It's not in Minnesota and it doesn't do any mining either, but at least 3M United Kingdom does accomplish some manufacturing. 3M UK is the British and Irish arm of diversified chemical and consumer products firm 3M Company. Among 3M's product lines are Scotch-brand tape and Post-it Notes. 3M Health Care Ltd., whose business makes up a large component of 3M UK, makes medical equipment and supplies like respirators and drug delivery systems. The company also manufactures abrasives and adhesives. 3M UK is among its parent company's largest international iterations with about 15 locations, including 11 manufacturing facilities.

Start with a strong dose of analytical expertise in organic compounds, add more than a pinch of synthesis, and mix in high quality manufacturing operations. These are the key ingredients that ABITEC says make up its business. Enzyme producer ABITEC's services range from vegetable oil refining to customer-specific ingredients synthesis. In addition to emulsifiers for the food and flavor industries, the company makes oleochemical-based ethoxylates for industrial uses, emollients and emulsifiers for the personal care segment, and excipients for pharmaceutical companies. It is a part of the ingredients unit of Associated British Foods.

ADCO Global would prefer that you seal your windows, doors, and roofs with its line of adhesives and sealants rather than with kisses. Through its worldwide group of subsidiaries -- ADCO Products (US), K?rling (Germany), and Stag (UK) -- ADCO Global provides products for construction, automotive, and specialty industrial markets, serving huge corporations and individual customers. The company operates from eight global locations and sells its products in more than 65 countries. ADCO is controlled by investment firm Aurora Capital.

ADCO Products adheres to its sticky operating mantra. The company, a subsidiary of ADCO Global, manufactures polyurethanes, acrylics, and butyls used in adhesives and sealants for the construction and transportation industries. ADCO's products make adhesives, sealants, tapes, primers, and caulk for the automotive replacement glass, vehicle manufacturing, industrial assembling, and roofing industries. Brand names include TITAN and ADCOTHERM, among others. The company handles ADCO Global's domestic operations.

In times of stress please watch your step around Adhesives Research's products; they're pressure-sensitive. The company manufactures pressure-sensitive adhesives for the medical (for wound care and IV attachments), electronics (used in the assembly stages for mobile devices, hard drives, etc.), industrial (automotive, glass treatment), and splicing (pulp and paper industry) markets. The company manufactures its products on a custom basis, working with customers worldwide. It operates technical design and manufacturing facilities in Colombia, Ireland, and the US. Adhesives Research was founded in 1961 by chairman Erwin Huber.

ADM Tronics Unlimited, Inc., a technology-based company, develops, manufactures, and sells chemical products and electronic products. The company offers a range of products in three areas: chemical products for industrial use; non-invasive electronic medical devices; and cosmetic and topical products. Its chemical product line primarily comprises water-based chemical products, such as primers and adhesives, coatings and resins, and chemical additives, which are used in food packaging and printing industries. ADM Tronics also develops medical devices, based on the Sonotron Technology, to treat subjects suffering from the pain of inflammatory joint conditions and tinnitus. It develops the NCCD device to non-invasively treat neural-cerebral conditions. In addition, the company manufactures and sells electronic controllers for spas and hot tubs. ADM Tronics sells its products directly and through distributors primarily in the United States, Australia, Asia, and Europe. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Northvale, New Jersey.

AECI Limited Company Profile AECI makes chemicals for a range of uses -- from blowing things up to making keeping pests away from your crops. The company, operating through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes explosives, specialty chemicals, and specialty fibers. Its subsidiaries include African Explosives (with business primarily in Africa but expanding worldwide), Chemical Services (or Chemserve, whose products ranging from detergents to mining chemicals to plastics to agricultural chemicals), and SANS Fibres (polyester and nylon fibers). It also operates South African property developer Heartland Properties. AECI had also made decorative coatings, sold under the Dulux name brand, but sold those operations in 2007.

Akzo Nobel Inc. works hard to create the right chemistry. The US subsidiary of Dutch paints and chemicals giant Akzo Nobel N.V., the company develops and makes chemicals, coatings, and health care products. Its chemicals business includes catalysts, functional chemicals, polymers, pulp and paper chemicals, and surfactants. The coatings sector includes car refinishes, decorative coatings, and industrial coatings and finishes. While the parent company is the world's largest coatings maker, its American subsidiary traditionally has been driven by its chemicals business. In 2007 Akzo Nobel sold its pharmaceuticals operations, which included oral contraceptives, antidepressants, and pharmaceutical raw materials.

Akzo Nobel is the world's largest paint maker, but it can do more than paint a pretty picture. The company is also among the world's largest chemical manufacturers and a major salt producer. Akzo Nobel divides its business into three lines. The paints group produces decorative paints and primarily serves Europe and North America. Akzo Nobel's coatings group manufactures marine and protective coatings, packaging coatings, automotive finishes, and industrial coatings. The specialty chemicals unit makes pulp and paper chemicals, functional chemicals (flame retardants, crop nutrients), industrial chemicals (salt and chlor alkalies), surfactants, and specialty starches.

alchimer is a practitioner of high-tech alchemy. The company specializes in chemical coatings used in both microelectronics and biomedical implants. alchimer's electro-grafting technology allows coating solutions (organic, polymer-based films) to be used on conducting and semi-conducting surfaces. alchimer's coatings can be used in such biomedical applications as drug-eluting stents; technological applications include integrated circuit manufacturing. A 2001 spin-off of the Commissariat ࠬ'Energie Atomique, the French government's atomic energy agency, Alchimer is owned by a consortium of private investors that includes AGF Private Equity and Rothschild.

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