Eka Chemicals is able to eke out a fine living by providing chemicals to, primarily, the paper and pulp industry. A division of Dutch chemicals colossus Akzo Nobel, it operates through two divisions: Pulp and Paper -- which itself is divided along geographic lines -- and Specialty Products. Eka's bleaching chemicals provide more than half of the company's total sales. The remaining portions of the Pulp and Paper unit provide everything from monitoring units for chem labs to coating additives.

CTI Industries Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, production, marketing, and sale of novelty products, specialty and printed films, and flexible containers in the United States and internationally. The company’s products include foil balloons, latex balloons, punch balls, and other inflatable toy items; specialty and printed films for food packaging, specialized consumer uses, and various commercial applications; and flexible containers for home and consumer use for the storage and preservation of food and personal items. It markets its products primarily through distributors, wholesalers, independent sales representatives, and retail outlets. CTI Industries Corporation was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Barrington, Illinois.

Warwick International has been cleaning up in the chemicals business for more than a quarter century. Based in Wales, the company is a leading manufacturer of a bleach activator called MYKON that allows detergents to become more powerful more quickly and at lower temperatures. Additionally, the Warwick Group maintains a number of chemical distribution companies worldwide. In addition to serving the household and industrial detergents industry, the group targets such industries as water treatment, textile processing, coatings, and personal care. In 2008 Close Brothers' private equity unit acquired Warwick for $235 million from American aerospace and manufacturing company Sequa.

It's not just nuts and bolts that hold your car together. It's also products like EFTEC North America's adhesives and sealants that are responsible for bonding together the myriad parts of an automobile. The company and its sister, EFTEC AG, provide sealants, adhesives, and coatings to the auto industry. Other operations include the manufacture of mineral wool, waxes, PVC products, and elastomers. EFTEC North America's customers include Audi, General Motors, and Mercedes-Benz. The two EFTECs existed as a joint venture between EMS-CHEMIE and H.B. Fuller until 2007 when EMS bought out Fuller's portion of the JV.

Univar USA is the leading chemical distributor in the United States, providing more chemical products and related services than any other company in the marketplace. Our wide distribution network, with locations coast-to-coast, helps guarantee fast, reliable service to Univar's customers.

CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company puts the pedal to the metal for the chemically challenged. The company acts as the European distributor for its parent, CRI Catalyst, which itself is a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. Through its subsidiary, Criterion Catalysts & Technologies, CRI/Criterion Catalyst provides hydroprocessing chemicals used by petrochemical companies. In 2011 BASF Catalysts acquired CRI/Criterion's global styrene catalysts business in a move to expand into markets in the Middle East and China.

For over 75 years, Transilwrap Company, Inc. has been manufacturing and converting plastics for the thermal laminating, printing, industrial, specialty packaging, and graphic arts markets. With the latest in computerized technology, a wide variety of available inventory and years of high caliber service, Transilwrap is a proven leader in the industry. Our goal is to provide our customers with consistent quality and value that meet their specific requirements.Transilwrap produces its plastic films and sheeting from its nine manufacturing sites throughout the US and Canada. The founding Minkus and Drower families had owned most of the company until a management buy-out in 2004. And then, three years later, private investment firm Nicolet Partners acquired a stake in Transilwrap as management was looking for a partner to help it grow.

Sherwin Alumina, one of the largest alumina refineries in North America, extracts aluminum oxide, or alumina, from bauxite ore. It has an annual production capacity of nearly 1.5 million tons of smelter-grade and 300,000 tons of chemical-grade alumina. After the company refines the alumina it is then used primarily in the making of aluminum, though also as an abrasive and a refractory material. Sherwin Alumina's location on the Texas Gulf Coast allows it access to nearby aluminum smelting facilities and its own deepwater port. It is owned by Swiss metals giant Glencore.

H. Heller & Co.'s loading dock is where the rubber meets the road. The company manufactures plastic and rubber raw materials through affiliated companies American Thermoplastics, Heller Performance Polymers, and Gulf Performance Polymers. Heller manufactures thermoplastic resins, recycled plastics, and rubber compounds and additives; it also provides custom blending and compounding. The company serves customers in the packaging, film, wire and cable, and sheet and molding industries throughout Canada, Mexico, and the US.

Donaldson Company, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of filtration systems and replacement parts worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Engine Products and Industrial Products. The Engine Products segment offers air filtration systems, exhaust and emissions systems, liquid filtration systems, and replacement parts. This segment serves independent distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) dealer networks, private label accounts, and equipment fleets, as well as OEMs in the construction, mining, agriculture, aerospace, defense, and truck markets.The Industrial Products segment provides dust, fume, and mist collectors; compressed air purification systems; liquid filters and parts; air filter systems; PTFE membrane and laminates; and specialized air filtration systems for a range of applications, including computer hard disk drives. This segment sells its products to various industrial end-users, OEMs of gas-fired turbines, and OEMs and end-users requiring clean air. Donaldson Company, Inc. was founded in 1915 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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