Jones-Blair makes coatings with a Southern accent. That is, y'all, it makes industrial and construction coatings and epoxies from its US locations in Louisiana, Texas, and Tennessee and its one Canadian service center in Alberta.The company's high-performance industrial coatings division makes acrylic-urethane, alkyd, and acrylic coatings for decorative and protective applications, including automotive manufacturing, oil-field service, imaging, signs, and woodworking. Jones-Blair's Neogard division produces elastomeric coatings (waterproofing and roof, floor, and wall coating systems) used in construction.

Scapa Group thrives in sticky situations. The company makes technical adhesive tapes and films used by the automotive, aerospace, graphic arts, sports, electronics, industrial assembly, and medical markets. Scapa's commercial customers use its technical tapes for assembly and repair, protection, insulation, and identification. Specific uses range from medical bandages to shin guard protection for hockey players to electronic component assembly. The Acutek International subsidiary is a medical products manufacturer specializing in adhesive components. Scapa has rid itself of most noncore operations to focus on tapes.

North American Composites (NAC) comes in. A business unit of resins maker Interplastic Corporation, NAC distributes composites and cast polymers that act as reinforcing fibers for a resins mixture. NAC's two dozen distribution locations form a distribution network that stretches throughout the US and Canada.

Chemspec International Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of chemical compounds in the People’s Republic of China. It offers fluorinated specialty chemicals that are used in the manufacture of thin film transistor liquid crystal displays, and other electronics products, such as semiconductors. The company also supplies fluorinated specialty chemicals to pharmaceutical companies for use in various drugs, such as anti-depressants, diabetes medications, antibiotics, and pain killers; and to agrochemical companies. It sells its products directly to end users, as well as to trading companies. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

Dry ice blasting sounds like a pseudo-sport any adolescent male could enthusiastically get behind, but for Cold Jet, it's serious business. The firm makes dry ice blasting equipment used in industrial cleaning applications. Dry ice blasting can remove ink, glue, oil, paint, mold, and rubber from industrial equipment. Cold Jet was established in 1981, alongside the company's creation of its "Cryoblast" dry ice blast machine. The company operates in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Canada, and Mexico. It boasts Cold Jet Deutschland GmbH and Cold Jet Europe bvba. The company has expanded its products portfolio with the i?MicroClean and Cold Jet After Cooler items.

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;

ICC Chemical Corporation Company Profile ICC Chemical Corporation has a quick cure for manufacturers' chemical dependencies. The company acts as the international trading arm of parent ICC Industries, which manufactures chemicals, plastics, and pharmaceuticals. ICC Chemical markets products such as petrochemicals; plastic resins and raw materials; organic, inorganic, and specialty chemicals; performance products; and pharmaceutical and food ingredients. It has bulk storage and warehouse locations throughout the US, as well as a fleet of trucks, railcars, and isocontainers. ICC Chemical has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

It's not overly touch-feely, but Dynea can be considered an expert on bonding. The company's primary products are resins for adhesives, most of which are used as a bonding agent in the manufacture of particle board, plywood, and oriented strand board (OSB). Its adhesives also are used in wood veneers, kitchen cabinets, furniture, and structural wood products such as joists. Dynea also produces resins used in industrial and decorative paper overlays. The company sells mainly to customers in Europe and Asia. It operates 40 manufacturing facilities in more than 20 countries. Two funds controlled by investment firm Industri Kapital control 90% of Dynea.

Where does Barbie get her red lips and blue eyes? From the color-loving folks at Coatings Resource Corporation (CRC). The company makes paints, lacquers, and varnishes for use on metal and wood products, as well as injectable colorants, blowing agents, processing aids, UV stabilizers, and anti-oxidants used on various types of plastics. The company's products are used in automotive interiors, consumer electronics, and sporting goods in addition to toys. President Edwin Laird founded Coatings Resource in 1976 and sold it to international coatings giant PPG in 2007.

CRI Catalyst Company is part of CRI/Criterion Inc., the global catalyst technology company of the Shell Group. CRICC operates research laboratories, development facilities, manufacturing plants and business units throughout the world.It is dedicated to providing a broad customer base with effective and cost-efficient catalysts and technologies. CRI has a range of products with specific focus on environmental applications, hydrogen separation and recovery, selective oxidation and hydrogenation, dehydrogenation and the production of renewable fuels.

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