ADEKA serves the chemically dependent. The company's sales come primarily from producing chemicals including caustic soda (used in soap and paper), oleochemicals, additives for resins and polymers, and electronic materials. Founded in 1917 as a part of the Furukawa Group, ADEKA expanded into margarine in 1929 and now also makes shortening, mayonnaise, and raw food materials, among other food items. Independent now, ADEKA operates primarily in Japan, but also has business throughout Asia as well as in France, Germany, and the US.

DNT doesn't provide TNT, but it does supply its customers with a variety of other volatile substances. The company, which does business as E.W. Kaufmann, distributes specialty chemicals and equipment throughout the northeastern US from warehouses in Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. E.W. Kaufmann began as a sales representative organization in 1956; the employee-owned company now distributes chemicals from some 30 different manufacturers. Its suppliers include BASF, Huntsman, and Reichhold. Subsidiary E.W. Kaufmann Services provides storage and transportation tanks and maintenance and installation services.

O'Sullivan Films is making its comeback. Formerly O'Sullivan Corporation, the company was sold to The Geon Company (a predecessor of PolyOne) in 1999. In 2007 the new entity, branded O'Sullivan Films, reemerged from PolyOne's divestiture of its Engineered Films business unit. Jointly owned by management and an investor group formed by Matrix Capital, the firm provides customized polymer films used in applications such as automotive instrument and door panels, flooring, wall coverings, and pool liners. In addition, O'Sullivan offers film-finishing technologies including embossing, laminating, and painting. Its customers serve global auto makers like Ford, General Motors, Honda, and Toyota.

H. M. Royal is distinguished in its ability to distribute chemicals throughout the US. The company's products include pigments, reinforcements, fire retardants and smoke suppressants, plasticizers, polymers, and performance additives. It serves customers including manufacturers, compounders, and formulators in the plastic, rubber, protective coating, adhesive, and sealant industries. H. M. Royal's suppliers include Albemarle, DuPont, and Dow. The company operates distribution facilities in New Jersey and California and provides warehousing services across the US through affiliates.

Darling International Inc. provides rendering, recycling, and recovery solutions to the food industry worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Rendering and Restaurant Services. The Rendering segment collects and processes animal by-products, including hides from butcher shops, grocery stores, food service industry, and meat and poultry processors; and converts them principally into useable oils and proteins utilized by the agricultural, leather, and oleo-chemical industries. The Restaurant Services segment engages in the collection of used cooking oils from food service establishments and recycling them into similar products, such as animal feed ingredients and industrial oils. This segment also sells grease collection equipment and provides grease trap servicing, as well as schedules services, such as fat and bone and used cooking oil collection, as well as trap cleaning for contracted customers. Darling International sells its products through commodities brokers and company agents, as well as directly to customers. The company was formerly known as Darling-Delaware Company, Inc. and changed its name to Darling International Inc. in December 1993. Darling International Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

If you need pigments that are more than a figment, Holland Colours has hues you can use. The company sells color additives to plastics manufactures for tinting PVC pipes, siding, food and beverage containers, and silicone sealants and to coating and ink makers. It produces colors in micro granules, granules, powders, and liquids mainly at four plants in the Netherlands, Indonesia, Hungary, and the US for customers in more than 70 countries. Colors are mainly available as pigments, pastes, and powders for use in bottles, toys, and industrial paints and plastics, respectively. Holland Colours also provides lab, technical, and R&D support to third parties. Employees own about half the company.

ICO, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures specialty resins and concentrates, and provides specialized polymer processing services. The company offers specialty resins in powder form that are used to manufacture household items, such as toys, household furniture, and trash receptacles; automobile parts; agricultural products, such as fertilizer and water tanks; paints; and metal and fabric coatings. Its concentrate products are primarily used as additives that are blended with resins and then used to produce plastic films. The company also provides toll processing services, including ambient grinding, jet milling, compounding, and ancillary services for resins produced in pellet form and other material. It provides its products and services through 20 operating facilities located in 9 countries primarily in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company also exports its products to Africa and Asia. Its customers include chemical companies, polymer production affiliates of oil exploration and production companies, and manufacturers of plastic products. ICO, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Minerals Technologies Inc. develops, produces, and markets a range of specialty mineral, mineral-based, and synthetic mineral products, as well as supporting systems and services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Specialty Minerals and Refractories. The Specialty Minerals segment engages in the production and sale of synthetic mineral product precipitated calcium carbonate and processed mineral product quicklime, and mines mineral ores, as well as processes and sells natural mineral products, including limestone and talc. This segment’s products are primarily used in the paper, building materials, paint and coatings, glass, ceramic, polymer, food, automotive, and pharmaceutical industries. The Refractories segment manufactures and markets monolithic and shaped refractory materials, and specialty products; services, application, and measurement equipment; and calcium metal and metallurgical wire products. Its products are primarily used in high-temperature applications in the steel, non-ferrous metal, and glass industries. The company markets its products through a direct sales force and distributors. Minerals Technologies Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Willamette Valley makes a wide landscape of synthetic paints, primers, sealers, and adhesives for the wood products industry. It also provides metering, dispensing, and application equipment. The company's divisions include Canadian Willamette, Tapel Willamette (a Chilean coatings subsidiary), Idaho Milling and Grain, and Eclectic Products (adhesives, spackle, and so forth). Willamette Valley has manufacturing operations and subsidiaries in Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Oregon in the US as well as in Canada and Chile; it also provides services to European and Asian customers.

Inolex Chemical Company is a family-owned supplier of specialty chemicals for the lubricant, personal care and cosmetics industries. Inolex′s headquarters is located in Philadelphia, PA.At this Philadelphia site, fatty acids have been produced since the 1800′s, when D.B. Martin Oil and Fats began operations there. Wilson and Company, a major meat packer acquired the business for the first half of the century. In the 1970′s American Can acquired the company as part of a diversification strategy providing an entry for American Can into the chemical business. American Can changed the name to Inolex (Innovation Technology Excellence) in 1974. The present ownership dates back to 1981 when the Plimpton family acquired the business and incorporated under the name Inolex Chemical Company.

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