EnviroSystems, Inc. (ESI), originally incorporated in 1996, began with a single goal — a focus on safe infection prevention technologies that the company believes will position ESI in the forefront of the industry at a time when there is rapidly growing awareness of the critical need to prevent biological risks — both natural and man-made. The Company has developed and has trade secret rights to what it believes to be a unique and proprietary chemical emulsion biocide technology platform. ESI produces cleaning and disinfecting products that it believes will help prevent the spread of infectious microorganisms while offering a favorable profile for health and environmental effects. This combination makes the resultant products ideal for use in a wide range of markets that are in need of disinfection with reduced threat to users and people in the use area, treated surfaces, and the environment in general.

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings is the largest chemical manufacturer in Japan. Subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation produces a wide variety of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, and the like. Another unit, Mitsubishi Plastics, manufactures plastics and films, data storage devices such as CDs and DVDs, as well as chemicals for semiconductor manufacturing. Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma makes pharmaceutical products for central nervous system, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal disorders, in addition to OTC and anti-inflammatory drugs. In 2010, it added Mitsubishi Rayon as its fourth business unit. Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings was formed in 2005 as the parent company of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.

DAK Americas manufactures products that are high in fiber and contain resins, but it has nothing to do with your breakfast cereal. The company's three units are DAK Resins, DAK Fibers, and DAK Monomers. Its primary products are PET resins, polyester staple fibers, and terephthalic acid (TPA) monomers, all used in the production of various textiles to make apparel, home furnishings, and items such as tea bags and diapers. DAK Americas maintains manufacturing facilities in the Carolinas in the US as well as in Mexico. Alpek, a subsidiary of Mexican industrial giant Alfa, S.A. de C.V., owns DAK Americas.

Mitsubishi Chemical USA has been in the black for decades. The company -- the result of the 1994 merger of Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation and Mitsubishi Petrochemical -- operates through many subsidiaries and joint ventures that produce inks and drums for copiers and printers, as well as phosphor used in computers and TV screens, polyester film used in packaging, and building materials. Other operations include joint venture include Noltex (ethylenevinyl alcohol) and subsidiary Mytex Polymers (automotive plastic compounds). With roots that date back to 1934, Mitsubishi Chemical USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical, Japan's largest chemical company.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. began with the coming together of Nagano Prefecture's (Shinano-area) water and Niigata Prefecture's (Echigo-area) limestone. Nagano Prefecture's plentiful water give birth to electric power and the limestone that came from Niigata Prefecture was a key raw material, which was called, "Oyashirazu's great earth." Because of the presence of these two gifts of nature, Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer Co., Ltd. was founded on September, 1926 to manufacture chemical fertilizer and limestone nitrogen.The history of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. began from this point.The company's "Shin" comes from Shinano and "Etsu" is taken from Echigo.

Nufarm UK, a subsidiary of Australian crop protection manufacturer Nufarm Limited, specializes in producing herbicides. In addition to a broad array of phenoxyacetic and phenoxy propionic herbicides, Nufarm UK makes other crop protection and related agricultural chemicals, including fungicides, pesticides, adjuvant oils, and growth regulators. Products include herbicides Lentipur and Nu-shot and fungicides Difcor and Solace. It serves the UK and Irish markets. In 2009 Nufarm acquired A H Marks, greatly adding to its operations in the UK.

Darling International Inc. provides rendering, recycling, and recovery solutions to the food industry worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Rendering and Restaurant Services. The Rendering segment collects and processes animal by-products, including hides from butcher shops, grocery stores, food service industry, and meat and poultry processors; and converts them principally into useable oils and proteins utilized by the agricultural, leather, and oleo-chemical industries. The Restaurant Services segment engages in the collection of used cooking oils from food service establishments and recycling them into similar products, such as animal feed ingredients and industrial oils. This segment also sells grease collection equipment and provides grease trap servicing, as well as schedules services, such as fat and bone and used cooking oil collection, as well as trap cleaning for contracted customers. Darling International sells its products through commodities brokers and company agents, as well as directly to customers. The company was formerly known as Darling-Delaware Company, Inc. and changed its name to Darling International Inc. in December 1993. Darling International Inc. was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Thai Central Chemical's (TCC) business is coming up roses. The company is a leading producer of compound fertilizers. TCC supplies roughly 1.2 million metric tons of fertilizer a year to the Thai agricultural market via two domestic production plants. Its products facilitate the growth of rice, rubber plants, palm, fruit, vegetables, and flowers; its Ox Brand fertilizer is especially popular among Thai farmers. TCC subsidiaries are additionally engaged in the production of pesticides, basic chemicals, textile chemicals, solvents, and plastic products. The company was established in 1973.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals aims to make things stronger, brighter, less clingy, and cleaner. (Note to Parents: it can't achieve this with kids.) Ciba produces specialty chemicals through three business segments: coating effects (pigments, anti-static additives, and whitening agents); plastic additives (additives for lubricants and plastics); and water and paper treatment (for the paper production, water and wastewater treatment, detergent, and hygiene industries). Ciba sells in more than 120 countries, mostly in Europe, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific region; Europe accounts for almost half of sales. BASF, the world's largest chemicals maker, bought Ciba for about $4 billion in 2009.

The Wacker family controls more than half of the publicly traded company. Wacker-Chemie puts the silicon in the silicon chip industry -- literally. The German chemicals company supplies silicon, silicone, and silanes to the personal computer, telecom, and electronics industries. Divided into five units -- Silicones, Siltronic, Polymers, Polysilicon, and Fine Chemicals -- Wacker manufactures surface coating resins, industrial salt, acetyls, and insulation materials. Subsidiary Siltronic AG manufactures silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry.

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