Don't expect nominal consistency from California Products; no matter its name, the company is based in New England. Through its California Paints division, the company makes paints and coatings for home and office uses, ceiling whites and enamels for hard wall interiors, and finishes and primers. Its Plexipave Sport Surfacing Systems and DecoSystems divisions make tennis, track, and other sport surfaces, and subsidiary Fiberlock Technologies manufactures environmental containment products. Employees are majority shareholders in the company, whose name dates back to its founding as a subsidiary of a West Coast stucco manufacturer. In 2007 private equity behemoth Apollo Management took a stake in the company.

Day International Group helps printing companies tackle their image problems. The company makes image transfer products for the printing industry including offset-printing blankets and sleeves (which transfer ink from printing plates to paper) and pressroom chemicals. Customers include advertising, magazine, newspaper, and packaging printers. In 2007, Day International was acquired by Flint Group, a maker of printing supplies, plates, and inks, and now operates as Flint's specialty product unit. Its current business operations began in 1938 with the production of synthetic roll covers. The company was originally founded in 1905 as the Dayton Rubber Company, a maker of garden hoses and fruit jar sealing rings.

In the beginning it wanted to blow you away, now E.I. du Pont Canada Company is happy just to keep you clean, well fed, and safe from harm. The company, a subsidiary of chemicals behemoth E. I. du Pont de Nemours, has roots in the explosives industry but now makes more than 3,000 products -- from cleaning solvents to crop-protection chemicals to Kevlar (used in protective gloves, bullet-proof vests, and tires). Its products are sold worldwide and include brand names like Corian, Sorona, and Teflon. Subsidiary DuPont Liquid Packaging Systems (formerly called Liqui-Box) manufactures the packaging for boxed wine (among other, less-intoxicating products).

It seems that oil and water do mix after all, at least for Nalco Company Energy Services they do. The division of the Nalco Company provides on-site water and process chemical treatment services to petroleum and petrochemical firms. The division's business is separated into three further units: Upstream (products to ensure steady flow and to guard against corrosion and paraffin deposits), Downstream (processes and technologies to aid refiners), and Adomite Well Service (chemicals for the drilling and exploration phases of the oil-getting process).

Badger State Ethanol, LLC is operating a dry-mill ethanol production facility in Monroe, Wisconsin. The plant started production mid- October, 2002 with a name-plate capacity of 40 million gallons of ethanol and 128,000 tons of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) each year. Since startup, the plant has continued to increase production up in excess of 50 million gallons of ethanol per year. Badger State Ethanol is proud of its role in helping to reduce America's dependency on foreign oil by producing clean burning, environmentally friendly, renewable fuel.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, as well as a major North American chemical manufacturer. We are the fourth-largest U.S. oil and gas company, based on market capitalization of $48.6 billion at year-end 2008, with more than 10,000 employees and 20,000 contractors on four continents.Oxy is committed to respecting the environment, maintaining safety and upholding high standards of social responsibility throughout the company's worldwide operations. Oxy's success is built on technical expertise, business acumen, strong partnerships and proven ability to deliver superior results.OxyChem is a leading North American manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins, chlorine, calcium chloride and caustic soda – key building blocks for a variety of indispensable products such as plastics, pharmaceuticals and water treatment chemicals. OxyChem is the largest U.S. merchant marketer of both chlorine and its co-product caustic soda, and the world’s largest producer of caustic potash and calcium chloride. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada and Latin America. OxyVinyls offers a full product line of PVC resins suitable for most vinyl production applications and maintains the highest quality standards in its manufacturing plants, all of which are ISO 9002 certified. Its reliable manufacturing operations lead the industry with an integrated raw material position. The resulting low-cost production position enables us to supply customers consistently, even through major swings in the commodity business cycle.

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of lawn and garden care products in North America and the European Union. The company sells a line of granular lawn fertilizer and combination products, including fertilizer and crabgrass control, weed control, or pest control products; plant foods; and growing media products for indoor and outdoor uses, as well as grass seed products for the consumer and the professional users. It also offers weed control, indoor and outdoor pest control, and plant disease control products; wild bird food; and lawn spreaders. In addition, the company sells professional products, such as controlled-release fertilizers, water-soluble fertilizers, pesticide products, and wetting agents to commercial nurseries, greenhouses, and specialty crop growers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and the Far East. Further, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company offers residential lawn care, lawn aeration, tree and shrub care, and external pest control services consisting primarily of fertilizer, weed control, pest control, and disease control applications. Additionally, it provides outdoor living and gardening lifestyle products, which include outdoor furniture, pottery, garden tools, gardening containers, and live goods through retail stores, catalog and Internet sales, and other trade and wholesale relationships. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s customers include home improvement centers, mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs, hardware chains, independent hardware stores, nurseries, garden centers, food and drug stores, commercial nurseries and greenhouses, and specialty crop growers. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.

Spartech Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an intermediary processor of engineered thermoplastics in North America and Europe. The company’s Custom Sheet and Rollstock segment manufactures plastic sheets, custom rollstocks, laminates, and cell cast acrylic for use in various applications, including packaging, transportation, building and construction, recreation and leisure, electronics and appliances, signs/advertising, and aerospace markets. Its Packaging Technologies segment manufactures plastic packages and rollstocks primarily used in the food and consumer product markets.The company’s Color and Specialty Compounds segment manufactures custom-designed plastic alloys, compounds, color concentrates, and calendered film for utilization by various manufacturing customers servicing the automotive, building and construction, food/medical packaging, lawn and garden, and electronics and appliances sectors. Spartech Corporation also manufactures various products, including thermoplastic tires and wheels for the medical, lawn and garden, refuse container, and toy markets; profile window frames and fencing for the building and construction market; and doors, hatches, cabinets, and windscreens for boat manufacturers. The company sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers through its sales force, as well as through independent sales representatives and wholesale distributors. Spartech was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Clayton, Missouri.

Kelly-Moore Paint Company calls them High Society, Feisty, and Center Field. But never mind silly names for paint colors, Kelly-Moore aims to show that the paint business isn't entirely run by multinational big brushes like Sherwin-Williams and DuPont. The regional firm produces approximately 20 million gallons of paint per year from three manufacturing facilities and has more than 160 stores in eight states west of the Mississippi River. Kelly-Moore sells about 400 types of paints, finishes, and sundries to professional contractors and painters and to the do-it-yourself market. The employee-owned company was formed by William Moore and William Kelly in 1946.

NoFire Technologies Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets fire retardant, intumescent products, as well as provides related consulting services. It offers a liquid fire retardant, which is used as a coating material, such as paint on various kinds of substances to render them fire and heat resistant. The company’s products are used on various substrates, including wood and wood products; metals, such as steel, aluminum, and various alloys; and certain plastics, fabrics, and textiles, which comprise fiberglass, and natural and synthetic fibers. Its products are used in various industries, including maritime, military, nuclear power plants, construction, wood products manufacturing, public and private housing, hotels, automotive, railway, and airports. The company markets its products through direct marketing and independent agents/distributors, as well as through licensing arrangements. It serves customers in California, Hawaii, the South, and Southwest and Middle Atlantic States, as well as Europe, the Middle East, India, Korea, China, the Southeast Asia, Ghana and West Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, and Mexico. The company was formerly known as PNF Industries Inc. and the name was changed in 1995. NoFire Technologies Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

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