HaiKe’s largest business is oil refining and the production and marketing of petrochemical products. These include light fuel oils, gasoline and diesel in addition to a range of minor derivatives such as petroleum coke and liquefied gas. Many industrial sectors, including manufacturing, transport and agriculture, use some form of petroleum based fuel.

The industrial-strength version of S.C. Johnson & Son, JohnsonDiversey split from the well-known company in 1999 to make commercial cleaning, hygiene, pest control, and food sanitation products for retailers, building service contractors, hospitality firms, and foodservice operators. It operates 31 manufacturing facilities in almost 25 countries. JohnsonDiversey also provides safety and application training, safety and hygiene consulting, and hygiene auditing. It's the #2 global industrial and institutional cleaning products company behind Ecolab. Europe represents more than half of the firm's sales, which span some 160 countries. The Johnson family controls two-thirds of the company; Unilever controls the rest.

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.

Univar Europe is a leader in the universe of chemical distributors. The Univar Europe company buys chemicals in bulk and blends and packs them for customers in the agricultural, chemicals, coatings, electronics, food and beverage, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, and water treatment industries. Univar Europe also offers inventory management, custom labeling, custom packaging, waste management, warehouse management, and technical support services. The Univar Europe company serves about 56 distribution locations in 25 countries, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The unit generates $2 billion in revenue each year, or about 28% of parent Univar Inc.'s $7.2 billion in global sales.

Chevron and Phillips Petroleum (now ConocoPhillips) formed 50-50 joint venture Chevron Phillips Chemical Company in 2000. Among the largest US petrochemical firms, the company produces ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, and polypropylene -- sometimes used as building blocks for the company's other products such as pipe. Chevron Phillips Chemical also produces aromatics such as benzene and styrene, specialty chemicals such as acetylene black (a form of carbon black), and mining chemicals. The company has several petrochemicals joint ventures in the Middle East, including Saudi Chevron Phillips Company (50%) and Qatar Chemical Company (not quite 50%).

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.

Beardow & Adams is constantly seeking out and creating sticky situations for itself. The company, known as Beardow Adams, is a hot melt adhesives manufacturer, whose products are used in such activities as bookbinding, woodworking, adhering labels to cans, bottles, and refrigerators, and sealing up the tops of cereal boxes. Hot melts are also used in the assembly of products ranging from consumer appliances to automobiles. Its products are distributed worldwide. Beardow Adams was established in 1977 by chairman and managing director Bob Adams and his partner, Len Beardow.

Borregaard has high regard for high timber. It is a top manufacturer of wood-based chemicals, including specialty cellulose, lignin, vanillin, bioethanol, and yeast products. The company's LignoTech unit makes natural thermoplastics (LignoPol) as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics. It also produces natural acids (SoftAcid). Its ChemCell unit is Europe's leading producer of specialty cellulose (a natural polymer) and also produces chloralkali chemicals such as caustic soda. Its Borregaard Synthesis unit produces fine chemicals for the pharmaceuticals industry and diphenols used in agrochemicals.

Cytec Industries Inc., a specialty chemicals and materials company, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of chemical products. It operates in four segments: Cytec Performance Chemicals, Cytec Surface Specialties, Cytec Engineered Materials, and Building Block Chemicals. The Cytec Performance Chemicals segment offers mining chemicals, phosphines, polymer additives, specialty additives, specialty urethanes, and adhesives. The Cytec Surface Specialties segment’s product line includes radiation-cured resins, powder coating resins, and liquid coating resins, including water-borne resins, amino cross-linkers, and solventborne resins. The Cytec Engineered Materials segment offers advanced composites, carbon fiber, and structural film adhesives. The Building Block Chemicals segment provides acrylonitrile, hydrocyanic acid, sulfuric acid, and melamine. The company serves various markets, including aerospace, adhesives, automotive and industrial coatings, construction, chemical intermediates, inks, mining, and plastics. It sells its products through direct sales force and distributors in North America, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey.

Filtrona is an international, market leading speciality plastic and fibre products supplier listed on the London Stock Exchange. Filtrona is a well invested global business, headquartered in the UK, with 30 manufacturing facilities, 40 distribution units and sales offices, and four research facilities spread across 25 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Filtrona employs some 4,300 people across the world.Filtrona operates in a dynamic international market environment. The Company continues to invest to expand capacity and capability, to improve operational performance and customer service, and to exploit new business opportunities.

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