EMCO Chemical Distributors has developed a special chemistry with its Midwest manufacturing customers. The company distributes chemicals that include acids, alcohols, surfactants, solvents, and other industrial and specialty chemicals. Its custom packaging facility provides contract blending and packaging services and concentrates on filling orders for hazardous chemicals. Long situated solely in Chicago, EMCO has in recent years opened new facilities in Minneapolis/St. Paul; Kenosha, Wisconsin; and suburban St. Louis. Its waste services division supplies processed non-hazardous waste to Covanta's New York waste-to-energy facility. President, CEO, and owner Edward Polen founded EMCO in 1971.

Kohl Marketing moves products for companies like Degussa, BASF, and Akzo Nobel; the chemical distributor's wingspan stretches from eastern Pennsylvania down to Florida and west to Tennessee and Mississippi. It distributes raw chemical materials to makers of paints, plastics, textiles, adhesives, graphic arts, and building materials. Kohl Marketing has distribution centers in North Carolina, Florida, and at its home base in Roswell, Georgia.

Abengoa Bioenergy is the only truly global ethanol producer, with about a dozen plants in the US, Europe, and South America. Its plants have a production capacity of 840 million gallons a year, including 380 million gallons in the US. The company's primary product is fuel-grade ethanol, which, when blended with gasoline, raises oxygen levels and cuts exhaust emissions pollutants such as carbon monoxide. Its research and development unit works in partnership with universities and other companies to develop improved processing technology for ethanol. Abengoa Bioenergy has been a part of Spanish engineering firm Abengoa, which owns about 80% of the company, since 2002.

Timminco produces silicon metal for the chemical (silicones), aluminum and electronics/solar industries, through its majority owned production partnership with Dow Corning, known as Québec Silicon. Timminco is also a producer of solar grade silicon, using its proprietary technology for purifying silicon metal, for the solar photovoltaic energy industry, through its wholly owned subsidiary Bécancour Silicon.

Celanese Corporation engages in producing and selling industrial chemicals, acetyl products, and engineered polymers in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company involves in processing chemical raw materials, such as methanol, carbon monoxide, and ethylene, as well as natural products, including wood pulp into value-added chemicals, thermoplastic polymers, and other chemical-based products. It operates in four segments: Advanced Engineered Materials, Consumer Specialties, Industrial Specialties, and Acetyl Intermediates.

zuChem's the one they call Dr. Feel Good. Its products are the ones that'll make you feel all right. In addition to making chemicals for pharmaceuticals, the Chicago-based, development stage company is in the process of making an artificial sweetener that can give that sugar high you crave without the calories you don't. zuChem manufactures glycochemicals for the pharmaceutical, food, flavor and fragrance, and specialty chemicals industries. It has a partnership with chemical marketing and distribution company Austin Chemical to sell its rare sugars product zuCarb to the pharmaceuticals market. That zuChem, Inc. company is also based in Chicago.

SABIC Innovative Plastics is among the world's largest producers of high-performance polymers used bymanufacturers of electronics, office equipment, computer, and automotive. The company's units include Specialty Film & Sheet, which makes the polycarbonate sheet and film under the Lexan brand name; Polymershapes, a plastic film, sheet, and tube distributor; and Resins, a producer of all manner of plastic resins (the starting point in making most plastic materials). SABIC IP also owns LNP Engineering Plastics, a plastics compounding firm. The company was formed in 2007 when General Electric sold GE Plastics to Saudi Arabia's largest public company, SABIC, for $11 billion.

Materia’s Nobel Prize winning green metathesis technology provides chemical and material companies with a competitive edge. Customers use our groundbreaking technology to manufacture novel products inaccessible with traditional methods and to replace established production processes with faster, less expensive, greener routes. By working with Materia, our partners access a powerful innovation platform, leading application know-how, and a dominant IP position. With our technological expertise and understanding of market needs, we effectively focus our efforts on the development of products and services that contribute to a greener world.

Orange you glad you know Beaumont Products? The company is a manufacturer and distributor of 100% natural, citrus-based air fresheners, disinfectants, natural household cleaners, fruit and vegetable washes, personal care items, and pet care products. Its brand names include Citrus Magic, Citrus II, Veggie Wash, Clearly Natural, and Natural Causes. The company's products are sold through retailers nationwide, including Albertson's, King Sooper, Target, and Whole Foods. Beaumont Products acquired Clearly Natural Products in early 2006 to expand its personal care products niche.

From modest beginnings in 1948 in Ashtabula, Ohio, MFG has grown to an international presence in the field of composites manufacturing. Today the company is a thriving enterprise that includes 16 entities throughout the United States and Mexico. MFG is involved in a gamut of exciting and growing industries, contributing to products that make life more affordable, safer, and healthier for human beings and the environment.True to the original vision of advancing both the art and science of composite plastic manufacturing, MFG has established itself as both an innovator of proprietary products and a respected partner to leading manufacturers around the world. The depth and breadth of the company as a specialist in FRP (fiber reinforced plastic) provides an unmatched asset to the world of manufacturing - a resource that customers large and small can turn to for composite materials expertise, dependable delivered goods and business integrity.

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