The Jebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia, a member of the Jebsen & Jessen Family Enterprise, dates its origins to a trading partnership formed in Hong Kong in 1895. The Group, incorporated in the early 1960s, is today a highly diversified entity engaged in eight core businesses: Cable Technology, Chemicals, Communications, Life Sciences, Marketing, Material Handling, Packaging and Technology. With a focus on South East Asia, the Group has established a firm foothold in the region through more than 50 subsidiaries and associate companies in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, employing approximately 3,000 people

The good thing about being Mapei is that you've got a direct hand in preventing the rug from being pulled out from under you. The Italian specialty chemicals company manufactures adhesives and sealants for floor installations. Mapei operates globally and achieves more than half of its sales from outside of its home country. The Squinzi family founded the company in 1937 and still controls Mapei. The company's name is an acronym of a former name -- Materiali Ausilieri Per l'Edilizia e l'Industria (or Auxiliary Materials for Building and Industry).

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, purchases, and distributes various biochemicals and organic chemicals worldwide. Its chemical products and kits are used in scientific research, including genomic and proteomic; biotechnology; pharmaceutical development; and as key components in pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and other high technology manufacturing. The company offers biological buffers, cell culture reagents, biochemicals, chemicals, solvents, and other reagents and kits. It also sells organic chemicals, biochemicals, analytical reagents, chromatography and other laboratory consumables, reference materials, and high-purity products. In addition, Sigma-Aldrich supplies immunochemical, molecular biology, cell signaling, and neuroscience biochemicals and kits used in biotechnology, genomic, proteomic, and other life science research applications; and organic chemicals and biochemicals used in development and production by pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial, diagnostic, and electronics companies. The company serves various customers, including universities, pharmaceutical companies, commercial laboratories, industrial companies, non-profit organizations, governmental institutions, biotechnology, diagnostic, chemical and electronics companies, and hospitals. It has a collaboration agreement with Roche Nimblegen Inc. The company was founded in 1951 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

George S. Coyne Chemical. The company distributes industrial chemicals (for pharmaceuticals, food, and cosmetics), consumer products (pool chemicals, de-icing chemicals, solar salt), and metal finishing and plating chemicals, primarily in the northeastern US. Coyne Chemical also provides related valued-added services, such as warehousing, custom blending and packaging, and environmental consulting. It operates four locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The company was formed in 1868 by George Coyne and is operated by the founder's descendants.

Japan's super packaging company is JSP Corporation, which manufactures foamed plastic products used to create food containers, electronics packaging, and automobile parts. The company's products are made using one of two methods: extrusion foaming and bead foaming. Its global subsidiary, JSP International, is among the leading manufacturers of expanded polypropylene beads, primarily used by the automotive industry. Since the 1990s the company has made international expansion a priority. JSP now gets almost a third of its total sales outside Japan. The company was founded in 1962.

McCombs Enterprises auto group sells new cars from Ford, GMC, Hyundai, Scion, and Toyota at about a dozen dealerships in and around San Antonio, Texas. McCombs Enterprises also rolls out a long roster of used car brands. Octogenarian-owner Red McCombs' other business interests include radio giant Clear Channel Communications, which he co-founded, Austin's Emergent Technologies, and real estate. He is a former owner of the Minnesota Vikings and the San Antonio Spurs. In 2000 Red McCombs pledged $50 million to the Red McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. McCombs founded his namesake company in 1958.

Dorsett & Jackson distributes raw materials in the western US. The company provides specialty chemicals such as amines, food additives, pigments, plasticizers, polyglycols, resins, surfactants, and thickening agents. It serves customers in the paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and plastics and rubber industries. Dorsett & Jackson's suppliers include Alcoa, Degussa, and Hexion.

NISSO manufactures basic chemicals, including caustic soda and chlorine used for industrial purposes. The company also produces specialty and performance chemicals such as dyes and additives for poultry and pig feed; agrochemicals such as herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides; and pharmaceuticals. NISSO's non-chemical operations include warehousing, transportation services, construction, and non-ferrous metals operations. The company sells its products primarily in Japan but also in other parts of Asia, North America, and Europe.

In 1908, Morris Brown, an immigrant from Russia, began his daily trip via horse-drawn cart from Bremen, Indiana, to South Bend, Indiana. Morris, and his family, would bring eggs and other farm produce from Bremen to South Bend to trade for other goods not available in his small farming town. One day, while on the road to South Bend, a man asked Morris if he cared to trade produce for peppermint oil. Morris wasn't aware of its value, but was always looking for an opportunity, so he decided to gamble. Morris, and his sons, took the peppermint oil into South Bend and soon realized they could earn more money trading peppermint than eggs and other farm produce, Morris, and his sons, knew this was a business he would develop, and he founded a company named M. Brown & Sons dedicated to selling the finest essential oils available. The Browns worked long hours and very hard so they could support their families and provide integrity and service to their customers.In 1974, Morris Brown's grandson, Irvin Brown, expanded the business by selling herbs, spices, and decorative botanicals. M. Brown & Sons and Lebermuth Company eventually merged into one firm. Four generations later, we have not forgotten what Morris created and the service he provided. In his footsteps we continue to provide you, our clients, the best quality products and service available!

Abengoa Bioenergy is the only truly global ethanol producer, with about a dozen plants in the US, Europe, and South America. Its plants have a production capacity of 840 million gallons a year, including 380 million gallons in the US. The company's primary product is fuel-grade ethanol, which, when blended with gasoline, raises oxygen levels and cuts exhaust emissions pollutants such as carbon monoxide. Its research and development unit works in partnership with universities and other companies to develop improved processing technology for ethanol. Abengoa Bioenergy has been a part of Spanish engineering firm Abengoa, which owns about 80% of the company, since 2002.

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