Warwick International has been cleaning up in the chemicals business for more than a quarter century. Based in Wales, the company is a leading manufacturer of a bleach activator called MYKON that allows detergents to become more powerful more quickly and at lower temperatures. Additionally, the Warwick Group maintains a number of chemical distribution companies worldwide. In addition to serving the household and industrial detergents industry, the group targets such industries as water treatment, textile processing, coatings, and personal care. In 2008 Close Brothers' private equity unit acquired Warwick for $235 million from American aerospace and manufacturing company Sequa.

American Pacific Corporation primarily manufactures fine and specialty chemicals in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Fine Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Aerospace Equipment, and Other Businesses. The Fine Chemicals segment manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients and registered intermediates. Its pharmaceutical ingredients are used in drugs with indications in three primary areas: anti-viral, oncology, and central nervous system. The Specialty Chemicals segment principally produces ammonium perchlorate, an oxidizing agent for propellant rockets, booster motors, and missiles used in space exploration, commercial satellite transportation, and national defense programs. It also produces and sells sodium azide, a chemical used in pharmaceutical manufacturing; and Halotron, a series of clean fire extinguishing agents used in fire extinguishing products, such as portable fire extinguishers and total flooding systems. The Aerospace Equipment segment manufactures monopropellant and bipropellant liquid propulsion systems and thrusters for satellites, launch vehicles, and interceptors. The Other Businesses segment designs, manufactures, and markets systems for the control of noxious odors, the disinfection of water streams, and the treatment of seawater, as well as involves in real estate operations. The company was founded in 1955 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

U.S. Paint Corporation makes epoxies, finishing systems, solvents, and urethane products for use in the automotive industry. It manufactures Honda paint kits, featuring basecoats and topcoats of exact color matches for several models of Honda motorcycles. Previously a unit of Japanese firm Nippon Oil and Fats, U.S. Paint went through a management buyout in 2004. The company, which was founded in 1931, then sold its aerospace and marine product divisions.

The Dow Chemical Company engages in the manufacture and supply of products used primarily as raw materials in the production of customer products and services worldwide. The Electronic and Specialty Materials segment offers materials for chemical mechanical planarization pads and slurries, chemical processing aids and intermediates, electronic displays, food and pharmaceutical processing and ingredients, home and personal care ingredients, hygiene and infection control, photolithography materials, printed circuit board materials, process and materials preservation, semiconductor packaging, connectors and industrial finishing, and water purification. It’s Coatings and Infrastructure segment offers sticking and bonding solutions; insulation, housewrap, sealant, and adhesive products and systems; and construction chemical solutions and building-integrated photovoltaics. The Health and Agricultural Sciences segment provides agricultural and plant biotechnology products, pest management solutions, and healthy oils. The company’s Performance Systems offers plastics, adhesives, glass bonding systems, emissions control technology, films, fluids, structural enhancement, and acoustical management solutions, as well as elastomers, specialty films, and plastic additive products, and skin and microcellular polyurethane foams and systems, and epoxy solutions and systems. Its Performance Products segment provides amines, emulsion polymers, epoxy resins, oxygenated solvents, polyurethane, and specialty monomer products. The company’s Basic Plastics segment offers polyethylene, polypropylene, equipolymers, and polystyrene resins. Its Basic Chemicals segment provides ethylene dichloride, vinyl chloride monomer, caustic soda, and ethylene oxide. The Hydrocarbons and Energy segment procures fuels, natural gas liquids, and crude oil-based raw materials, as well as supplies monomers, power, and steam. The Dow Chemical was founded in 1897 and is based in Midland, Michigan.

Roam around wherever you want and your food is very likely going to contain flavors made by Frutarom. The flavors and fragrance company maintains production and R&D facilities on three continents and sells to more than 100 countries. Founded in 1933, Frutarom divides its business into two units. The Flavors Division manufactures flavor and seasoning products, and the Fine Ingredients Division makes citrus oils, aroma chemicals, and nutraceutical extracts. US chemical company ICC Industries, headed by Frutarom's chairman, John Farber, owns a majority share of Frutarom.

Effective technology has helped EFTEC market its products. Founded in 1985 as a joint venture between EMS-CHEMIE and H.B. Fuller's automotive division, EFTEC manufactures sealants, adhesives, and coatings for use by OEMs in the automotove industry. The company also supplies products to the automotive after-market for repairs, and to the bus and train industries. EFTEC has locations throughout Asia, Europe, and the US (through EFTEC North America). In 2007 EMS bought out Fuller's half of the joint venture for $80 million.

NewMarket Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the petroleum additives and real estate development businesses. It offers lubricant additives that are used in various vehicle and industrial applications, including engine oils, automatic transmission fluids, gear oils, hydraulic oils, turbine oils, and in various other applications where metal-to-metal moving parts are utilized. The company offers petroleum additives to oil companies and refineries, original equipment manufacturers, and other specialty chemical companies. The company also provides fuel additives that are used to improve both the oil refining process and the performance of gasoline, diesel, residual, biofuels, and other fuels, as well as protects against deposits in fuel injectors, intake valves, and the combustion chamber. It offers its fuel additives to industry, government, original equipment manufacturers, and individual customers. In addition, the company owns approximately 64 acres of real estate property in downtown Richmond, Virginia. It has operations in the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, India, the Middle East, and Canada. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Praxair, Inc. engages in the production and distribution of industrial gases primarily in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Its products include atmospheric gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. The company also designs, engineers, and builds equipment that produces industrial gases. In addition, Praxair supplies surface coatings, including wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings, and powders to the aircraft, printing, textile, plastics, primary metals, petrochemical, and other industries. Further, the company manufactures electric arc, plasma, and high-velocity oxygen fuel spray equipment, as well as arc and flame wire equipment used for the application of wear resistant coatings. It markets its products through distributors to various industries, including healthcare, petroleum refining, computer-chip manufacturing, beverage carbonation, fiber-optics, steel making, aerospace, chemicals, and water treatment. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut.

Titan Chemicals reigns supreme among Malaysian petrochemical manufacturers. Founded in 1989, the group produces olefins (ethylene and propylene) and polyolefins (various polyethylene and polypropylene products like LDPE, LLDPE, and HDPE). They're all key ingredients found in such products as carpet fibers, packaging film, automotive parts, and plastic pipes and bottles. Titan's primary industrial complex includes eight manufacturing plants; the company also operates another complex in Indonesia. High-growth markets like China and niche markets such as Vietnam, Bangladesh, and the Philippines sit firmly in Titan's export sights. Titan agreed in 2010 to be acquired by South Korea's Honam Petrochemical.

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.

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