To Seventh Generation, green is good. The term means environmentally friendly and nontoxic. For the conscientious company, it's also money in the bank. It makes cleaning and laundry supplies, paper products, personal care items, and diapers and wipes under the Seventh Generation name, which is derived from the Iroquois practice of considering how decisions may affect the next seven generations. Suppliers make its products from recycled or renewable materials using nontoxic ingredients. Seventh Generation's products are sold in the US and Canada through natural goods stores, supermarkets, catalogs, and online. Owned by Jeffrey Hollender and a group of investors, the company hired a new CEO in mid-2009.

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;

BIP (Oldbury) has been dipping into specialty chemicals since its creation in 1894. The company, formerly BIP Limited (and earlier, British Industrial Plastics Limited), is the oldest polymer material manufacturer in the UK. A pioneer in developing thermoset resins and plastic molding materials, it was the first company to patent urea-formaldehyde resins. BIP now makes molding materials and textile and paper chemicals. It manufactures industrial chemicals such as formaldehyde resins, adhesives, and water-based polyurethanes. It also produces a biodiesel product, BIPSE, from discarded vegetable oils. Welsh company Synthite, a subsidiary of the Tennants Group, acquired BIP in 2004.

ITWC makes performance polyurethane systems. In addition to prepolymers, the company manufactures polyesters, adhesives, additives, extenders and curatives, and mold releases, and it makes machines that are used to mix and pour urethane compounds into molds. ITWC also provides equipment such as degassers, hot tables, and curative and prepolymer tanks, and it provides molding, troubleshooting, and technical training services. CEO Walter Smith founded the company in 1988; Smith retains a majority stake in the company.

Performance Fibers creates fibers, fabrics and finishes for a distinguished roster of customers across a diverse group of industries. Our locations in North America, Europe and Asia provide our customers everywhere in the world with local support and global resources.Performance Fibers rich history, experienced leadership, culture of excellence, clear vision and strong support from Sun Capital Partners combine to create a growth-oriented, industry-leading business that’s also a great place to work. Performance Fibers are committed to developing partnerships with our customers that take research and development to new levels by focusing on the needs of our customers – and their customers – to provide real solutions and game-changing products to the marketplace.

Whether it flies, bulldozes, or hauls golfers, Arrow-Magnolia International has something that cleans it. The company makes about 400 chemical cleaners that it sells under its own brands; it also distributes nonchemical janitorial supplies. Its products include chemicals used in construction (concrete and rust removers), government engineering (street and equipment cleaners), aviation (carbon and dirt removers), and golf course maintenance. Arrow-Magnolia makes more than half of its products in-house and sells them through independent representatives and a dozen distributors. An investment group led by Tanya Tippeconnic-Shaw has owned Arrow-Magnolia since 2005.

TCR Industries, founded by Tony Rumfola in 1975, will recognize its thirty-sixth year operating as a manufacturers' representative organization June 1st. Our beginning was dealing in distressed inventory brought on by the infamous "oil embargo" which occurred in the early 1970s. A very large percentage of manufacturers requiring chemical raw materials overbought because uncertanties of availability requirements to make their finished products. Thus, when the curtain lifted ending the "oil embargo" caused shortages, there were staggering inventories interfering with cash flows. Opportunities were there to buy these inventories at discounted prices and sell at discounted, but profitable prices. The process was helpful to all parties concerned, and it helped in the start up of TCR.

Cooley Group Holdings' polymer materials are used to create a variety of cool products, including digital murals, safety gear, and reservoir liners. The company designs and manufactures advanced polymer coatings for flexible membranes. Cooley's operating groups include Sign and Awning Products (backlit signs and awnings), Specialty Products (medical, sports, transportation, and marine), Building Products (roofing), Engineered Membranes (environmental containment, construction, military), Digital Products (outdoor advertising), and Cooley Europe in the Netherlands (automotive, industrial and commercial construction, horticulture). The company was founded as Cooley Finishing Company in 1926 by Arthur Cooley.

Samuel Cabot is here to protect and preserve -- your home's wooden surfaces. Cabot makes wood stains and surface preparation products, primarily for use on exteriors. Founded in 1877, the company's products include cleaners, strippers, primers, stains, and waterproofing, as well as specialized products for decks, fences, and interiors. Brands include Cabot and Problem-Solver. Customers include builders, painting contractors, interior designers, and homeowners. The company is a unit of US coatings giant Valspar. As such, Cabot products are sold largely through Lowe's stores, with whom Valspar has a strong relationship.

ADCO Global would prefer that you seal your windows, doors, and roofs with its line of adhesives and sealants rather than with kisses. Through its worldwide group of subsidiaries -- ADCO Products (US), K?rling (Germany), and Stag (UK) -- ADCO Global provides products for construction, automotive, and specialty industrial markets, serving huge corporations and individual customers. The company operates from eight global locations and sells its products in more than 65 countries. ADCO is controlled by investment firm Aurora Capital.

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