Detrex Corporation and its subsidiaries manufacture and sell products used in the industrial manufacturing and commercial construction industries in the United States and internationally. The company’s principal products include specialty chemicals, including lubricant additives and high purity hydrochloric acid; and PVC and CPVC plastic pipe, duct, and shapes. It manufactures lubricant additives, which are used for enhancing the properties of hydraulic oils, metalworking fluids, gear oils, and greases; high purity hydrochloric acid for semiconductor specifications and pharmaceutical manufacturing applications; and specialty chemicals, including pyrroles.The company also produces corrosion resistant PVC and CPVC thermoplastic extrusions, including industrial piping, duct systems, machining profiles, and other custom extrusions; PVC and CPVC industrial pressure pipe in sizes ranging from 1/8” through 24” diameters; and fire sprinkler pipe, CPVC plumbing piping, ultra pure water piping, low flame and smoke containment piping, and PVC piping products for use in various applications in chemical and industrial processing, high purity, food and beverage, fire protection, micro-electronics, water and waste water, commercial hot and cold water distribution systems, power generation, and aquaculture markets. Its customers include manufacturers of automobiles, lubricants, farm implements, appliances, and ordinance materials; and computers, telecommunications, aerospace, and optical products, as well as commercial and industrial construction industries. Detrex Corporation was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.

Davis Paint is a dilly of a paint dealer in the midwestern US. The company makes paints and industrial coatings including house paint, barn paint, masonry sealer, primer, shingle oil, and wood stain. It sells its products in retail stores and dealer outlets to customers including architectural and contracting companies, as well as residential consumers. It also provides private label and industrial distribution services. Davis Paint's brands include Ever Bright, Cook, Eli Weatherby, Eventone, Master Painter, and Sahara. The company was founded in 1921 by Berry Davis.

Wellman makes PET (polyethylene terephthalate) packaging resins used in soft-drink bottles and other food and beverage packaging. It ranks among the largest PET makers worldwide, along with INVISTA and Eastman Chemical. In 2008 Wellman filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and emerged the next year, owned by a collection of former debt holders. Following that, the company sold a manufacturing facility that made polyester fibers for the textile industry, recycled polyester and nylon fibers (from reclaimed plastic bottles and film) used in furniture and bedding, and recycled engineering resins for injection molding purposes.

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.

Virotec International develops and manufactures chemicals to minimize the negative impact of industrial activity on the environment. The company offers products based on its Bauxsol technology that treat, neutralize, convert, or recycle sewage (ViroSewage), wastewater (ViroFlow), acidic soil (ViroSoil), and contaminated mine waste (ViroMine). The company operates several subsidiaries in the UK, US, Australia, and Italy. Sales in Australia, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East accounts for a majority of the company's revenue. In 2008, UK-based environmental services provider Hydrodec acquired Virotec.

Quixote Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets highway and transportation safety products to protect, direct, and inform motorists and highway workers in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Protect and Direct, and Inform. The Protect and Direct segment offers energy-absorbing products, such as crash cushions, truck-mounted attenuators, sand-filled barrels, and water-filled barriers; and directing and guiding products, including flexible post delineators and glare screen systems. These products absorb and dissipate the force of impact in collisions between vehicles and fixed roadside objects, as well as prevent crashes and help control the flow of traffic by directing or guiding. The Inform segment provides advanced sensing products, which measure distance, count, and classify vehicles; weather sensing systems; computerized highway advisory radio transmitting systems; and other transportation equipment.These products offer information to prevent collisions from occurring and to ease traffic congestion. The company sells its products through its direct sales force and a distribution network to customers in the highway construction and safety business, local governments, airports, state and municipal departments of transportation, and other governmental transportation agencies. The company was formerly known as Energy Absorption Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Quixote Corporation in June 1980. Quixote Corporation was founded in 1969 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Kyocera Chemical's products are materially important. The company manufactures chemicals and chemical materials like epoxy resins, molding compounds, laminates, and insulating materials for electronics products such as semiconductors and printed circuit boards. Kyocera Chemical also makes insulating varnishes used in household appliances and the custom machines used to apply that varnish. Among its other products are molded casings used for finished electronics like PDAs and laptops. The company was formed as Toshiba Chemicals in 1974 and became a part of the Kyocera family in 2002. Many of the company's goods are used in Kyocera's own electronic devices.

INVISTA has a fibrous outlook on life. A global leader in textile and polymer manufacturing, INVISTA is composed of four business units -- Apparel, Intermediates, Performance Surfaces and Materials, and Polymers and Resins -- and its portfolio includes brand names CoolMax, Stainmaster, Lycra, and Thermolite. Its products are used in clothing, plastic packaging, automobile airbags, and pharmaceutical ingredients. DuPont sold INVISTA to Koch Industries in 2004. Koch then merged the company with its own fibers unit, KoSa, leaving only INVISTA remaining. INVISTA operates worldwide.

Westport Innovations Inc. the research, development, and marketing of engines and fuel injection systems that use gaseous fuels, including natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), hydrogen, and hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas for the on-road commercial vehicle sector primarily in North America and Asia. The company offers engines utilizing gaseous fuels for transit and shuttle buses, conventional trucks and tractors, and refuse collection trucks, as well as specialty vehicles, such as short haul port drayage trucks, material handling trucks, street sweepers, and vehicles for selected industrial applications; direct injection LNG system for heavy-duty trucks; and engines fuelled with LPG primarily for the OEM forklift market. It also provides alternative fuel engines, and relevant parts and kits for use in automobiles, heavy duty trucks, power generation, and shipping applications; and cryogenic tanks for compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Amerityre Corporation manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells flatfree specialty tires and tire-wheel assemblies in Nevada. It offers various lines of polyurethane foam tires for bicycles, wheelchairs, and outdoor power equipment products, as well as for lawn and garden products, such as wheelbarrows and hand trucks. The company also provides tire fill materials for use in construction, industrial, and mining applications. In addition, it develops polyurethane elastomer forklift and skid steer tires for heavy-use applications; and flame retardant polyurethane foam for use as packaging material. The company was formerly known as American Tire Corporation and changed its name to Amerityre Corporation in December 1999. Amerityre Corporation was founded in 1995 and is based in Boulder City, Nevada.

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