Sumitomo Chemical makes chemicals for almost everything made and grown under the sun. About one-third of the company's sales come from petrochemicals and plastics such as polypropylene, ethylene, and elastomers. Sumitomo's other major units make pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals (insecticides, herbicides, and fertilizers), and basic chemicals such as caustic soda and methanol. The company also makes chemicals for electronics and fine chemicals. It is part of Japan's Sumitomo Group. Its pharmaceutical business operates through Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma. Sumitomo ranks among Japan's top three chemical producers, along with Mitsubishi Chemical and Asahi Kasei.

Cryopak Industries wants to cover the temperature-control industry like a blanket. It manufactures products that control temperatures for industrial, pharmaceutical, and consumer applications. It makes reusable ice substitutes, flexible hot and cold compresses, reusable gel ice, and instant hot and cold packs. Shipping products include Flexible Ice Blanket, Ice-Pak, and Hot-Pak. Other brand names include SimplyCozy (neck warmer) and Flex Pak. Cryopak's pharmaceutical products allow for the temperature-controlled transport of medicines. Cryopak was founded in 1993 and grew rapidly with the acquisitions of Northland Ice-Gel and Ice-Pak Group.

Dupont's latest crop of products helps Thailand's agricultural producers protect their own crops. A subsidiary of chemical giant DuPont, Dupont (Thailand) makes crop protection products such as weed suppressing herbicides and pesticides. The company also markets chemicals, polymers, refinishes, and fibers to customers in the nutrition, health care, apparel, construction, packaging, printing, electronics, and transportation sectors. Established in 1971, DuPont (Thailand) operates a handful of production plants across the country and is part of DuPont's 15-country Asia Pacific production network.

Americhem leads the industry in solving highly complex technical problems that our competitors can’t touch.Solving color and performance challenges may be our forte, but we didn’t acquire that skill overnight. Americhem was founded in 1941 as a manufacturer’s representative that sold fillers and additives to the rubber industry. In 1959, we offered our first batch of color concentrates, and we’ve been at the industry forefront ever since.Today, Americhem is one of the largest custom color concentrates manufacturers in the world. Privately owned through generations of expansion, we’ve retained our service focus with groundbreaking technology, a single-minded pursuit of quality and total responsiveness to customer needs

Honeywell Specialty Materials, based in Morristown, N.J., is a global leader in providing customers with high-performance specialty materials, including fluorine products; specialty films and additives; advanced fibers and composites; intermediates; specialty chemicals; electronic materials and chemicals; and technologies and materials for petroleum refining. With research and development facilities around the world, including labs in Germany, New York, California and Shanghai, Honeywell Specialty Materials is on the cutting edge in several sectors of the chemical and high-performance materials industry.At Honeywell Specialty Materials, we view Responsible Care® as the foundation of environmental, health and safety excellence in our business. We incorporate health, safety and environment (HSE) management systems into all phases of the chemical life cycle. Our commitment to continuous HSE performance improvement is evident at our facilities around the world – it is the way we do business. Honeywell Specialty Materials employs approximately 10,000 people at more than 80 manufacturing and sales facilities worldwide.

TIC Gums was established in 1909 and is operated by the third generation of the Andon family, which has owned the company since 1949. While TIC Gums doesn't spend the day blowing bubbles, its gums are found in everything from donut glaze to hand lotion. The company is a leading US provider of hydrocolloids (thickeners) used in cosmetics, food (including chewing gum), and pharmaceuticals. Products -- including agar; carrageenan; guar gum; and pectin in powder, spray, and "pre-hydrated" forms -- are shipped to customers worldwide. The company has agents and stock locations in Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, and North America.

HELM is in control of its own ship. A marketer and distributor of chemicals, the company's products include fertilizers, insecticides, additives, pharmaceuticals, animal and human nutrients, and plastics. Founded at the turn of the last century and based in Germany -- with about 60% of its sales coming from Europe -- HELM has operations in more than 30 countries in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.

Advanced Aromatics (AALP) produces three grades of naphthalene and naphthalene derivatives. Products include tetrahydronaphthalene, high purity grades of naphthalene, aromatic solvents, and octane fuel components. AALP's chemicals end up in a variety of products including everything from fertilizers and dyes to textiles and gasoline. The company operates a single manufacturing location near Houston.

Technic's technique allows it to specialize in electroplating chemicals and technology. The company makes plating chemicals for electronic manufacturing, specializing in precious metals plating. It also produces wafer processing chemicals and powders and flakes for electronic applications. Additionally Technic manufactures plating equipment like wafer plating benches for semiconductor makers, automatic hoists, and reel-to-reel plating machines. It operates two manufacturing plants in the US and also has manufacturing operations in Asia and Europe.

Interstate Chemical Company delivers the goods. Founded in 1968, the company has developed from a small regional chemical distributor to a firm with operations in the northeastern, midwestern, and western US. It operates warehouse and terminal facilities with a total storage capacity of more than 15 million gallons, as well as a fleet of company-owned tractor-trailers (more than 200 trucks, trailers, and tankers). Services include barge terminaling, custom chemical blending, food and pharmaceutical packaging, and liquid packaging. Interstate Chemical also provides intermediate bulk containers to its customers.

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