Shintech produces PVC (the chemical also known as polyvinyl chloride) resins. Based in Houston, Shintech's manufacturing plants are located in Texas and Louisiana. The only other product the company makes is caustic soda. Shintech serves customers primarily in North America, but also exports its products worldwide. Established in 1973, Shintech is a US subsidiary of Japanese diversified chemicals giant Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. It's the largest maker of PVC in the US, just as Shin-Etsu is the largest in the world.

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation is a diversified company that makes industrial gases, constructs air separation plants, manufactures gas-handling equipment (including welding tools and high-purity systems for semiconductor production), and house wares. The company markets its products to the food and beverage, shipbuilding, aerospace, chemical, and steel industries. The gas business makes up about two-thirds of its sales with the plant and gas equipment unit accounting for most of the rest. Taiyo Nippon Sanso also maintains the Thermos brand of vacuum bottles and insulated mugs throughout Asia. Subsidiary Matheson Tri-Gas operates in North America, Asia, and Europe.

CRI Catalyst Company is part of CRI/Criterion Inc., the global catalyst technology company of the Shell Group. CRICC operates research laboratories, development facilities, manufacturing plants and business units throughout the world.It is dedicated to providing a broad customer base with effective and cost-efficient catalysts and technologies. CRI has a range of products with specific focus on

Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of plastic film using the biaxial oriented stretch technique, otherwise known as BOPET film (biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate). The company offers printing base film used in printing and lamination; stamping foil base film used for packaging of luxury items; metallization film or aluminum plating base film used for vacuum aluminum plating for paper or flexible plastic lamination; and transfer base film used for environmental friendly cigarettes and alcohol packaging. It also provides high-gloss film used for aesthetically enhanced packaging purposes; heat-sealable film used for processed food packaging and other applications; laser holographic base film used as anti-counterfeit film for food, medicine, cosmetics, cigarettes, and alcohol packaging; and matte film used for printing, metallization, stamping, and transfer metallization.The company’s products are used in consumer based packaging, including the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, tobacco, and alcohol industries; imaging, such as masking film, printing plates, and microfilms; electronics and electrical industries consisting of wire and cable wrap, capacitors, and motor insulation; and magnetic products, such as audio and video tapes. Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co. markets its products under the Fuwei Films brand name primarily in the People’s Republic of China, Korea, the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Weifang, the People’s Republic of China.

New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, New Generation Biofuels, Inc., holds an exclusive license to commercialize proprietary technology to manufacture an alternative biofuels from vegetable oils and animal fats in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It offers its biofuels for use in diesel fuel applications, including power generation, commercial and industrial heating, and marine transportation. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.

Lydall, Inc. designs and manufactures specialty engineered products for the thermal/acoustical, filtration/separation, and biopharmaceutical markets. It operates in two segments, Thermal/Acoustical and Performance Materials. The Thermal/Acoustical segment offers automotive thermal and acoustical barriers, including organic and inorganic fiber composites, fiber and metal combinations, and metal components that are used in cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles, and vans. The Performance Materials segment provides filtration and separation media solutions for air, fluid power, industrial, and life science applications; and industrial thermal insulation solutions for building products, appliances, cryogenics, energy, and industrial markets. It also develops non-woven veils, papers, mats, and specialty composites for the building products, appliance, energy, and industrial markets. In addition, the company offers specialty products for blood transfusion and cell therapy applications in the life science industry, as well as single-use bioprocessing containers for containment of media, buffers, and bulk intermediates used in biotech, pharmaceutical, and diagnostic reagent manufacturing processes.Further, it offers medical filter materials products utilized in traditional blood filtration devices, such as cardiotomy reservoirs and autotransfusion filters, as well as designs and manufactures high precision, specialty engineered temperature-control equipment for semiconductor, pharmaceutical, life sciences, and industrial applications. Lydall, Inc. sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and tier-one suppliers in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1913 and is based in Manchester, Connecticut.

Talk about carbon-based life forms -- Tokai Carbon lives on the stuff. The company's carbon products include carbon black, a reinforcement and coloring material used in car tires, industrial rubber products, paints, and inks; and artificial-graphite electrodes, which are used in electric-arc steelmaking furnaces. Tokai also makes specialty carbon products (glassy carbon, carbon brushes) and friction materials (used in clutches and brakes). In addition, the company has other operations in areas including real estate rental and cargo-handing. Tokai Carbon operates facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Sherwin Alumina, one of the largest alumina refineries in North America, extracts aluminum oxide, or alumina, from bauxite ore. It has an annual production capacity of nearly 1.5 million tons of smelter-grade and 300,000 tons of chemical-grade alumina. After the company refines the alumina it is then used primarily in the making of aluminum, though also as an abrasive and a refractory material. Sherwin Alumina's location on the Texas Gulf Coast allows it access to nearby aluminum smelting facilities and its own deepwater port. It is owned by Swiss metals giant Glencore.

In times of stress please watch your step around Adhesives Research's products; they're pressure-sensitive. The company manufactures pressure-sensitive adhesives for the medical (for wound care and IV attachments), electronics (used in the assembly stages for mobile devices, hard drives, etc.), industrial (automotive, glass treatment), and splicing (pulp and paper industry) markets. The company manufactures its products on a custom basis, working with customers worldwide. It operates technical design and manufacturing facilities in Colombia, Ireland, and the US. Adhesives Research was founded in 1961 by chairman Erwin Huber.

Yara's theme is Man against Nature as it strives to develop environmentally friendly applications for its fertilizers. Yara America is the North American subsidiary of Norwegian fertilizer company Yara International. The company produces both nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers for the agricultural and horticultural industry from Yara's network of about 30 terminals in the US and Canada. Yara North America unit was formerly called Hydro Agri North America before its parent company was spun off from industrial giant Norsk Hydro in 2004.

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