Cigarettes are certainly hazardous to your health, but the making of cigarette filter materials has been good for Daicel Chemical. The company was founded in 1919 to make celluloid (the first plastic) and still makes cellulose-based products such as cellulose acetate, used in filters and photographic film. Daicel primarily makes films for packaging and plastics. The company also produces an array of organic chemicals (acetic acid, acetic anhydride) used in fibers, paints, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Daicel's aerospace and defense systems/safety systems unit produces inflators for automobile air bags and rocket propellants.

Energy Recovery, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of energy recovery devices for sea water reverse osmosis desalination worldwide. The company markets its energy recovery devices under the ERI, PX, Pressure Exchanger, and PX Pressure Exchanger trademarks. It serves engineering and construction firms, and original equipment manufacturers. Energy Recovery, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in San Leandro, California.

In the beginning it wanted to blow you away, now E.I. du Pont Canada Company is happy just to keep you clean, well fed, and safe from harm. The company, a subsidiary of chemicals behemoth E. I. du Pont de Nemours, has roots in the explosives industry but now makes more than 3,000 products -- from cleaning solvents to crop-protection chemicals to Kevlar (used in protective gloves, bullet-proof vests, and tires). Its products are sold worldwide and include brand names like Corian, Sorona, and Teflon. Subsidiary DuPont Liquid Packaging Systems (formerly called Liqui-Box) manufactures the packaging for boxed wine (among other, less-intoxicating products).

Evonik Degussa Corporation is the North America arm of German chemical giant, Evonik Degussa GmbH. Like its parent, it operates through six divisions, the biggest of which are Industrial Chemicals (chlorides and peroxides) and Inorganic Materials (silicon products and carbon black). The other units are Consumer Specialties, Health and Nutrition, Coatings and Additives, and Performance Polymers. Products range from amino acids and building protection coatings to another of its specialties, specialty acrylic products including its best known brand, Plexiglas.

Lydall, Inc. designs and manufactures specialty engineered products for the thermal/acoustical, filtration/separation, and biopharmaceutical markets. It operates in two segments, Thermal/Acoustical and Performance Materials. The Thermal/Acoustical segment offers automotive thermal and acoustical barriers, including organic and inorganic fiber composites, fiber and metal combinations, and metal components that are used in cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles, and vans. The Performance Materials segment provides filtration and separation media solutions for air, fluid power, industrial, and life science applications; and industrial thermal insulation solutions for building products, appliances, cryogenics, energy, and industrial markets. It also develops non-woven veils, papers, mats, and specialty composites for the building products, appliance, energy, and industrial markets. In addition, the company offers specialty products for blood transfusion and cell therapy applications in the life science industry, as well as single-use bioprocessing containers for containment of media, buffers, and bulk intermediates used in biotech, pharmaceutical, and diagnostic reagent manufacturing processes.Further, it offers medical filter materials products utilized in traditional blood filtration devices, such as cardiotomy reservoirs and autotransfusion filters, as well as designs and manufactures high precision, specialty engineered temperature-control equipment for semiconductor, pharmaceutical, life sciences, and industrial applications. Lydall, Inc. sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and tier-one suppliers in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1913 and is based in Manchester, Connecticut.

Elementis Specialties is the premier worldwide leader in manufacturing and development of innovative rheological modifiers. We provide a comprehensive specialty additives portfolio including rheology modifiers, defoamers, colorants and tinting systems, waxes, and surface active additives for the coatings, construction, personal care, ink, oil field and lubrication markets. An extensive range of specialty surfactant lines for various types of applications complete our offering to the market place.

When plain old mortar won't do, Sika Corporation offers its construction customers specialty mortars. Sika also manufactures adhesives, coatings, epoxies, grouts, and polyurethane. Its products are used to seal, bond, dampen sounds, reinforce, and protect load-bearing structures. The company markets its products to the construction and manufacturing industries, including transportation, marine, and automotive. Sika's Construction Products division is based along with its headquarters in New Jersey while its Industrial and Automotive divisions are based in Michigan. Sika is the US unit of the global chemicals company Sika AG.

Textile Rubber & Chemical Company (TRCC) doesn't want to pull the rug out from under your feet. It prefers to make that rug stronger and more comfortable. The company manufactures a number of rubber, latex, and polyurethane compounds that are used to make backings for rugs and carpets; as the raw ingredients in textile, rubber, and plastic products; and as additives for asphalt surfaces. TRCC operates on five continents and maintains 13 operating divisions and subsidiaries, including Perpetual Machine Company (maker of carpet finishing equipment), Tiarco (latex chemicals manufacturer), and XL Brands (maker of floor covering adhesives and carpet care products).

IRPC Public Company Limited ranks among the leading integrated petrochemical companies in Thailand, producing naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, and lubricant oils. The company's operations include petroleum, mostly refined products (gasoline, diesel, and fuel oils), though also lubricating oils and asphalt. IRPC 's other major business is the manufacture of olefins (ethylene and propylene) and aromatics (benzene, toluene, and xylene) that are used to make pretty much every kind of plastic used in all manner of industries. The company had been operating under bankruptcy protection for much of the decade.

The company is Europe's largest chemical distributor (ahead of Univar) and among the top three in the US (along with the likes of Ashland); it also ranks as the top distributor in Latin America. From its 400 locations in 60 countries, Brenntag offers lab services (blending, compounding, preparation), storage, and logistics activities. Among the companies whose products Brenntag supplies are global giants like Arkema, BASF, and Yara. Its industrial and specialty chemicals serve the oil and gas, cosmetics, coatings, plastics, mining, and pulp and paper industries. Brenntag went public in 2010.

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