Dover Chemical wants product manufacturers to dive into its pool of chemical ingredients. The company makes flame retardants, surfactants, and lubricants for a diverse range of industries, from rubber to personal care products to paints. A subsidiary of ICC Industries, Dover Chemical has manufacturing facilities in its home base of Dover, Ohio, and in Hammond, Indiana; it sells its products throughout the US. It is among the top US manufacturers of chlorinated paraffins, which are used to make flame retardants, and it is major producer of liquid phosphites in North America.

Day International Group helps printing companies tackle their image problems. The company makes image transfer products for the printing industry including offset-printing blankets and sleeves (which transfer ink from printing plates to paper) and pressroom chemicals. Customers include advertising, magazine, newspaper, and packaging printers. In 2007, Day International was acquired by Flint Group, a maker of printing supplies, plates, and inks, and now operates as Flint's specialty product unit. Its current business operations began in 1938 with the production of synthetic roll covers. The company was originally founded in 1905 as the Dayton Rubber Company, a maker of garden hoses and fruit jar sealing rings.

Interstate Chemical Company delivers the goods. Founded in 1968, the company has developed from a small regional chemical distributor to a firm with operations in the northeastern, midwestern, and western US. It operates warehouse and terminal facilities with a total storage capacity of more than 15 million gallons, as well as a fleet of company-owned tractor-trailers (more than 200 trucks, trailers, and tankers). Services include barge terminaling, custom chemical blending, food and pharmaceutical packaging, and liquid packaging. Interstate Chemical also provides intermediate bulk containers to its customers.

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.

Continental Carbon sees a red door and wants it painted black. Founded in 1936, the company manufactures carbon black from three plants in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas. It has marketing and distribution operations in other areas of the US, and it has a carbon black manufacturing subsidiary in India. Continental Carbon produces nearly 20 different grades of carbon black that are used for tires and other rubber and plastic products. The company is owned by China Synthetic Rubber Corporation.

Wellman makes PET (polyethylene terephthalate) packaging resins used in soft-drink bottles and other food and beverage packaging. It ranks among the largest PET makers worldwide, along with INVISTA and Eastman Chemical. In 2008 Wellman filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and emerged the next year, owned by a collection of former debt holders. Following that, the company sold a manufacturing facility that made polyester fibers for the textile industry, recycled polyester and nylon fibers (from reclaimed plastic bottles and film) used in furniture and bedding, and recycled engineering resins for injection molding purposes.

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc., through its subsidiary, Kraton Polymers LLC, produces styrenic block copolymers (SBC) for use in industrial and consumer applications worldwide. Its primary product lines include unhydrogenated SBCs, hydrogenated SBCs, isoprene rubber, isoprene rubber latex, and compounds. The company’s products are used in various end-use markets, including advanced materials; adhesives, sealants, and coatings; and paving and roofing. Its products have applications in soft touch for consumer products, such as tooth brushes and razor blades; power tools; impact resistant engineering plastics;

George S. Coyne Chemical. The company distributes industrial chemicals (for pharmaceuticals, food, and cosmetics), consumer products (pool chemicals, de-icing chemicals, solar salt), and metal finishing and plating chemicals, primarily in the northeastern US. Coyne Chemical also provides related valued-added services, such as warehousing, custom blending and packaging, and environmental consulting. It operates four locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The company was formed in 1868 by George Coyne and is operated by the founder's descendants.

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.

Tata Chemicals Limited Company Profile At one time salt drove the world's commerce; it still makes up a good bit of the business at Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL). Tata Salt owns a more than 40% share in India's branded salt market, and the company's soda ash business is also tops in the country, controlling nearly a third of India's market. Tata Chemicals divides its business in two segments: Inorganic Chemicals (soda ash, salt, and caustic soda) and Fertilizers (primarily urea and phsophatic fertilizers). A member of the Tata Group, the company operates India's largest inorganic chemical complex in Mithapur. TCL's products end up in such diverse products as salt licks for cattle, fertilizers, cement, glass, processed steel, and detergents.

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