Shide Group is a leading manufacturer of chemical building materials. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Dalian, China, Shide produces more than 500,000 tons of plastic door and window profiles annually. Flagship subsidiary Dalian Shide Plastics Industry is one of the largest production centers for PVC sectional materials. Its product line includes PVC profiles, windows and doors, pipes, pipefitting, sheet materials, and accessories. Shide has also diversified into petrochemical production, insurance and healthcare services, and home-appliance manufacturing.

American Biltrite Inc. provides flooring products, tape products, jewelry, and rubber products worldwide. The company produces adhesive-coated, pressure-sensitive papers, and films used to protect material during handling or storage, or to serve as a carrier for transferring decals or die-cut lettering; and pressure sensitive tapes and adhesive products used for applications in the heating, ventilating and air conditioning, footwear, automotive, electrical, and electronic industries. It also manufactures vinyl and vinyl composition floor coverings and sells them primarily through floor covering distributors, to retailers and contractors for commercial and residential use. In addition, American Biltrite supplies costume jewelry to mass merchandisers and department stores; and produces flooring and rubber products, including materials used by footwear manufacturers, and other industrial products. The company was founded in 1908 and is based in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts.

Van Diest Supply Company has tied itself up with a corn belt. The agricultural chemical distributor and maker sells its wares under the Corn Belt Products brand name. Those wares include herbicides, pesticides, adjuvants (which enhance the properties of herbicides and pesticides), and spray drift management products (which keep the herbicides and pesticides where they're intended to be and not drifting off to harm the surrounding environment). With a fleet of about 200 trucks and pickups, Van Diest ships its products from about a dozen distribution centers spread throughout an 18-state area of the Midwest. The family-operated company was founded by president Bob Van Diest in 1956.

J.M. Huber claims to make them even better. Hard to believe, we know. Founded in 1890 by Joseph M. Huber and still owned by his heirs, the company makes specialty additives and minerals used to thicken and improve the cleaning properties of toothpaste, the brightness and gloss of paper, the strength and durability of rubber, and the flame-retardant properties of wire and cable. The diverse company also makes oriented strand board (a plywood substitute), explores for and produces oil and gas, and provides technical and financial services. Huber also makes hydrocolloids (thickeners for gums) through subsidiary CP Kelco.

Showa Denko is one of Japan's leading producers of chemicals and industrial materials. The company's sectors include petrochemicals (olefins, organic chemicals, plastic products), aluminum (aluminum cans, sheets, ingots, foils), electronics (semiconductors, ceramic materials, hard disks), chemicals (industrial gases, ammonia, agrochemicals), and inorganic materials (ceramics, graphite electrodes). The petrochemicals segment is its largest division, accounting for more than a third of sales. Showa Denko has more than 180 subsidiaries and affiliates. It was formed in 1939 when Nihon Electrical Industries and Showa Fertilizers combined.

Arclin works closely with its customers to create custom manufacturing-environment solutions that enhance efficiencies and productivity. And through constant efforts to applying our best-in-class science and technologies to address the complex needs of the building and construction, agricultural and natural resources industries.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company manufactures and markets replacement tires primarily in North America and internationally. It produces passenger car and light truck tires for independent tire dealers, wholesale distributors, regional and national retail tire chains, and other large automotive product retail chains. The company also produces passenger car, light truck, racing, and motorcycle tires, and markets these products to dealers in the replacement markets. In addition, it produces bias, radial light and medium truck tires, and off-the-road tires. The company was founded in 1913 and is based in Findlay, Ohio.

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."

Like a prissy fourth-grade girl, Willert Home Products doesn't like things to be smelly. The company manufactures incense and oils (Spiritual Sky and Scented Garden), toilet deodorizers (Bowl Fresh), potpourri and other home fragrances (Concerto), insecticides (Enoz), and a kind of moth preventative that doesn't leave that moth ball-y odor afterward (Reefer-Galler). Willert's products are sold nationally in grocery and discount stores like Wegmans, Winn-Dixie, and Wal-Mart and internationally in more than 40 countries. Willert Home Products was formed by August Willert and George Irwin in 1946; the Willert family owns and runs the company.

Not only can you paint the town red with Benjamin Moore paints, you can stain and finish it as well. In addition to ready-mixed colors -- sold under such brands as Benjamin Moore Paints, Moorcraft, and Benwood -- the company can match almost any shade with roughly 3,300 colors. Benjamin Moore also makes industrial coatings and coatings for manufacturers of furniture and roof decking. The company sells its paints through a dealer network of about 4,000 independent paint and decorating stores, most of which are in North America. Benjamin Moore became a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in 2000.

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