FutureFuel Corp. engages in the manufacture and sale of specialty chemicals and biofuels in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Chemicals and Biofuels. The Chemicals segment offers custom manufacturing chemicals, including a bleach activator for detergent and consumer products manufacturers; a proprietary herbicide for life sciences companies; and chlorinated polyolefin adhesion promoters and antioxidant precursors for chemical companies.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. manufactures and distributes nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products in North America and export markets. It operates in two segments, Nitrogen and Phosphate. The Nitrogen segment offers ammonia, urea, and urea ammonium nitrate solutions. The Phosphate segment provides diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, and granular muriate of potash used in agricultural fertilizer applications. The company also owns a 50% interest in KEYTRADE AG, a fertilizer trading company. CF Industries Holdings’ customers include cooperatives and independent fertilizer distributors located in the grain-producing states of the Midwestern United States. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

Brown bears, black bears, snow-white polar bears -- BEHR Process Corporation manufactures all the colors in the bear rainbow. The company produces coatings such as paint, stains, and varnishes that are sold primarily through The Home Depot; its best-selling line is exclusive to the home-improvement warehouse giant. The company was founded in 1947 out of Otho Behr's garage as a marketer of linseed oil. It grew into a stain and varnish manufacturer and, by the mid-80s, began to make architectural paints. BEHR also owns Masterchem Industries, which makes the primer KILZ. Home-improvement materials company Masco owns BEHR.

WACKER is an independent, globally active company that manufactures and sells chemical products and engages in intensive scientific research. A leader in its core businesses – semiconductors, polysilicon, polymers/specialty chemicals and silicones – WACKER forges ahead with innovative chemistry and new technologies, supplying solutions that are market-oriented, energy-saving and environmentally compatible.The company, a subsidiary of German silicon and silicone maker Wacker Chemie, is a custom compounder of a number of silicone products, most extensively silicone rubber. Products include orthopedic putty, industrial silicones, fluorosilicones, platinum cure silicone, spin casting materials, electrically and thermally conductive silicones, closed cell foam and sponge rubber, and silicone color master batches. Wacker SILMIX's products go to serve the aerospace, automotive, jewelry, pharmaceutical, and electrical industries. It has locations in California and Ohio.

From painting to printing, Clariant GmbH makes it brighter. The company makes pigments for paints, lacquers, plastics, and other specialty applications. The company also makes masterbatches, printing inks for ink jet and laser printing, additives to improve heat resistance, and aluminum paints. Other divisions make surfactants, polymers, pharmaceutical and agricultural fine chemicals, and distribute color and additive concentrates. Clariant GmbH sells to the automotive, electronics, consumer goods, medical, packaging, and textiles markets. The company is the German unit of Swiss specialty chemical giant Clariant International and accounts for about 15% of its parent's total sales.

TCR Industries, founded by Tony Rumfola in 1975, will recognize its thirty-sixth year operating as a manufacturers' representative organization June 1st. Our beginning was dealing in distressed inventory brought on by the infamous "oil embargo" which occurred in the early 1970s. A very large percentage of manufacturers requiring chemical raw materials overbought because uncertanties of availability requirements to make their finished products. Thus, when the curtain lifted ending the "oil embargo" caused shortages, there were staggering inventories interfering with cash flows. Opportunities were there to buy these inventories at discounted prices and sell at discounted, but profitable prices. The process was helpful to all parties concerned, and it helped in the start up of TCR.

Amerityre Corporation manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells flatfree specialty tires and tire-wheel assemblies in Nevada. It offers various lines of polyurethane foam tires for bicycles, wheelchairs, and outdoor power equipment products, as well as for lawn and garden products, such as wheelbarrows and hand trucks. The company also provides tire fill materials for use in construction, industrial, and mining applications. In addition, it develops polyurethane elastomer forklift and skid steer tires for heavy-use applications; and flame retardant polyurethane foam for use as packaging material. The company was formerly known as American Tire Corporation and changed its name to Amerityre Corporation in December 1999. Amerityre Corporation was founded in 1995 and is based in Boulder City, Nevada.

Formosa Chemicals & Fiber Corporation (FCFC) was founded on March 5, 1965. At the time of our inception, Taiwan was in great shortage of natural fibers due to the lack of resources. In support of a rapidly developing textile industry, we decided to build an integrated fiber plant that made wood pulp from small broadleaf woods or twigs grown along the paths of forests in mountainous regions of Taiwan for the production of rayon and engaged in textile processing. After years of rapid expansion, the company now has seven business divisions, namely First Chemical Division, Petrochemicals Division, Third Chemical Division, Plastics Division, Textile Division, Nylon Division, and Engineering & Construction Division, as well as a carpet project team. In recent years we have diversified into petrochemical and power generation businesses with plants in Changhwa, Ilan, Dongshan, Chiayi Hsin Kang, and Yunlin Mailiao, turning ourselves into a major manufacturer of chemicals, fibers, petrochemical and plastic materials in Taiwan.

Trans-Resources, Inc. Company Profile Better gardening through chemicals. Through five subsidiaries, Trans-Resources, Inc. (TRI) makes specialty plant nutrients as well as industrial and organic chemicals for businesses worldwide. Through Haifa Chemicals, TRI is the world's largest producer of potassium nitrate, a specialized growth nutrient for produce and tobacco; it controls about half of the world market. Haifa Chemicals also produces other fertilizers and food additives. The unit's products are marketed under the Multi-K and Multicote brands. Other TRI subsidiaries make water-soluble and liquid-starter fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, horticulture supplies, and irrigation equipment. Chairman Arie Genger and family own the company.

BorsodChem manufactures and distributes petrochemical products and plastics raw materials. The company operates primarily in five product groups: chlor-alkalis (raw materials for plastics and other products made by the company), PVC (the company's largest unit, accounting for about 30% of its sales), compounds (for sheets and films), MDI (insulating foams for the construction industry), and TDI (or toluylene-diisocyanate, used by furniture makers). The majority of BorsodChem's sales stay in continental Europe. The company was founded as Borsodi Vegyi Kombinᴠin 1949. Affiliates of Permira and Vienna Capital Partners own 89% of the company.

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