When people tell stories about Motomco, someone always dies at the end. Fortunately for the rest of us, that someone is a rodent. Motomco manufactures and distributes rodenticides, bait stations, and traps under brand names such as Jaguar, Hawk, Tomcat, Rampage, Eraze, and Mole and Gopher Bait. The company markets its products to both agricultural and residential customers.

Founded in 1978, Wego is run by partners Bert Eshaghpour and Edward Khalily. Chemical distributor Wego Chemical & Mineral operates throughout the Americas as well as Asia and Europe. Its products include acids, adhesives and sealants, colorants, dyes, pigments, esters, flavors and fragrances, food additives, and intermediates. The company delivers those products to companies operating in the agriculture, cosmetics, detergent, food, mining, pharmaceutical, paper, textile, and water treatment industries. Wego Chemical sources most of its products from Asia, where it owns stakes in manufacturing facilities, taking advantage of less expensive manufacturing costs there.

Henkel focuses on home and hearth. The international company makes branded products for laundry and home care (Persil, Purex, Pril), cosmetics and toiletries (Schwarzkopf, Fa, Dial), and adhesives (Loctite, Ceresit, Teroson). Most of Henkel's operations are centered in Europe, although its ownership of The Dial Corporation gives it access to the US market. Henkel serves customers in more than 125 countries from offices extending nearly everywhere but Greenland and Australia. Relatives of the founding Henkel family control the company, which began in 1876. Amid an economic downturn in the US and abroad, Henkel in 2009 initiated a long-term strategy with financial targets that extend into 2012.

Nan Ya may be plastic, but it's the real deal. Part of the Formosa Group's collection of chemical and plastics companies, Nan Ya Plastics primarily manufactures plastics, fibers, and electronic materials, and is Taiwan's largest plastics maker. The company is counting on growing the electronic materials business, as well as its burgeoning specialty chemicals operations. Those two units have higher margins and better growth potential than do basic plastics and fibers. Nan Ya Plastics was founded in 1958; it operates in the US through subsidiary Nan Ya Plastics USA.

Georgia Gulf Corporation engages in manufacturing and marketing chlorovinyls and aromatics chemicals, and vinyl-based building and home improvement products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Chlorovinyls; Window and Door Profiles and Mouldings Products; Outdoor Building Products; and Aromatics. The Chlorovinyls segment offers chlorine, caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, and vinyl resins and compounds. The Window and Door Profiles and Mouldings Products segment provides vinyl window profiles, including frames, sashes, trim, and other components, as well as vinyl patio door components and fabricated patio doors to window and door fabricators. This segment also manufactures and markets extruded decorative mouldings and millwork. The Outdoor Building Products segment provides siding products, including vinyl siding, and various accessories, such as vinyl soffit, aluminum soffit, fascia trim and molded vent mounts, and exterior shutters; pipe and pipe fittings for the municipal and electrical markets, as well as for plumbing applications; and deck, fence and rail, and fabricated aluminum products. The Aromatics segment offers cumene, and the co-products, phenol acetone and alpha methyl styrene. It markets its vinyl-based building and home improvement products under the Royal Group brands. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

H. M. Royal is distinguished in its ability to distribute chemicals throughout the US. The company's products include pigments, reinforcements, fire retardants and smoke suppressants, plasticizers, polymers, and performance additives. It serves customers including manufacturers, compounders, and formulators in the plastic, rubber, protective coating, adhesive, and sealant industries. H. M. Royal's suppliers include Albemarle, DuPont, and Dow. The company operates distribution facilities in New Jersey and California and provides warehousing services across the US through affiliates.

With a parent that is best known for peddling its cheesecakes and croissants, Sara Lee International Household and Body Care is more focused on making products to keep its customers' shoes shiny and bugs at bay. As one of six Sara Lee Corporation business segments, the company sells branded items in about 200 countries. The segment manufactures a leading worldwide shoe polish and cleaner (Kiwi), air fresheners (Ambi Pur), and insecticides (Vapona, Catch, GoodKnight, Bloom, and Ridsect) sold primarily in Europe and Asia. Looking to unload its non-core interests, the company in 2009 agreed to sell its personal care products business to Unilever.

Wynn's company was founded in 1939 and is a unit of Illinois Tool Works (ITW). The products made by Wynn's have been to the moon and featured in Steve Martin's The Jerk. Wynn's develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemical products and automotive service equipment. The company's lubricating oils reduce friction in car engines and NASA rockets alike. Wynn's products include engine oil, coolants, transmission and brake fluids, and HVAC chemicals. In addition to US business, Wynn's reach extends to Asia, Australia, Europe, and Latin America.

Mitsubishi Rayon's largest business segment makes chemicals and plastics, principally those based on MMA monomers. Another major business segment produces man-made fibers, including polyester and acrylic fibers and Pylen, a recyclable material used for interior decoration and automobile interiors. Other operations include specialty products such as plastic optical fibers, composite fibers, and water filtration systems. Mitsubishi Rayon is part of the Mitsubishi "keiretsu," a group of firms affiliated through extensive cross-ownership.

S.C. Johnson & Son helped to replace the flyswatter with the spray can. The company is one of the world's largest makers of consumer chemical products, including Glade, Mr. Muscle, Raid, Pledge, Brise, Drano, Fantastik, Kabbikiller, OFF!, Scrubbing Bubbles, Saran, Shout, Vanish, Windex, and Ziploc. S.C. Johnson peddles its products in more than 110 countries. The founder's great-grandson and once one of the richest men in the US, Samuel Johnson, died in 2004. His immediate family owns about 60% of S.C. Johnson; descendants of the founder's daughter own about 40%. Chairman Dr. Fisk Johnson assumed the title of CEO when president, CEO, and director Bill Perez left for Nike in late 2004.

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