Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy (SRCE) operates in the black -- as in furnace carbon black, a primary non-rubber additive used in the manufacturing of tires. Its Sid Richardson Carbon subsidiary manufactures and markets carbon black at plants in Louisiana, the Texas Panhandle, and West Texas, where the plants convert diesel oil into material used to harden rubber tires. The company produces more than 970 million tons of carbon black a year. Its more than 30 grades of carbon black are also used in industrial rubber applications such as automotive sealing systems and sheet roofing, as well as for printing inks, paints, and batteries. SRCE is owned by Sid Richardson's heirs, the ultra-rich Bass oil family of Texas.

Charkit Chemical Corporation, first and foremost, we want to express gratitude to our long-term customers as well as our newer partners. After 27 years in business, this is the perfect time to thank you for the confidence you have placed in us. Today we are working together in a complex national and global business environment that is having its impact on every industry, affecting the way we conduct business and formulate the strategies to ensure continued success.

ADEKA serves the chemically dependent. The company's sales come primarily from producing chemicals including caustic soda (used in soap and paper), oleochemicals, additives for resins and polymers, and electronic materials. Founded in 1917 as a part of the Furukawa Group, ADEKA expanded into margarine in 1929 and now also makes shortening, mayonnaise, and raw food materials, among other food items. Independent now, ADEKA operates primarily in Japan, but also has business throughout Asia as well as in France, Germany, and the US.

Ranbar Technology makes more than a hundred coating resins for customers across the US, as well as in Canada and the UK. Its product line includes environmentally friendly water-reducible resins for architectural and industrial applications. Coatings are also available as coreplate, galvanized, solvent-based, and UV cure. The company also provides laboratory analysis on an ongoing or project basis. Its lab equipment and capabilities include scanning electron microscope, water analyzers, computerized color matching, and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer. Chairman and CEO Randy Russell formed Ranbar in 1984.

ASHTA Chemicals Inc. opened its corporate offices in Ashtabula, Ohio in 1992, although, under previous owners, this site has been operating since the early 1960's. Since then, ASHTA management has taken a number of steps which positioned the company for profitable growth. These steps include the purchase of Olin's potassium products business in 1993, designing and implementing a closed loop, zero discharge water treatment system for this Lake Erie site in 1994-5, and construction of a new potassium carbonate plant in 1995. In sales and marketing, our focus is on markets and products which provide sustained, profitable growth for our core potassium hydroxide chemistry. Additionally, our product distribution system was significantly expanded in 1998 to provide ample product in key chemical markets. From Ashtabula, we service our customers from six production sites, 19 liquid terminals, and 5 warehouses, strategically located in the United States and Canada.

Once a socialist vision, now a model of capitalism, Koor Industries is Israel's leading holding company. Koor's core businesses include its holdings in agrochemicals (Makhteshim-Agan), defense electronics (Elisra Electronics Group), and telecommunications equipment (ECTel and Telrad Networks). The company's venture capital arm has invested in telecom, semiconductor, and software companies. Koor Industries also has operations in tourism, real estate, and trade. IDB Holding Corp. subsidiary Discount Investment Corporation (DIC) owns 30% of Koor. The company was founded to provide employment for Jewish refugees during WWII.

H. Heller & Co.'s loading dock is where the rubber meets the road. The company manufactures plastic and rubber raw materials through affiliated companies American Thermoplastics, Heller Performance Polymers, and Gulf Performance Polymers. Heller manufactures thermoplastic resins, recycled plastics, and rubber compounds and additives; it also provides custom blending and compounding. The company serves customers in the packaging, film, wire and cable, and sheet and molding industries throughout Canada, Mexico, and the US.

Ashland Distribution is the one to call. The largest division of specialty chemicals company Ashland distributes chemicals, plastics, and composites (thermoset resins and associated products) in North America and plastics in Europe and China. Ashland Distribution serves coatings, adhesives, and inks makers; plastics compounders; the aerospace and electronics industries; and metalworking lubricant and chemical manufacturers. Parent company Ashland agreed in 2010 to sell the distribution business to private equity firm TPG Capital for $930 million.

From painting to printing, Clariant GmbH makes it brighter. The company makes pigments for paints, lacquers, plastics, and other specialty applications. The company also makes masterbatches, printing inks for ink jet and laser printing, additives to improve heat resistance, and aluminum paints. Other divisions make surfactants, polymers, pharmaceutical and agricultural fine chemicals, and distribute color and additive concentrates. Clariant GmbH sells to the automotive, electronics, consumer goods, medical, packaging, and textiles markets. The company is the German unit of Swiss specialty chemical giant Clariant International and accounts for about 15% of its parent's total sales.

Core Molding Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a compounder of sheet molding composites (SMC) and molder of fiberglass reinforced plastics. The company produces fiberglass reinforced molded products and SMC materials for various markets, including light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks, as well as automobiles and automotive after markets, personal watercraft, and other commercial products. It also offers reinforced plastic products to the automotive-aftermarket industry. The company sells its products in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It was formerly known as Core Materials Corporation and changed its name to Core Molding Technologies, Inc. in 2002. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

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