SI Group came to life by bringing good varnishes to life for General Electric. Founded by Howard Wright in 1906, the company was established to develop insulating varnishes for GE's early electrical devices. SI Group makes friction material resins for use in the manufacture of brake linings and clutch facings. The company's other products include alkylphenols, phenolic resins, and electronic chemicals used in the production of semiconductors, imaging products, packaging, rubber compounds, agrochemicals, dyes, fuel additives, and flavoring agents. SI Group's manufacturing operations are located worldwide. Descendants of Wright still own the company, which was called Schenectady International until 2006.

Florikan E.S.A. Corporation Company Profile Ask a horticulturist who can, and the answer just may be, "Florikan." The company, founded as Florikan E.S.A. (Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture) Corporation, provides professional horticultural products that range from biological pest control products and soil amendments to greenhouse coverings and nursery containers. It is also a distributor of Nutricote controlled-release fertilizers and products made by ITML Horticultural Products Inc. (Canada). Florikan serves the southeastern US from its offices in Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana. Ed and Betty Rosenthal, respectively serving as the company's president and CEO and its CFO, founded Florikan in 1982.

IMAFLEX Inc., operating since 1994, specializes in the manufacturing and sale of polyethylene films. These custom made packaging films are either used directly by our customers to protect and market their own products, or purchased by printers know as converters, who will then transform the film to satisfy their own customer needs, or by distributors for re-sale.

Esschem manufactures acrylics, glass, and silicones used as raw materials for medical devices with dental, audiological, cosmetic, and orthopedic applications. The company's resins and polymers also are used by the pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, and electronics industries. Esschem's specialties include custom synthesis and blending, esterification, polymerization, and purification. The company is owned by the Justi Group (controlled by the founding Just family) and works with a group of affiliates to provide plastics, silicones, and glass raw materials worldwide.

Adhesive tape has been holding Nitto Denko together for more than 50 years. The company makes industrial adhesive tapes for the electronics, automotive, health care, packaging, and construction industries. Nitto Denko separates its business into three segments: Industrial Products (double-coated adhesive tape, barcode labels, etc.), Electronic Products (semiconductor encapsulating resins and flexible printed circuits), and Functional Products (tissue-cultured ginseng, pest control products, and transdermal patches). The Industrial and Electronics segments provide nearly all of the Nitto Denko's sales.

With a cart full of products, Reckitt Benckiser (rhymes with "freezer") wants to clean up. Among the top household cleaning products makers worldwide, the company makes a variety of consumer products, including air fresheners (Air Wick), household cleaners (Lysol, Easy-Off), laundry products (Woolite), furniture polishes (Old English), and dishwashing detergents (Electrasol). It also makes over-the-counter pharmaceuticals (Gaviscon) and offers products for hair removal, denture cleaning, and pest control (d-Con). Reckitt Benckiser also butters its bread with French's mustard. The company peddles its products in some 200 countries and boasts about 17 "powerbrands."

Hudson Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, Hudson Technologies Company, provides refrigerant services and solutions in the refrigeration industry primarily in the United States. Its products and services include refrigerant sales; refrigerant management services consisting of reclamation of refrigerants and laboratory testing; and RefrigerantSide services, including system decontamination to remove moisture, oils, and other contaminants. The RefrigerantSide services also include predictive and diagnostic services for industrial and commercial refrigeration applications, which predict potential catastrophic problems and identify inefficiencies in an operating system. The company's products and services are primarily used in commercial air conditioning, industrial processing, and refrigeration systems. It sells reclaimed and new refrigerants to customers in air conditioning and refrigeration industry. The company serves commercial and government customers, as well as refrigerant wholesalers, distributors, contractors, and refrigeration equipment manufacturers; and industrial customers in petrochemical, pharmaceutical, industrial power, manufacturing, commercial facility, and property management and maritime industries. Hudson Technologies has a strategic alliance with The Linde Group to market its service offering outside the United States. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Pearl River, New York.

Canpotex is the world's largest exporter of potash, an international marketing and distribution company wholly owned by the Saskatchewan potash producers: Agrium Inc., The Mosaic Company, and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.As a competitive world supplier, Canpotex markets and distributes Saskatchewan potash to customers overseas, principally to countries in Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. Operating since 1972, Canpotex has corporate offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Saskatoon, and Vancouver.

Kuraray's synthetics are for real. The diversified company manufactures chemicals and resins (about half of sales, including copolymer EVAL used in food packaging) and synthetic fibers and textiles (man-made leather, nonwoven fabrics, rayon, and polyester). It also offers engineering and consulting services. Kuraray pioneered the commercialization of several synthetic fibers and resins -- such as its KURALON and Poval products -- for industrial uses. The company, which does most of its business in Japan, is made up of about 80 companies operating in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Champion Chemical Company of California, Inc. Company Profile Champion Chemical Company of California champions the cause of the janitor by making his or her work a little easier. The company makes safe but powerful building maintenance and janitorial products, including items for carpet care and for cleaning floors and restrooms. Products include cleaning compounds and degreasers, disinfectants, floor sealers, glass cleaners, and graffiti removers. Customers include the NASA, the US Department of Defense, schools, hospitals, local governments, and both large and small businesses. Champion Chemical also provides products for use in the transportation and foodservice industries.

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