most of its products from Asia, where it owns stakes in manufacturing facilities, taking advantage of less expensive manufacturing costs there.

Depending on plastic for a living can be a bad thing if you're talking about credit cards. For Arkema UK, though, plastic brings it a nice living. The British operations of diversified chemicals maler Arkema, it manufactures all manner of raw materials for plastics (polypropylene, polystyrene, and so on), fertilizers (additives under the brand name Fluidiram), water treatment chemicals (bleach, bactericides, chlorinated chemicals), among others. In addition to marketing and distributing its parent's products, Arkema UK maintains its own manufacturing facility, which produces perlite; Arkema subsidiary Altuglas -- maker of acrylic glass products -- also operates in the UK.

InteliCoat Technologies hopes its specialty coatings are found to be intelligent solutions for its customers' needs. The company manufactures coatings and substrates for use primarily in digital imaging equipment. Its products include dispersion coatings, optically clear films, coated papers, and flexible laminates. InteliCoat's products are sold worldwide under the brand name Magic; it also provides private-label services for OEMs and distributors. Other brand names include Jet Set, for the CAD market, and MagicL饠digital imagine media products. Investment firm Sun Capital Partners owns the company.

Lucite International has its roots firmly planted in plastics. The top producer of acrylic monomers (ahead of Rohm and Haas, Degussa, and Asahi Kasei) with quarter-share of the world market, Lucite International has a history that dates back to the discovery of methyl methacrylate (MMA) by an ICI chemist in 1934 and DuPont's opening of the first US plant three years later. MMA is the main building block of acrylic materials. The company's brand names include Lucite, Perspex, and Lucite Tufcoat. Charterhouse Capital, which had owned 78% of Lucite, first put it up for sale in 2006, meeting with no success. It finally managed to bring off a sale to Mitsubishi Rayon two years later.

Imperium has issued a green edict: We will be the best of the biofuel producers. The company, which intends to be the largest producer of biodiesel in the US, operates a plant in Washington State that converts plant oil into fuel. Biodiesel is a cleaner burning alternative to petroleum. Imperium's customers include oil companies as well as fleet and marine operators, industrial users, and government agencies. Production capacity at the company's facility is 100 million gallons per year. President John Plaza founded Imperium as Seattle Biodiesel in 2004; he owns about 25% of the firm.

WD-40 Company produces and sells lubricants, hand cleaners, and household cleaners worldwide. It primarily offers WD-40, a multi-purpose product, which acts as a lubricant, rust preventative, penetrant, cleaner, and moisture displacer; 3-IN-ONE Oil, a drip oil for household consumers that has applications in the areas of locksmithing, HVAC, marine, farming, construction, and jewelry manufacturing, as well as household consumer applications; and a range of heavy-duty hand cleaner products, including bar soaps and liquid cleaners under the Lava and Solvol brands. The company also provides X-14 line of liquid mildew stain removers, liquid daily shower cleaners, automatic toilet bowl cleaners, and aerosol and liquid all-purpose bathroom cleaners; 2000 Flushes line of automatic toilet bowl cleaners; Carpet Fresh rug and room deodorizers; aerosol and liquid carpet stain removers under the Spot Shot brand name; and homecare and cleaning products under the 1001 brand name. WD-40 Company markets its multi-purpose lubricants and heavy-duty hand cleaners primarily through mass retail and home center stores, warehouse club stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, automotive parts outlets, and industrial distributors and suppliers. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Ribelin Sales distributes additives, containers, extenders, fillers, inks, and pigments to markets that include the adhesives and sealants, construction and building materials, paints, cosmetics, plastics, printing, and textiles industries. It distributes products made by various divisions of chemical giants like 3M, Ashland, BASF, and Rockwood Specialties. The company, which serves much of the Southeast and Southwest, has distribution centers in Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Arizona. Investment group KODA Enterprises owns Ribelin, having acquired it in 2006.

Airgas Canada, based in Calgary, Alberta, is a major respiratory home care service provider and a distributor of specialty gases and welding supplies. We have eight locations that focus on Western Canada.Airgas Canada is committed to providing it's Canadian customers with unmatched product and service offerings through the industry's most comprehensive distribution network.

Borouge Pte Limited sells a lot of plastic. The company is the Asia/Pacific regional sales and marketing arm of polymer manufacturing concern Borouge. Its polyolefin products (polyethylene and polypropylene) are sold to customers that make water, gas, and industrial pipe; packaging; and automotive components. Borouge, the parent company, is a joint venture between Borealis and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.

Two-thirds of the Earth is water, and a lot of that stuff can be a little sketchy, so that's where GE Water and Process Technologies steps into the picture. A unit of GE's Energy Infrastructure segment, GE Water manufactures water treatment chemicals, as well as making pumps, filters, and fluid controls that help purify water, work against corrosion, and prepare waste water for disposal. Desalination technologies and mobile water treatment systems are a research and developmental focus for the company. GE Water is #2 in the water treatment market behind Nalco. It serves beverage makers, the chemical processing industry, pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as the power generation and transportation industries.

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