Call Masterchem Industries Double-Oh Seven because it's got a license to KILZ. The coatings company -- a subsidiary of home supply giant Masco's BEHR paints business -- manufactures primers, one-coat paints, and rust preventatives under the brands Hammerite and KILZ. The company's two manufacturing facilities are located in and around St. Louis. Masterchem, which was founded in 1954, sells its products through 30,000 retailers nationwide; the vast majority of its products are sold to retail outlets with the remainder sold to distributors. It became a Masco subsidiary in 2000.

They say you reap what you sow, and that's just fine with fertilizer company Hanfeng Evergreen. Through its operations in China, Hanfeng makes nitrogen and phosphate-based fertilizers for soybean, rice, corn, and wheat crops, as well as for lawns, trees, flowers, and other urban greenery. The company specializes in slow-release fertilizers, which unlike more traditional fertilizers, are coated or chemically altered for slow and controlled release into soil. It produces about 725,000 metric tons (or about 800,000 US tons) of fertilizer annually, targeting its products primarily to the growing agricultural market in China.

INVISTA has a fibrous outlook on life. A global leader in textile and polymer manufacturing, INVISTA is composed of four business units -- Apparel, Intermediates, Performance Surfaces and Materials, and Polymers and Resins -- and its portfolio includes brand names CoolMax, Stainmaster, Lycra, and Thermolite. Its products are used in clothing, plastic packaging, automobile airbags, and pharmaceutical ingredients. DuPont sold INVISTA to Koch Industries in 2004. Koch then merged the company with its own fibers unit, KoSa, leaving only INVISTA remaining. INVISTA operates worldwide.

Anderol thanks its lucky stars for all those pesky environmentalists that have many chemical companies running scared. The trend away from petroleum-based fluids fits the company's plans perfectly. Anderol's synthetic lubricants are used in gas engines and compressors and as hydraulic fluids and food-grade lubricants. The company is based in New Jersey and has operations worldwide, including Venezuela, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, China, and Canada. It became a subsidiary of Chemtura in 2007 when the specialty chemicals giant acquired its parent company, Kaufman Holdings, which also controls synthetic lubricants producer Hatco.

Cooley Group Holdings' polymer materials are used to create a variety of cool products, including digital murals, safety gear, and reservoir liners. The company designs and manufactures advanced polymer coatings for flexible membranes. Cooley's operating groups include Sign and Awning Products (backlit signs and awnings), Specialty Products (medical, sports, transportation, and marine), Building Products (roofing), Engineered Membranes (environmental containment, construction, military), Digital Products (outdoor advertising), and Cooley Europe in the Netherlands (automotive, industrial and commercial construction, horticulture). The company was founded as Cooley Finishing Company in 1926 by Arthur Cooley.

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.

Tata Chemicals Limited Company Profile At one time salt drove the world's commerce; it still makes up a good bit of the business at Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL). Tata Salt owns a more than 40% share in India's branded salt market, and the company's soda ash business is also tops in the country, controlling nearly a third of India's market. Tata Chemicals divides its business in two segments: Inorganic Chemicals (soda ash, salt, and caustic soda) and Fertilizers (primarily urea and phsophatic fertilizers). A member of the Tata Group, the company operates India's largest inorganic chemical complex in Mithapur. TCL's products end up in such diverse products as salt licks for cattle, fertilizers, cement, glass, processed steel, and detergents.

Advanced Aromatics (AALP) produces three grades of naphthalene and naphthalene derivatives. Products include tetrahydronaphthalene, high purity grades of naphthalene, aromatic solvents, and octane fuel components. AALP's chemicals end up in a variety of products including everything from fertilizers and dyes to textiles and gasoline. The company operates a single manufacturing location near Houston.

ELANTAS PDG has a long business pedigree when it comes to making protective and performance-enhancing electronic coatings, varnishes, and resins. Although scholars might take issue, the company claims that "founder P. D. George coined the word 'Pedigree' in 1919 to denote quality." Etymology aside, the company -- which is owned by German conglomerate ALTANA -- makes wire coatings, insulating varnishes, and encapsulating resins designed to insulate, protect, and improve the performance of wires and other electronic components. ELANTAS PDG (formerly called P. D. George Corporation) also makes resins used in other electronic products and applications, including banding tape, adhesives, and laminating resins.

Olin Corporation (NYSE: OLN) has a long history of supplying quality products and services to our customers, while generating value for our shareholders. On a daily basis, we are meeting our customers' evolving needs through innovation and an unwavering commitment to exceeding expectations and maintaining the highest ethical standards. Olin's 3,600 dedicated employees across the country are also fully committed to being good neighbors and environmental stewards in the communities in which our facilities are located.Olin Corporation is a Virginia Corporation, incorporated in 1892, having its principal executive offices in Clayton, MO. We are a manufacturer concentrated in two business segments: Chlor Alkali Products and Winchester. Olin Corporation have been involved in the U.S. chlor alkali industry for more than 100 years and are the 3rd largest producer in the North American chlor alkali market. Chlor Alkali Products manufactures chlorine and caustic soda, sodium hydrosulfite, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, potassium hydroxide and bleach products.

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