H&R WASAG has exploded in growth by acquiring explosive companies, the specialty chemicals company remains most profitable in manufacturing chemical and pharmaceutical raw materials and plastics. H&R WASAG is involved in such operations as precision-molded parts (Gaudlitz), industrial explosives (WASAG-Chemie), gunpowder (WANO), and blasting machines (ZEB). With its 2005 acquisition of Westspreng, the group became the No. 1 explosives maker in Germany. Formerly Wasag-Chemie, the company added H&R to its name for major shareholder Hansen & Rosenthal and dropped "chemie."

Because you're not likely to be creating ion exchange resins out of your garage, LANXESS Sybron Chemicals does the job for you. LANXESS bought Sybron in 2000 and added its own ion exchange resins business to form one company that can serve both the industrial and domestic water treatment sectors. In addition to being used for domestic water softening and in waste water treatment, Sybron's products are used in catalysis and in processing specialty chemicals (removing heavy and precious metals like brine and mercury). They can also be used in sweetener and food processing to remove unwanted properties (minerals, odors, acids, etc.).

Rit-Chem. The family-run business is a go-between company that imports, exports, markets, and contracts for custom, high-quality, and hard-to-find chemicals. Its imports are primarily chemicals that are no longer made in the US, chemical preparations custom-produced for Rit-Chem, or chemicals of a higher quality than are typically made domestically. The company was founded by president Henry Rittel, who remains at the helm of business.

Keeping things clean is all in a days work for Quadralene. The company distributes industrial cleaning chemicals, automotive cleaning products, and janitorial supplies throughout the UK. Brands include Quadramotive (cleaning materials for the automotive industry), Quadratech (cleaning products for laboratories and technical workspaces), and Quadrasafe (cleaning products for the food production and transportation industry). Its high-pressure cleaning products for vehicle preparation are made under the brand Quadramax. Quadralene also manufactures products tailored to individual customers' needs.

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., a development stage company, focuses on developing and commercializing gasification technology primarily in China and the United States. The company intends to build, own, and operate coal gasification plants that utilize its proprietary U-GAS fluidized bed gasification technology to convert low rank coal and coal wastes into higher value energy products, such as transportation fuels and ammonia. Synthesis Energy Systems was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Praxair is content to use Praxair Distribution. The company distributes industrial, medical, and other gases to more than 600 Praxair locations in the US and Canada. Praxair Distribution delivers industrial gases and hardware to welders; respiratory gases and healthcare equipment to hospitals and homecare patients; and specialty gases and equipment to electronics, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and chemical companies. It uses a line of stores and depots, specialty gases labs, cylinder-filling plants, homecare service locations, and distribution centers to serve its customers' needs.

GeoBio Energy, Inc., a development stage company, operates as a biodiesel supply and distribution company in the United States. It is also developing proprietary technology that enables the production of biodiesel fuel on a commercial scale using green algae as feed stock. The company was formerly known as Better Biodiesel, Inc. and changed its name to GeoBio Energy, Inc. in February 2008. GeoBio Energy is based in Seattle, Washington.

Dynaction isn't the newest Saturday morning cartoon show -- it's a maker of fine and specialty chemicals through its 70% holding in Produits Chimiques Auxiliaires et de Synth賥 (PCAS). Its products are made for the pharmaceutical sector, primarily, as well as for makers of personal care and fragrance products. More than half of the company's sales are generated outside France. It previously had made power transmissions for heavy industrial use (through subsidiary CMD Engrenages et R餵cteurs) and had other non-chemical businesses, but Dynaction sold off the businesses from 2004-06 and now operates almost entirely through PCAS. Company chairman Christian Moretti holds about 15% of Dynaction.

Technic's technique allows it to specialize in electroplating chemicals and technology. The company makes plating chemicals for electronic manufacturing, specializing in precious metals plating. It also produces wafer processing chemicals and powders and flakes for electronic applications. Additionally Technic manufactures plating equipment like wafer plating benches for semiconductor makers, automatic hoists, and reel-to-reel plating machines. It operates two manufacturing plants in the US and also has manufacturing operations in Asia and Europe.

The M. F. Cachat Company is a regional technical sales organization focused on the marketing and distribution of specialty chemical products. Established in 1977, we are privileged to represent industry leaders in the Inks & Coatings, Rubber, Plastics, Adhesives & Sealants, and Consumer Products markets. Our strategic Principal partnerships, combined with our technical sales expertise and market knowledge, positions The M. F. Cachat Company to deliver high quality commercial and technical solutions to our customers across the markets we serve.

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