Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. engages in the production, distribution, and marketing of ethanol and related by-products in the United States. It also involves in grain warehousing and marketing; selling and related services of agronomy and petroleum products; and marketing and distribution of company-produced and third-party ethanol and distillers grains. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

Superior Oil Company, Inc. is owned by members of its management team. Despite the name, Superior Oil actually distributes industrial products and provides chemical and waste services. Superior's solvents and chemicals division supplies manufacturers of paints and coatings, pharmaceuticals, fabricated metal products, and adhesives. The fiberglass and resins unit sells to clients that make products ranging from parts for recreational vehicles to bathtubs and showers. Superior Oil also provides blending, solvent reclamation, and hazardous waste removal services. The company has nine stocking facilities and a fleet of trucks, trailers, and tankers.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, as well as a major North American chemical manufacturer. We are the fourth-largest U.S. oil and gas company, based on market capitalization of $48.6 billion at year-end 2008, with more than 10,000 employees and 20,000 contractors on four continents.Oxy is committed to respecting the environment, maintaining safety and upholding high standards of social responsibility throughout the company's worldwide operations. Oxy's success is built on technical expertise, business acumen, strong partnerships and proven ability to deliver superior results.OxyChem is a leading North American manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins, chlorine, calcium chloride and caustic soda – key building blocks for a variety of indispensable products such as plastics, pharmaceuticals and water treatment chemicals. OxyChem is the largest U.S. merchant marketer of both chlorine and its co-product caustic soda, and the world’s largest producer of caustic potash and calcium chloride. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada and Latin America. OxyVinyls offers a full product line of PVC resins suitable for most vinyl production applications and maintains the highest quality standards in its manufacturing plants, all of which are ISO 9002 certified. Its reliable manufacturing operations lead the industry with an integrated raw material position. The resulting low-cost production position enables us to supply customers consistently, even through major swings in the commodity business cycle.

Kyzen -- derived from the Japanese word "kaisan," which means continuous improvement -- is trying to improve the performance of electronics with its specialty cleaning products. The company offers environmentally safer cleaning chemicals (alternatives to ozone depleting chemicals) for semiconductor, optics, and aerospace components, including aluminum tubes, electronic assemblies, medical implants, optical lenses, silicon wafers, and solid rocket motors for the space shuttle. Its Metalnox products are solvents that are specially formulated to remove tough soils used in metal finishing; Optisolv is a line of chemical cleaners for glass and plastics. Kyzen sells via a direct sales force to customers worldwide.

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.

Arch Chemicals, Inc., a biocides company, provides chemistry-based and related solutions to destroy and control the growth of harmful microbes in the United States and internationally. Its Treatment Products segment manufactures and sells chlorine-based and non-chlorine-based products and equipment for the sanitization and treatment of residential and commercial pool and spa water, drinking water, and water used in industrial applications. It also offers personal care and industrial biocides that control dandruff on the scalp and the growth of micro-organisms, such as fungi and algae; and biocides for anti-bacterial applications. In addition, this segment produces wood treatment chemical solutions that protect wood against rot, fungal decay, or termites and other insects; and provides industrial or consumer-applied products for the surface decoration and protection of wood, including stains, polyester-based, and polyurethane-based coatings, and water-based coatings.The company’s Performance Products segment manufactures and sells urethane intermediate products, such as specialty polyols, which are used as ingredients for elastomers, adhesives, coatings, sealants, and rigid foam; glycols and glycol ethers for use as ingredients in cleaners, personal care products, and antifreeze; and flexible polyols. This segment also supplies hydrazine hydrates and hydrazine derivatives used as chemical blowing agents, water treatment chemicals, agricultural products, and pharmaceutical intermediates, as well as for use as fuel in satellites, expendable launch vehicles, and auxiliary and emergency power units. Arch Chemicals, Inc. serves pool and spa retailers, consumer product companies, big box retailers, furniture manufacturers, chemical and equipment distributors, wood treaters, sawmills, other chemical manufacturers, and the United States’ government. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.

LANXESS Corporation's synthetic rubber products are used by the tire, auto, and industrial goods industries, while its plastics are marketed toward makers of medical and electronic communications products. LANXESS Corp.'s largest unit is its performance chemicals division, which supplies the textiles, pharmaceutical, and automobile industries, among others. The company's other units are perormance polymers (the synthetic rubber operations) and advanced intermediates (basic and fine chemicals). Subsidiaries include Rhein Chemie (rubber chemicals), Sybron Chemicals (ion exchange resins), and Saltigo (fine, agro-, and pharmaceutical chemicals). Parent company LANXESS AG was spun off from Bayer in 2004.

Custom Building Products (CBP) likes to hold things together. The producer of tile-setting grout and adhesives makes such products as epoxies, cement, household and industrial glues, sealants, acrylic resins, clay mortars, putties, and latex, as well as gypsum products and concrete repair products. The company also offers installation tools, cleaning and maintenance equipment, and a library of how-to-do-it and other resource materials. The company manufactures and distributes its wares from about a dozen locations in North America. Its customers include architects, contractors, dealers, distributors, and do-it-yourselfers. CBP was founded in 1964 by Thomas Peck and Mike Bilek.

It's not just nuts and bolts that hold your car together. It's also products like EFTEC North America's adhesives and sealants that are responsible for bonding together the myriad parts of an automobile. The company and its sister, EFTEC AG, provide sealants, adhesives, and coatings to the auto industry. Other operations include the manufacture of mineral wool, waxes, PVC products, and elastomers. EFTEC North America's customers include Audi, General Motors, and Mercedes-Benz. The two EFTECs existed as a joint venture between EMS-CHEMIE and H.B. Fuller until 2007 when EMS bought out Fuller's portion of the JV.

Rogers Corporation develops, manufactures, and distributes specialty material-based products and components for fabricators and contract manufacturers that produce components and products for original equipment manufacturers OEMs worldwide. Its Printed Circuit Materials segment offers rigid circuit board laminates for high frequency printed circuits and flexible circuit board laminates for flexible interconnections. This segment offers these products primarily to printed circuit board manufacturers and equipment manufacturers for applications in the computer, portable communication device, communications infrastructure, aerospace and defense, and consumer markets.The company’s High Performance Foams segment offers urethane foams and silicone materials to fabricators, distributors, and OEMs for applications in consumer electronics, mass transit, aerospace, and defense and other markets. This segment’s foams are used for making high performance gaskets and seals in vehicles, portable communications devices, computers, and peripherals; cushion insole materials for footwear and related products; healthcare and medical materials for body cushioning and orthotic appliances; and R/bak compressible printing plate backing and mounting products for cushioning flexographic plates for printing on packaging materials; and silicone foams for making flame retardant gaskets and seals in communications, aircraft, trains, cars and trucks markets, as well as for shielding extreme temperature or flame. Its Custom Electrical Components segment provides power distribution components, and electroluminescent lamps and inverters for the ground transportation and portable communication device markets. The company’s Other Polymer Products segment offers elastomer components, nonwoven composite materials, and thermal management products, as well as engages in the resale of flexible circuit material products. Rogers Corporation was founded in 1832 and is based in Rogers, Connecticut.

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