Intercontinental Fragrances wafts smells from continent to continent. The company manufactures fragrance oils for the personal-care products industry. Its products are used in air fresheners, candles, cosmetics, and soaps. Intercontinental Fragrances' oils are marketed and distributed to wholesale customers in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. The company also provides product testing and development services. Intercontinental Fragrances is a division of Infrin, which also includes lime oil and concentrate provider Global Sourcing & Supplies.

FutureFuel Corp. engages in the manufacture and marketing of specialty chemicals and biofuels in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Chemicals and Biofuels. The Chemicals segment offers custom manufacturing chemicals, including a bleach activator for detergent manufacturers; proprietary herbicide for life sciences companies; and chlorinated polyolefin adhesion promoters and antioxidant precursors for chemical companies. This segment also provides performance chemicals, such as polymer (nylon) modifiers and several small-volume specialty chemicals, as well as agricultural intermediates and additives, imaging chemicals, fiber additives, and various specialty pharmaceutical intermediates. Its products are used in various markets and end uses, including detergent, agrochemical, automotive, photographic imaging, coatings, nutrition, and polymer additives. The Biofuels segment offers biodiesel and cellulose-derived biofuels. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Clayton, Missouri.

IMAFLEX Inc., operating since 1994, specializes in the manufacturing and sale of polyethylene films. These custom made packaging films are either used directly by our customers to protect and market their own products, or purchased by printers know as converters, who will then transform the film to satisfy their own customer needs, or by distributors for re-sale.

Mobile Area Networks, Inc. engages in the design, engineering, and production of intricate plastic molds, and the production of plastic and rubber parts. The company’s product line comprises residential and commercial construction product parts, military and simulation training parts, orthopedic device parts, consumer product parts, automotive computer housings, sporting rifle parts, archery bow parts, snow ski equipment parts, novelty toys, concrete block construction parts, and air conditioner parts. It also offers product development prototyping and mold design services. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Sanford, Florida.

INEOS Oxide help with all of that. A member of the INEOS Group of companies, INEOS Oxide primarily makes ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene glycol (EG). The first can be used to manufacture sterilants and pesticides, while the latter is a chief component of antifreeze and de-icing fluids in addition to being used to produce polyester, PET resin, and coatings. INEOS Oxide is among the world's leading manufacturers of EO, EG, and their derivatives, along with chemical manufacturers BASF and Dow. It works through third-party agreements with companies like Borealis, GE Bayer Silicones, Praxair, and Kuraray.

Afton Chemical develops and manufactures petroleum additives that enhance the performance of lubricating oils and fuels to enhance their performance in machinery, vehicles, and other equipment. From custom-formulated chemical blends to market-general additive components, Afton Chemical technology helps fuels burn cleaner, engines run smoother, and machines last longer.

Sasol Limited's Olefins and Surfactants unit (which itself is based in Germany). The division produces a number of commodity and specialty chemicals from its manufacturing sites and an R&D center in the US. Among the products made by Sasol North America are alcohols, alumina, paraffins, specialty surfactants, and fatty acid esters. Sasol North America is composed of what was once ConocoPhillips' chemicals unit, which was spun off as private company Vista Chemical in 1984, went public two years later, was purchased by RWE in 1991, and finally sold to Sasol in 2001.

In a race to the finish line, Polarome International wins by a nose. The New Jersey-based specialty chemicals company manufactures and distributes aroma and flavor chemicals. Polarome maintains manufacturing and distribution operations in the US, Europe, and South America. It has an inventory of more than 1,000 flavor and aroma ingredients (which originate the world over), from Amyris (found in Haiti) to Ylang (brought in from the Comoros Islands). The company, formed in 1951, is owned and operated by the third generation of founder William Bruell's family.

PMC Global makes Bob the Builder's bubble bath "and" the pipe that drains the suds away. The diversified international company produces memory chips, connectors, film, packaging, plastics, plastic-molding equipment, and specialty chemicals, among other things. It operates through about a dozen specialized divisions such as ASC Group (electronics), Cosrich (children's bath, cosmetics, and toiletry products), PMC Specialties Group (specialty chemicals), and VCF Films (PVC and acrylic films). In 2008 it bought Chemtura's oleochemicals unit. CEO Philip Kamins (who owns the company) founded PMC (Plastic Management Corporation) in 1971 as an outgrowth of a small plastics scrap yard he founded in 1964.

No more inventory! Product on demand! Revolution! Sounds like the sales pitch that came from countless dot-coms circa 1999. But MicroBlend Technologies aims to change the way paint is manufactured and sold through just those heady fin de siecle promises. The Automated Paint Machine system manufactures paint at the point of sale, as it's been ordered (interior/exterior, flat/gloss, color, and amount), reducing the need for a huge retail space devoted to hundreds of gallons of already-made paint. MicroBlend has licensing agreements with several manufacturers to produce its equipment and component sauces. The company has also formed a co-branding partnership with DuPont's coatings unit.

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