Brown Chemical mixes chemicals of various shades. The family-owned company specializes in distributing chemicals such as amines, food grade chemicals, latex additives, organics, phosphates, and sodiums for applications in textile, industrial, institutional, and specialty markets. Brown Chemical sells more than 1,500 products from 35 chemical manufacturers, and it offers contract packaging, custom blending, and product research services.

Van Horn, Metz & Co. was founded in 1950 by Harold Van Horn and Donald Metz. The company was designed to offer raw materials for industry use. These are now sold by VHM's salesforce from Maine southward to Florida and Westward to Missouri. VHM has grown to include 12 warehouses and 6 sales offices strategically located throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, South, and Ohio Valley regions.

The printed circuit board (PCB) is king at Kingboard Chemical Holdings, though chemicals and laminates also make up the royal family. The company, controlled and run by the Cheung family, focuses on PCBs and the materials that make them. It operates through three roughly equal segments: PCBs, glass and paper laminates, and chemicals (including hydrogen peroxide used to bleach paper and clean semiconductors). Vertically integrated, Kingboard Chemical produces the glass fiber, copper foil, and formalin used in its laminates, which it uses to make PCBs. The group operates more than 60 manufacturing facilities in China and Thailand.

Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry doesn't run a charity, but it does have a soup kitchen of sorts. The company, known as Nippon Gohsei, makes specialty polymer chemicals like Gohsenol, a polyvinyl alcohol that affects water solubility, and Soarnol, a resin for use with food packaging and fuel tanks. Its products fall into two categories -- acetyl and fine chemicals, and synthetic (functional and adhesive) resins including film -- used in the manufacture of consumer products. Nippon Gohsei creates vinyl resins, polymers, and liquefied acetylene that end up in agricultural, packaging, and electronic products. Mitsubishi Chemical owns more than a third of the company.

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.

Raymor Industries didn't get a charge out of the battery business and has moved on to the powders and coatings market. In 2004 the company acquired the advanced materials division of PyroGenesis and dumped its mining exploration business. Through subsidiary Advanced Powders and Coatings (AP&C), Raymor partners with PyroGenesis to produce specialized metallic powders and ceramic and metallic coatings. The products are used primarily in the biomedical, industrial, and aerospace and defense industries. Raymor also operates a nanotechnology division to develop products on a nanometric scale. In 2009 the company filed for bankruptcy protection and was taken private by a small group of investors early the next year.

The Pigments for Paper business group produces kaolin, ground calcium carbonate (GCC) and precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), mineral components that are essential for the paper industry. These products -- white pigments -- are essential mineral components, as they improve the physical characteristics of finished products and help to reduce their production cost. White pigments offer a wide variety of qualities in terms of gloss, brightness, opacity or viscosity.The great diversity of its products allows the business group to provide multi-pigment solutions in response to its customers’ specific needs. It offers the world’s broadest range of pigments targeted for paper industry application.

Tredegar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of plastic films, elastics, and laminate materials primarily for personal and household care products, and packaging and surface protection applications. It offers apertured film and nonwoven materials for use in feminine hygiene products, baby diapers, and adult incontinent products; breathable, embossed, and elastic materials that are used as components for baby diapers, adult incontinent products, and feminine hygiene products; and absorbent transfer layers for use in baby diapers and adult incontinent products. The company also provides apertured films, breathable barrier films, and laminates that regulate fluid or vapor transmission for use in industrial, medical, agricultural, and household markets, including disposable mops, facial wipes, and filter layers for personal protective suits, facial masks, and landscaping fabric.The company also produces a range of packaging films for paper products; and laminating films for food packaging applications. In addition, it produces single and multi-layer surface protection films for use in protecting components of flat panel displays and liquid crystal display televisions during the manufacturing process. Tredegar has operations in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Netherlands, Hungary, China, Italy, and Brazil. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Witton Chemical Company is an international fine chemical contract manufacturer based in the UK, with a 50 year history of manufacturing chemicals for a wide range of international customers from all sectors of industry. We develop ongoing partnerships for chemical manufacture and toll manufacture with some of the largest adhesive, electronic, paint, sealant, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.

Momentive Performance Materials is the world's second largest producer of silicones and silicone derivatives. We are a global leader in the development and manufacturing of products derived from quartz and specialty ceramics.SILICONES are a multi-functional family of materials used in thousands of products and serve as a critical component in our customers’ formulations. Silicones are generally used as an additive to a wide variety of end-use products in order to provide or enhance certain attributes, such as resistance (heat, ultraviolet light and chemical), lubrication, adhesion or viscosity. Some of the most well-known end-use product applications include caulk, adhesive labels, foam products, cosmetics and tires.

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