Treibacher Industries' chemical and metallurgy business is elemental. Its Steel and Foundry Products unit manufactures noble alloys like vanadium and molybdenum, while the Recycling division takes care of industrial metals that result as waste product from the first unit (recycling vanadium, nickel, and molybdenum). Treibacher's High Performance Materials division produces carbide powders used to manufacture tools and electrical parts, and the company's Rare Earths and Chemicals unit's products are used to manufacture batteries, electronics, ceramics, and catalysts. Treibacher has a subsidiary in Slovenia and a sales unit in Canada.

MetoKote wants its many customers to say "protective coatings -- me too." The manufacturer provides protective coating applications such as electrocoating, powder coating, and liquid painting. Its equipment division manufactures process lines and support equipment like building racks, carriers, shipping pallets, and part containers. MetoKote services customers primarily in the automotive, agricultural and construction equipment, and appliance and furniture manufacturing industries. It operates more than 150 coating systems from more than 40 manufacturing facilities in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the UK, and the US. Other services include labeling, specialty packaging, and subassembly.

NatureWorks LLC is an independent company wholly owned by Cargill. Dedicated to meeting the world’s needs today without compromising the earth’s ability to meet the needs of tomorrow, NatureWorks LLC is the first company to offer a family of commercially available low carbon footprint polymers derived from 100-percent annually renewable resources with cost and performance that compete with oil-based plastics and fibers. The production of these biopolymers uses less fossil fuel and emits fewer greenhouse gases than conventional polymers. The company applies its proprietary technology to process natural plant sugars to make Ingeo™ biopolymer, which is then used uniquely to make and market finished products under the Ingeo™ brand name.

Polypore International, Inc., a technology filtration company, develops, manufactures, and markets microporous membranes used in separation and filtration processes. The company operates through two segments, Energy Storage and Separations Media. The Energy Storage segment offers polypropylene and polyethylene monolayer and multilayer membrane separators for lithium batteries for the use in personal electronic devices, cordless power tools, and hybrid electric and other electric vehicles. This segment also provides polymer-based membrane separators for lead-acid batteries for the use in transportation and industrial applications comprising automobiles and other motor vehicles, forklifts, submarines, and uninterruptible power supply systems. The Separation Media segment offers healthcare application products, which include polyethersulfone membranes for hemodialysis; polypropylene and polymethylpentene membranes for blood oxygenation; and polypropylene and polyethersulfone membranes for plasmapheresis. This segment also produces membranes and membrane-based elements for micro-filtration and ultra-filtration and gasification/degasification of liquids for the filtration industry. Polypore International sells its products to manufacturers and converters in North America, South America, western Europe, and Asia. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Mosaic Company engages in the production and marketing of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients for the agriculture industry in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Offshore. The Phosphates segment produces phosphate crop nutrients for use in crop nutrients and feed phosphate for animal feed ingredients. The Potash segment produces and sells potash for use as fertilizers and animal feed ingredients, as well as in industrial applications. Potash is also used for de-icing and as a water softener regenerant. The Offshore segment produces and/or markets phosphate-, potash-, and nitrogen-based crop nutrients and animal feed ingredients, as well as operates sales offices, crop nutrient blending and bagging facilities, port terminals, and warehouses. The Mosaic Company sells its products primarily to wholesale distributors, retail chains, cooperatives, independent retailers, and national accounts. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota. The Mosaic Company is a subsidiary of Cargill, Incorporated.

Tredegar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of plastic films, elastics, and laminate materials primarily for personal and household care products, and packaging and surface protection applications. It offers apertured film and nonwoven materials for use in feminine hygiene products, baby diapers, and adult incontinent products; breathable, embossed, and elastic materials that are used as components for baby diapers, adult incontinent products, and feminine hygiene products; and absorbent transfer layers for use in baby diapers and adult incontinent products. The company also provides apertured films, breathable barrier films, and laminates that regulate fluid or vapor transmission for use in industrial, medical, agricultural, and household markets, including disposable mops, facial wipes, and filter layers for personal protective suits, facial masks, and landscaping fabric.The company also produces a range of packaging films for paper products; and laminating films for food packaging applications. In addition, it produces single and multi-layer surface protection films for use in protecting components of flat panel displays and liquid crystal display televisions during the manufacturing process. Tredegar has operations in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Netherlands, Hungary, China, Italy, and Brazil. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Bayer MaterialScience's parent company, the Bayer Group, may no longer get most of its money from chemicals and plastics but the unit's share isn't exactly immaterial. Though MaterialScience now ranks behind the health care division of the German conglomerate, with 120 sites throughout the world it still accounts for more than a third of Bayer's annual sales. MaterialScience makes raw materials for adhesives and coatings; it also manufactures plastics, films, and resins. Its products are marketed to the automotive, construction, footwear, sports, and textiles industries, among others.

Rowell Chemical is a Midwest's premier supplier of inorganic acid and alkali compounds. Founded in 1980, Rowell Chemical Corp. has grown its products and services to include chemical manufacturing, repackaging and custom compounding in addition to bulk truckload distribution. Commitment to customer service, quality, safety and value has been the key to Rowell's success. A product of particular note is Sodium Hypochlorite, which is offered in a variety of strengths. We also offer Crystal Hypochlorite, which through a series of special filtering steps produces a bleach solution of extraordinary quality.

Beauty is indeed only skin deep when it comes to laminates, quoth Nevamar. The company specializes in making thin laminates that serve to protect and/or decorate all manner of objects. Nevamar's laminates, high pressure laminates, specialty surfaces, aluminum sheets, and thermofused melamine panels are typically used in such applications as counters, wall panels, office and household furniture, interior doors, table tops, elevator cabs, and vanities. Laminates can mimic more expensive materials such as stone or wood or can be designed with special properties such as chemical resistance, fire resistance, or static dissipation. Panolam Industries acquired Nevamar in 2006.

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.

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