General Chemical Performance Products can be found in your water pipes, in your refrigerator, and inside your medicine cabinet. General Chemical manufactures performance chemicals for such industries as food additives and pharmaceuticals (active ingredients for drugs), environmental services (water treatment), high technology (chemicals for semiconductor manufacturing), and chemicals processing. In 2009 private equity group American Securities paid $675 million including debt to buy General Chemical's parent company, GenTek, and its subsidiaries.

Finally, a Method for the madness of keeping a clean home. Method Products makes and sells home-cleaning products, hand and body cleansers, and air fresheners and candles. It differentiates itself from larger, more established competitors through innovative design -- dish-washing liquid in sleek bowling-pin-shaped bottles, teardrop hand soap bottles, and futuristic-looking mops. It also carves its niche by offering nontoxic, environmentally friendly products in a price range that costs less green. Products are sold at Target, Office Depot, Costco, and other major retailers and grocery stores in the US, Canada, and the UK. Chemical engineer Adam Lowry and account planner Eric Ryan founded the firm in 2001.

Global Earth Energy, Inc. focuses primarily on the production of bio-diesel. The company also provides advisory and transactional services for various companies to develop and implement strategies to obtain capital and achieve their financial objectives. In addition, it intends to offer its services in the areas of strategy, planning, finance, systems, accounting, and human resources. The company was formerly known as Global Wataire, Inc. and changed its name to Global Earth Energy, Inc. in February 2008. Global Earth Energy was founded in 2004 and is based in Buffalo, New York.

Asahi Kasei Corporation provides solutions in the areas of chemistry and materials science. It operates in seven segments: Chemicals; Homes; Health Care; Fibers; Electronics; Construction Materials; and Services, Engineering, and Others. The Chemicals segment offers chemicals and derivative products, such as ammonia, nitric acid, caustic soda, acrylonitrile, styrene monomer, methyl methacrylate monomer, PMMA resin, and adipic acid; polymer products, including such as polyethylene, styrene-acrylonitrile, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, synthetic rubber, polyacetal, modified polyphenylene ether, and nylon polymer and filament; and specialty products comprising coating materials, latex, microcrystalline cellulose, explosives, explosion-bonded metal clad, photosensitive resin and printing plate making systems, UF and MF membranes and systems, microporous membrane, ion-exchange membranes and electrolysis systems, cling film, storage bags, plastic films, sheets, and foams.

Linzer Products is the professional painter's pal and the supplier to homeowner Picassos. In business since 1892, the firm's primary products are paint brushes and roller covers. Its other painting tools and accessories include artist brushes, mini rollers, pad painters, and plastic drop cloths. Linzer's products are sold at paint and hardware stores as well as home centers under the brands American Brush, Hobby, Le Jour-Craft, Superset Brush, and World of Color. Those products are manufactured and distributed from Linzer's three sites in California, New Hampshire, and New York as well as distribution facilities in Canada, China, and Mexico.

Elastogran makes specialty elastomers and more. Elastrogran is one of the global leaders of polyurethane manufacturing. The company, a subsidiary of world's No. 1 chemicals maker BASF, makes polyurethane systems and polyurethane special elastomers. It is also a manufacturer and supplier of polyurethane raw materials. Polyurethane consists primarily of two raw materials produced from crude oil: isocyanate and polyol. One of its products, Elastollan, is used in ventilation mesh for sports shoes and in the automotive and electronics industries. Elastogran operates about a dozen sites in Europe and works closely with affiliate BASF Coatings to sell its polyurethane products throughout Europe.

JFC Technologies makes the chemicals that make up modern medicine. The company develops and manufactures a variety of pharmaceutical ingredients and applied materials, supplying customers with anywhere from milligrams to multiple tons of ingredients used in making their own products. JFC's chemicals are used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and nutritional supplements. The company began operations in 1970 as Jame Fine Chemicals. Besides its manufacturing plant and headquarters in New Jersey, JFC also opened a 50,000 square foot pharmaceutical plant in Ningbo, China.

Methanex Corporation produces, markets, and supplies methanol that is used to make a range of industrial, consumer, and energy products. It also sources methanol produced by others. The companys products are used to produce formaldehyde, acetic acid, and other chemicals that form the basis of various chemical derivatives; and biodiesel and methyl tertiary butyl ether, dimethyl ether, and gasoline. It serves chemical and petrochemical producers in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. Methanex Corporation was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation is an energy solutions provider headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with offices in the USA and Argentina. Its carbon/ greenhouse gas neutral fast pyrolysis technology uses medium temperatures and oxygen-free conditions to turn dry waste biomass and energy crops into BioOil® for power and heat generation. BioOil® can be further converted into vehicle fuels and chemicals. Dynamotive’s process does not require feedstock that has alternative food use. The Company, and its blue-chip partners and customers, are emerging leaders in converting both biomass residues and energy crops into fuels that are technologically viable and environmentally sound, as well as economically competitive to fossil fuels.

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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