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

Barton Solvents packages, stores, and delivers solvents and other chemical products for customers in 13 Midwestern states. Products include cleaning solvents, paint thinners, hydraulic systems oil, corrosion inhibitors, and surfactants. Barton has distribution locations in Iowa, Kansas, and Wisconsin. Suppliers include ADM, BASF, Ineos, and Shell Chemicals.

U.S. Paint Corporation makes epoxies, finishing systems, solvents, and urethane products for use in the automotive industry. It manufactures Honda paint kits, featuring basecoats and topcoats of exact color matches for several models of Honda motorcycles. Previously a unit of Japanese firm Nippon Oil and Fats, U.S. Paint went through a management buyout in 2004. The company, which was founded in 1931, then sold its aerospace and marine product divisions.

Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, doesn't want its customers to be bugged. The subsidiary makes insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides for agricultural applications, as well as for residential pest control. It also develops genetically modified (GM) seeds under the Mycogen and Phytogen names. Dow AgroSciences splits its operations into five product lines: plant gentics and biotechnology (in addition to seeds the unit has developed food products like the heart-healthy Natreon canola oil), weed management, disease management, pest management, and urban pest management. It has operations in more than 50 countries around the world.

Spur Ventures is involved in phosphate mining and phosphate fertilizer manufacturing in a joint venture with Hubei Yichang Phosphate Chemical in China. The Canadian company, which holds a majority interest in the venture, produces NPK fertilizer -- a compound containing nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium -- in China's central province of Hubei. Spur Ventures also operates a phosphoric acid plant in Yichang, which has the capacity to produce 60,000 tons of phosphoric acid per year and will be used to supply the joint venture's fertilizer plant.

From ethanol to antifreeze, Houghton Chemical has found a way into your life. The company makes and distributes its own lines of automotive fluids, heat transfer fluids, and water treatment and industrial chemicals. Its Automotive division makes and distributes antifreeze nationally under such brands as Security, MacGuard, and Pah|nol. The company's Heat Transfer Fluids unit makes the Wintrex and Safe-T-Therm brands for heating, cooling, and refrigeration systems, and it offers laboratory testing, complete with chemical disposal to customers. Founded in the mid-1920s, Houghton Chemical has remained a family-owned business; current CEO Bruce Houghton is the founder's grandson.

RUTGERS Chemicals GmbH Company Profile Calling it chemically dependent won't turn this knight scarlet. RUTGERS Chemicals main operations include the manufacture of pitches from coal tar, napthalene, and industrial oils. Its downstream activities use those raw materials to make aromatic chemicals, performance products, and plasticizers. RUTGERS' eight manufacturing sites are located in Europe and North America and serve makers of adhesives, aluminum, coatings, plastics, and tires. The company's subsidiaries include Canadian dispersants maker Handy Chemicals and VFT, which makes aromatics from plants in Belgium, Canada, and Poland. RUTGERS had been a part of German industrial conglomerate Evonik until 2008, when investment group TRITON acquired it.

Penford Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialty natural-based ingredient systems for various industrial and food applications in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. It develops and manufactures ingredients with starch as a base. The starch products are manufactured primarily from corn, potatoes, and wheat, and are used as binders and coatings in paper and food production. The various forms of starches include ethylated, oxidized, and cationic. The ethylated and oxidized starches are used in coatings and as binders, providing printability to fine white, magazine, and catalog paper. Cationic and other liquid starches are used in the paper forming process in paper production, providing bonding of paper fibers and other ingredients. Penford sells its products through a direct sales force, as well as through distributor agreements. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado.

According to Firmenich International, Prunella is "fruity" while Dorinia is "floral" -- all part of the business of creating chemical flavors and fragrances. With operations worldwide, Firmenich produces flavors and fragrances for perfumes, cosmetics, foods and beverages, and household products. It ranks among the world leaders in flavors and fragrances along with International Flavors & Fragrances and Givaudan and has about 15% of market share. Firmenich operates about 20 manufacturing sites and maintains three R&D facilities located in China, Switzerland, and the US. The company has been owned and operated by the Firmenich family since the late 19th century.

Quaker Chemical Corporation develops, produces, and markets formulated chemical specialty products for various heavy industrial and manufacturing applications, as well as offers chemical management services (CMS). Its products and services include rolling lubricants, which are used by manufacturers of steel in the hot and cold rolling of steel, as well as by manufacturers of aluminum in the hot rolling of aluminum; corrosion preventives that are used by steel and metalworking customers to protect metal during manufacture, storage, and shipment; and metal finishing compounds, which are used to prepare metal surfaces for special treatments, such as galvanizing and tin plating, as well as to prepare metal for further processing.The company’s products also include machining and grinding compounds that are used by metalworking customers in cutting, shaping, and grinding metal parts; forming compounds, which are used to facilitate the drawing and extrusion of metal products; hydraulic fluids that are used by steel, metalworking, and other customers to operate hydraulically activated equipment; and technology for the removal of hydrogen sulfide in various industrial applications. In addition, Quaker Chemical Corporation’s products include chemical milling maskants for the aerospace industry, and temporary and permanent coatings for metal and concrete products; construction products, such as flexible sealants and protective coatings for various applications; and programs to provide chemical management services. The company primarily serves steel, automotive, mining, aerospace, tube and pipe, coatings, and construction materials industries. It markets its products through its own employees and CMS programs, as well as through value- added resellers and agents. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

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