Whether they're building skyscrapers or tunnels, Sika furnishes its customers with construction chemicals and the raw materials to make concrete. Primarily a specialty chemicals company (adhesives, coatings, and sealants) serving the construction industry, Sika also makes concrete and mortar for the manufacturing sector, and flooring and acoustic products for the automotive industry. Its consumer products are marketed under brands including Sikaflex, Sikabond, and Sikafloor. Sika has about 90 units operating in more than 70 countries and is organized into two divisions: construction (by far the larger of the two, accounting for nearly three-quarters of sales) and industry. Sika Corporation is its US presence.

ADA-ES, Inc. provides environmental technologies and specialty chemicals to the coal-burning utility industry in the United States. The company supplies powdered activated carbon injection systems, mercury measurements, and services related to emission control for coal-fired boilers used in electric generation. It also processes and manufactures activated carbon (AC) and interim sources of AC for mercury control applications. The company, through a joint venture with NexGen Refined Coal, LLC, also engages in the development and marketing of refined coal technology that reduces emissions of nitrogen oxides and mercury from certain treated coals.Further, it sells flue gas conditioning equipment and chemicals, and other chemicals and technologies for coal-fired boilers, as well as offers consulting services that assist utilities in planning and implementing strategies to meet new government emission standards requiring reductions in sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, particulates, and mercury. Additionally, the company is developing technologies for power plants to address issues related to the emissions of carbon dioxide. ADA-ES, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Littleton, Colorado.

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited (SPC), located in Jinshan District of Shanghai, is one of the largest refining-chemical integrated petrochemical companies in China. It is one of the subsidiaries of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.). It is also currently one of the most important domestic producers of refined oil products, intermediate petrochemicals, synthetic resins and synthetic fibers.SPC grew out of Shanghai Petrochemical Complex which was founded in 1972. In 1993, as an experimental unit, by standardized SOE restructuring, SPC became the first Chinese listed company with its shares listed on the Stock Exchange of Shanghai, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the Stock Exchange of New York with a total share number of 7.2 billion, including 4.0 billion non-floating A shares held by Sinopec Corp., accounting for 55.56£¥ of the total shares; 150 million non-floating legal person A shares, accounting for 2.08£¥ of the total shares; 720 million domestic ordinary A shares, accounting for 10£¥ of the total shares; 2.33 billion oversea H shares, accounting for 32.36£¥ of the total shares.

Samsung Total Petrochemicals sticks to the basics. The company manufactures building block chemicals that go into the making of a host of other chemicals needed to make the stuff we can use. It starts with a naphtha cracker, yielding propylene and ethylene, which are the raw materials in the production of all manner of polymers. Samsung Total divides its operations in three: polymer production (polyethylene, polypropylene, high- and low-density polyethylene), base chemicals (selling the ethylene and propylene the company doesn't use itself, as well as aromatics used to make the materials that go into synthetic fibers), and petrochemicals like solvents and liquefied petroleum gases (propane, butane, etc.).

Hawkeye Energy Holdings sure hopes you have. Operating through affiliates Hawkeye Renewables, Hawkeye Growth, and Hawkeye Gold, the ethanol maker runs two production facilities in Iowa from which it produces approximately 215 million gallons annually. Like most ethanol producers, Hawkeye Energy also markets distiller grains (a by-product of the manufacturing process) as animal feed. Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) acquired 80% of the company, formerly called Iowa Falls Ethanol Plant, in 2006.

Cray Valley beats Kellogg's any day -- the French company can boast of four scoops of resins. Cray Valley, along with affiliates Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) and Sartomer, forms the worldwide resins business for TOTAL's chemicals division. It manufactures structural, coatings, hydrocarbon, and powder resins. Among the end products Cray Valley's resins find themselves in are inks, varnishes, paints, adhesives, and gel coats. The company has manufacturing plants in Africa, Asia, and throughout Europe. Since TOTAL joined together Cray Valley, CCP, and Sartomer in 1990 the company has grown its business through successive international acquisitions.

Verenium Corporation engages in the development and production of specialty enzyme products, and production and commercialization of biofuels. It operates in two segments, Biofuels and Specialty Enzymes. The Biofuels segment focuses on the production and commercialization of biofuels, primarily ethanol from cellulosic biomass. The Specialty Enzymes segment develops enzymes for use in alternative fuels, specialty industrial processes, and animal nutrition and health markets. Its products include Fuelzyme—LF, an alpha amylase enzyme, designed to improve the efficiency and economics of ethanol production from corn and other grain, or starch sources; Purifine enzyme for biodiesel applications; Amylase-T Transgenic Corn Amylase; Purifine for edible nutritional oils; Luminase for pulp and paper processing; Phyzyme XP; Quantum phytase; Bayovac SRS that is designed to prevent disease in farmed Atlantic salmon; and Phytase-T, which supplements Quantum phytase.The company has strategic collaborations with Syngenta AG for the discovery and development of a range of novel enzymes; Bunge Oils, Inc. to discover and develop novel enzymes for the production of edible oil products; Cargill Health and Food Technologies to discover and develop novel enzymes for the production of a proprietary Cargill product; BASF AG to develop biocatalytic enzymes; Danisco Animal Nutrition to identify and develop a novel phytase enzyme; Bayer Animal Health to develop and market products to prevent infectious diseases in fish; and BP for the production of cellulosic ethanol from non-food feed stocks. It operates in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The company was formerly known as Diversa Corporation and changed its name to Verenium Corporation in June 2007 as a result of the merger with Celunol Corp. Verenium Corporation was founded in 1992 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Floridienne, originally named for its mining activities in Florida, now focuses on inorganic chemistry, food, and the life sciences. The holding company's agro-food division specializes in French seafood, snails, and truffles, as well as international food products. The company's chemical unit focuses in making zinc, lead, nickel, cadmium, and bismouth salts. In addition, Floridienne develops enterprises in the biotechnological, food-processing, and chemical industries through its life sciences division.

KMG Chemicals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals principally in the United States and internationally. It offers high purity wet process chemicals that are used to clean and etch silicon wafers in the production of semiconductors. The company also provides penta blocks, flakes, and solutions, as well as a byproduct of penta production that are used primarily to treat electric and telephone utility poles, protecting them from mold, mildew, fungus, and insects. In addition, KMG Chemicals sells creosote products as wood preservatives for railroad crossties and utility poles. Further, it offers animal health pesticides, including oral larvicides, ear tags, sprays, and dust products to protect cattle, swine, and poultry from flies and other pests. The company markets its pesticide products under the trade names of Avenger, Rabon, Ravap, Patriot, and Annihilator. It has a strategic partnership with AGRI Laboratories Ltd. to provide sales, marketing, and technical support for the company’s animal insecticide product line. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Effective technology has helped EFTEC market its products. Founded in 1985 as a joint venture between EMS-CHEMIE and H.B. Fuller's automotive division, EFTEC manufactures sealants, adhesives, and coatings for use by OEMs in the automotove industry. The company also supplies products to the automotive after-market for repairs, and to the bus and train industries. EFTEC has locations throughout Asia, Europe, and the US (through EFTEC North America). In 2007 EMS bought out Fuller's half of the joint venture for $80 million.

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