Innospec Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, blending, and marketing of fuel additives and other specialty chemicals to oil refineries, and other chemical and industrial companies worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Fuel Specialties, Active Chemicals, and Octane Additives. The Fuel Specialties segment develops, manufactures, blends, and markets a range of specialty chemical products used as additives to various fuels. Its products are used in the operation of automotive, marine and aviation engines, power station generators, and heating and diesel particulate filter systems. The Active Chemicals segment provides technology-based solutions for the personal care; household, industrial, and institutional; and fragrance ingredients markets. The Octane Additives segment produces tetra ethyl lead for use in automotive gasoline. Its environmental remediation business assists customers to manage the clean up of the associated redundant plants. The company was formerly known as Octel Corp. and changed its name to Innospec Inc. in January 2006. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Newark, Delaware. Innospec Inc. (NasdaqNM: IOSP) operates independently of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation as of May 22, 1998.

For those interested in the environmentally responsible pursuit of leisure, SeaLife Corporation helps get you there. Its two subsidiaries, SeaLife Marine and ProTerra Technologies, coat your boat and keep your golf course--or your lagoon--green and healthy. SeaLife Marine's antifoul paints are hydroreactive, becoming increasingly smooth when submerged, which gives shell, weed, and algae no place to latch onto. ProTerra's soil conditioner, Soil ResQ, maintains soil with a balance of nutrients, micronutrients, and humus; its Nulagoon product breaks down waste in lagoons. CEO Robert McCaslin owns 15% of the company, while secretary J.P. Heyes owns 14%.

BIP (Oldbury) has been dipping into specialty chemicals since its creation in 1894. The company, formerly BIP Limited (and earlier, British Industrial Plastics Limited), is the oldest polymer material manufacturer in the UK. A pioneer in developing thermoset resins and plastic molding materials, it was the first company to patent urea-formaldehyde resins. BIP now makes molding materials and textile and paper chemicals. It manufactures industrial chemicals such as formaldehyde resins, adhesives, and water-based polyurethanes. It also produces a biodiesel product, BIPSE, from discarded vegetable oils. Welsh company Synthite, a subsidiary of the Tennants Group, acquired BIP in 2004.

TCC operates more than 20 warehouses and provides delivery services to customers throughout the US ; it also has locations in Brazil, Canada, and the Netherlands. The company also offers custom manufacturing services. If you don't know what The Chemical Company (TCC) sells then you probably need to re-take that logic class. (Hint: It starts with a C and rhymes with schmemicals.) The company distributes a wide variety of specialty and commodity chemicals, from phosphates and absorbent polymers to acids and flame retardants. Its chemicals are used in a range of products, including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, plastics, food, and paper.

PMC Global makes Bob the Builder's bubble bath "and" the pipe that drains the suds away. The diversified international company produces memory chips, connectors, film, packaging, plastics, plastic-molding equipment, and specialty chemicals, among other things. It operates through about a dozen specialized divisions such as ASC Group (electronics), Cosrich (children's bath, cosmetics, and toiletry products), PMC Specialties Group (specialty chemicals), and VCF Films (PVC and acrylic films). In 2008 it bought Chemtura's oleochemicals unit. CEO Philip Kamins (who owns the company) founded PMC (Plastic Management Corporation) in 1971 as an outgrowth of a small plastics scrap yard he founded in 1964.

The prognosis for Procter & Gamble Nordic: lots of consumer goods for Scandinavian customers. P&G Nordic carries out the Scandinavian operations of global consumer products giant Procter & Gamble, which opened its first office in the region (in Sweden) in 1969. P&G Nordic brings many of the parent company's top brands to consumers in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Well-known offerings include Olay cosmetics, Pampers diapers, Pringles potato chips, Vicks throat products, Tampax tampons, Pantene and Wella shampoos, and laundry and kitchen cleaning products such as Ajax, Dynamo, and Febreze.

MOX-LINDE group of companies is the leading industrial gas supplier in Malaysia. With more than 60 plants and sites and 17 Gas and Gear nationwide, we specialize in providing total gas solutions to a variety of industries. We manufacture and distribute industrial, special and medical gases, and provide a range of related services including the installation of gas equipment and pipelines and associated engineering services. In addition, we supply packaged chemicals, and welding and consumables products.

AgraQuest sweats the small stuff. The company's proprietary database of more than 23,000 microorganisms is the base for its line of pest control and plant disease-fighting products. AgraQuest's products fight plant pests and diseases with naturally occurring microorganisms that offer environmental advantages over synthetic chemical pesticides and genetically modified crops. The company's product offerings include Serenade, a biofungicide that is approved for use on crops such as grapes, apples, pears, and tomatoes; Rhapsody, a fungicide used in the professional ornamental plant market; and Baritone, a pesticide. AgraQuest has about 20 other natural pest management products in the pipeline.

PolyOne Corporation provides specialized polymer materials with operations in thermoplastic compounds, specialty polymer formulations, color and additive systems, thermoplastic resin distribution, and specialty polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins. It also has equity investments in a manufacturer of caustic soda and chlorine, and a formulator of polyurethane compounds. The company’s International Color and Engineered Materials segment offers color and additive masterbatches, and engineered materials. Its Specialty Engineered Materials segment provides custom plastic compounding services and solutions for processors of thermoplastic materials to various markets, as well as offers a range of thermoplastic elastomer compounds for consumer, packaging, and medical applications. PolyOne’s Specialty Color, Additives, and Inks segment provides specialized color and additive concentrates, as well as inks and latexes. Its Performance Products and Solutions segment offers vinyl compounds, vinyl resins, and specialty coating materials based on vinyl to various manufacturers of plastic parts and consumer-oriented products, as well as offers materials testing and component analysis, custom compound development, colorant and additive, design assistance, structural analyses, process simulations, and extruder screw design services.The company's PolyOne Distribution segment distributes engineering and commodity grade resins to custom injection molders and extruders. PolyOne's Resin and Intermediates segment produces chlorine and caustic soda. The company primarily serves building and construction materials, wire and cable, transportation, durable goods, packaging, electrical and electronics, medical, and telecommunications markets. PolyOne sells its products worldwide through direct sales personnel, sales agents, and distributors. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio.

Spur Ventures is involved in phosphate mining and phosphate fertilizer manufacturing in a joint venture with Hubei Yichang Phosphate Chemical in China. The Canadian company, which holds a majority interest in the venture, produces NPK fertilizer -- a compound containing nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium -- in China's central province of Hubei. Spur Ventures also operates a phosphoric acid plant in Yichang, which has the capacity to produce 60,000 tons of phosphoric acid per year and will be used to supply the joint venture's fertilizer plant.

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