Toagosei Co. is active in both organic and inorganic chemicals. The company's largest business segments produce acrylic acids and esters (used in fibers, rubber, and paper processors) and chloralkali chemicals, including caustic soda and chlorine. Toagosei also is a major producer of plastic products such as PVC pipe and couplings and other inorganic chemicals such as sulfuric acid (used in fertilizers) and industrial gases (oxygen and nitrogen) for medical use. The company also produces adhesives, including instant adhesive Aron Alpha, which is better known as Crazy Glue in the US. In 2010 Toagosei formed a joint venture with Mitsui Chemicals to produce ethylene carbonates for lithium ion batteries.

General Chemical Performance Products can be found in your water pipes, in your refrigerator, and inside your medicine cabinet. General Chemical manufactures performance chemicals for such industries as food additives and pharmaceuticals (active ingredients for drugs), environmental services (water treatment), high technology (chemicals for semiconductor manufacturing), and chemicals processing. In 2009 private equity group American Securities paid $675 million including debt to buy General Chemical's parent company, GenTek, and its subsidiaries.

Calgon Carbon Corporation provides services, products, and solutions for purifying water and air in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Activated Carbon and Service, Equipment, and Consumer. The Activated Carbon and Service segment manufactures granular and powdered activated carbon for use in applications to remove organic compounds from water, air, and other liquids and gases. It also offers leasing, monitoring, and maintenance of carbon adsorption equipment. In addition, this segment provides carbon reactivation, handling, and transportation.The Equipment segment offers systems to purify air and water. Its adsorption systems are used for volatile organic compound control, air stripper off-gases, and landfill gas emissions, as well as for process purification, wastewater treatment, groundwater remediation, and de-chlorination. This segment employs proprietary ISEP (Ionic Separator) continuous ion exchange units for the purification of products in the food, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. Its ISEP units are also used to remove perchlorate and nitrate contaminants from drinking water. In addition, this segment offers ultra violet oxidation and disinfection systems for the destruction or inactivation of waterborne contaminants and organisms, as well as produces odor control equipment to control odors at municipal wastewater treatment facilities and pumping stations. The Consumer segment manufactures and sells carbon cloth for the medical and specialty markets; PreZerve storage products to protect and preserve jewelry and keepsakes from deterioration; and AllGone, an odor elimination system that utilizes activated carbon discs to adsorb odors and impurities from the air. Calgon Carbon Corporation serves potable water, industrial process, environmental water, environmental air, food, and specialty markets. The company was founded in 1942 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Messer Group operates in more than 30 countries in Europe as well as China and Peru. In addition to supplying gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, and helium, Messer provides welding and cutting services and, through subsidiaries, makes medical instruments and welding products. The company's products are used by medical facilities and a variety of manufacturers. Sales to Europe, primarily Central and Eastern Europe, account for more than three-quarters of the company's business. It delivers gas through on-site facilities and pipelines, as well as by truck and in cylinders.

Kohl Marketing moves products for companies like Degussa, BASF, and Akzo Nobel; the chemical distributor's wingspan stretches from eastern Pennsylvania down to Florida and west to Tennessee and Mississippi. It distributes raw chemical materials to makers of paints, plastics, textiles, adhesives, graphic arts, and building materials. Kohl Marketing has distribution centers in North Carolina, Florida, and at its home base in Roswell, Georgia.

Montefibre helps keep the world in polyester. The company is among the world's leading acrylic fiber manufacturers; its other big product is polyester. The company also produces polymer and staple fibers and filament yarns, and it has developed an antibacterial acrylic fiber. Applications for the company's fibers include products like imitation fur, automobile carpeting, outdoor awnings, and sport socks. Montefibre produces its fibers at plants in China (a joint venture with Jilin Qifeng), Italy, and Spain. Orlandi Group owns a majority stake in Montefibre. The company was established in 1918 as La Soie de Chatillon and changed its name to Montefibre in 1972.

South African diversified chemical giant Sasol Limited's Olefins and Surfactants unit (which itself is based in Germany). The division produces a number of commodity and specialty chemicals from its manufacturing sites and an R&D center in the US. Among the products made by Sasol North America are alcohols, alumina, paraffins, specialty surfactants, and fatty acid esters. Sasol North America is composed of what was once ConocoPhillips' chemicals unit, which was spun off as private company Vista Chemical in 1984, went public two years later, was purchased by RWE in 1991, and finally sold to Sasol in 2001.

Spectra is all about the colors. Spectra Colors Corporation manufactures colorants and dyes for everything from Polaroid's imaging products to Samsung ink jets to Kiwi shoe polishes. The company, which was founded in 1987, maintains a laboratory, production area, and warehouse at its New Jersey headquarters and also has a distribution network that spans the globe.

Dixie Chemical's products will make you feel better, eventually. The company produces specialty chemicals and intermediates that end up in food products and pharmaceuticals. It makes more than 60 products at its manufacturing facility in Texas, using processes such as synthesis, distillation, and hydrogenation. Dixie Chemical's products include epoxy agents for weapons and vehicles, trimethyl benzene for coatings and dyes, and ingredients for lubricants, industrial products, and paper products; they're sold in 40 countries worldwide. It also provides contract manufacturing, laboratory support, and project engineering services. Private equity group Glencoe Capital owns a majority interest in Dixie Chemical.

SABIC isn't meant to be an anagram for basic; that's just a happy accident. SABIC Europe manufactures basic and intermediate petrochemicals, including polyethylene, polypropylene, and other polyolefins, for customers throughout Europe. SABIC Europe is the European arm of Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC), the largest non-oil producing company in the Middle East, and one of the world's leading petrochemical producers. The company also distributes its parent's products throughout the continent; its manufacturing complexes are in Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK.

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