Total Petrochemicals is just a small portion of a very large TOTAL. The Total Petrochemicals company is the business unit in charge of the French energy giant's worldwide production of base petrochemicals (olefins and aromatics), polyethylene, polypropylene, and styrenics (styrene, polystyrene, and elastomers). Olefins are the basic building blocks of the chemical world, such as ethylene and propylene, and are manufactured primarily from natural gas and naphtha; they are the raw materials used in just about everything else the company makes. The Total Petrochemicals is invested heavily in Asia through 50-50 joint venture Samsung Total Petrochemicals, which offers Total a prominent gateway into Asia and in particular the Chinese market.

Dyno Nobel Inc. is the North American unit of explosives maker Dyno Nobel. The company, which operates more than 50 manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout the continent, is North America's leading supplier of explosives. Primary customers include mining, construction, and industrial quarry companies. Its former parent company, the Norwegian private equity firm Industrie Kapital, divided the parent company in 2005 and sold the Australian and North American operations to Macquarie Bank. Rival Orica acquired the other operations. Dyno Nobel remains the world's second-largest explosives producer behind Orica, though it was acquired by Australian agrochem maker Incitec Pivot in 2008.

Plagues of locusts, weevils, or any other kind of crop-destroying bugs are no match for Syngenta Crop Protection. The subsidiary of Syngenta AG, manufactures more than 130 products (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and seed treatments) used by farmers and pest control operators to control insects, crop diseases, and weeds. The company operates manufacturing and development facilities in the US. Its agrochemical products are used to protect all manner of crops from corn and soybeans to cotton and peanuts. Syngenta's brands include Callisto, Omega, Actara, Helix, and Ridomil Gold.

Yara International tries to make the world green -- and, in the process, make a little green of its own. The manufacturer of fertilizers and industrial gases is among the world's largest makers of plant nutrients and ammonia, selling about 20 million metric tons of fertilizer per year. It is also a top supplier of CO2 and nitrogen chemicals to industrial markets and of nitrates to the explosives industry. Yara has a quarter stake in Chilean fertilizers maker SQM, as does Canadian fertilizers maker PotashCorp. Formerly known as Hydro Agri, the company was spun off in 2004 by Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro. Yara markets its products worldwide.

I say, "potato chip." You say, "crisp." But we can all agree Pringles are sought after worldwide. Procter & Gamble Holdings UK, like its US parent The Procter & Gamble Company, manufactures and sells household care items (this includes its Pringles brand); beauty products (includes fragrances like Hugo Boss and Lacoste, cosmetic brand Max Factor, and skin care line Olay); and family health items (like Crest toothpaste and "disposable nappies" Pampers). Procter & Gamble operates more than a dozen locations in the UK, including administrative offices, technical centers, and manufacturing facilities. President Laurent Philippe succeeded Paul Polman, who retired in June 2005.

Helix BioMedix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing and commercializing small proteins known as bioactive peptides. The company develops small-chain peptides with anti-infective and anti-inflammatory properties, such as the stimulation of cell proliferation and migration. Its peptides are used as ingredients in cosmetics and topical therapeutics in various applications, including anti-aging skin care, acne treatment, wound healing, and the treatment and prevention of infections. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Bothell, Washington.

Dur-A-Flex makes and sells not-so-flexible flooring products. The company manufactures commercial and industrial flooring systems and polymer components (epoxies, urethanes, and methyl methacrylates), as well as colored quartz aggregates for use in food processing, laboratory, health care, grocery, correctional, automotive, and manufacturing settings. Its products include primers, sealers, crack fillers, resurfacers, performance topcoats, and protective coatings. Dur-A-Flex's colored quartz aggregate are sold primarily to the seamless flooring industry.

Rival Technologies, Inc., a development stage company, through its subsidiaries, develops and markets technologies related to continuous water injection in diesel engines and a primary upgrading process for heavy crude oil and bitumen in Canada and the United States. The company develops Continuous Water Injection technology, a diesel engine technology that is designed to reduce nitrogen oxide and smoke emissions of diesel engines for the automotive transportation and marine industries. It also engages in the acquisition, development, and marketing of TRU Oiltech technology, a mild, thermal reagent, primary upgrading process designed for heavy crude and oil sands bitumen, which improves viscosity for acceptance by pipeline transportation systems. The company, formerly known as North American Fire Guardian Technologies Inc., was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Henderson, Nevada.

Textile Rubber & Chemical Company (TRCC) doesn't want to pull the rug out from under your feet. It prefers to make that rug stronger and more comfortable. The company manufactures a number of rubber, latex, and polyurethane compounds that are used to make backings for rugs and carpets; as the raw ingredients in textile, rubber, and plastic products; and as additives for asphalt surfaces. TRCC operates on five continents and maintains 13 operating divisions and subsidiaries, including Perpetual Machine Company (maker of carpet finishing equipment), Tiarco (latex chemicals manufacturer), and XL Brands (maker of floor covering adhesives and carpet care products).

Callahan Chemical carries chemicals to creators of coatings, cleaners, and cosmetics. The distribution company's chemicals are also used in inks, adhesives, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and vitamin products. Product categories include antimicrobials, silicones, solvents, urethanes, surfactants, humectants, preservatives, and specialty resins. The company's suppliers include Dow Chemical, Eastman Chemical, Rhodia, and Stepan. Callahan transports products from four warehouses in the northeastern US and Puerto Rico; it also offers packaging and blending services.

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