Do-it-yourself Van Goghs fill their palettes with Diamond-Vogel Paint's products. The company makes architectural (interior and exterior), industrial, and heavy-duty protective coatings, paints, and stains under such brand names as Diamond Vogel and Van Sickle. Its Old Masters unit makes stains, varnishes, pickling, and other wood care products. Diamond-Vogel Paint sells its products through about 70 company-owned stores, primarily in the midwestern and southwestern US. The company's stores also sell home decorating products such as wallpaper and window treatments. Diamond-Vogel Paint, which was founded by Dutch immigrant Andrew Vogel in 1926, is owned and managed by the third generation of the Vogel family.

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.

Rise and shine is a way of life for the folks at Meguiar's. The company produces a variety of automotive care products, including soaps, chrome polishes, carnauba waxes, and vinyl and leather conditioners. It also makes microfiber chamois, towels, and pads that can be used on air and electric polishers. Products are available at major auto parts retailers such as AutoZone and O'Reilly Automotive, as well as through Meguiar's online store. In addition to its car care offerings, the company produces syndicated TV and radio show Car Crazy, which caters to automobile enthusiasts and is hosted by Barry Meguiar, CEO and the founder's grandson. Meguiar's was founded in 1901. 3M acquired the company in 2008.

Whether they're building skyscrapers or tunnels, Sika furnishes its customers with construction chemicals and the raw materials to make concrete. Primarily a specialty chemicals company (adhesives, coatings, and sealants) serving the construction industry, Sika also makes concrete and mortar for the manufacturing sector, and flooring and acoustic products for the automotive industry. Its consumer products are marketed under brands including Sikaflex, Sikabond, and Sikafloor. Sika has about 90 units operating in more than 70 countries and is organized into two divisions: construction (by far the larger of the two, accounting for nearly three-quarters of sales) and industry. Sika Corporation is its US presence.

GreenShift Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops and commercializes clean technologies that facilitate the use of natural resources in the United States. It owns four corn oil extraction facilities in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Medina, New York; Marion, Indiana; and Riga, Michigan. The company also owns a bio-diesel refinery located in Adrian, Michigan; and an oilseed crushing facility in Culbertson, Montana. GreenShift Corporation sells its corn oil as a feedstock for biofuel production or for direct use as biofuel. The company was formerly known as GS CleanTech Corporation and changed its name to GreenShift Corporation. GreenShift Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

InteliCoat Technologies hopes its specialty coatings are found to be intelligent solutions for its customers' needs. The company manufactures coatings and substrates for use primarily in digital imaging equipment. Its products include dispersion coatings, optically clear films, coated papers, and flexible laminates. InteliCoat's products are sold worldwide under the brand name Magic; it also provides private-label services for OEMs and distributors. Other brand names include Jet Set, for the CAD market, and MagicL饠digital imagine media products. Investment firm Sun Capital Partners owns the company.

Tronox Incorporated was founded in 1964 and is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Tronox Inc. (NYSE:TRX) operates independently of Kerr-McGee Corp. as of March 30, 2006. Tronox Incorporated produces and markets titanium dioxide pigment in the United States and internationally. The company’s titanium dioxide, a white pigment is used in a range of products for its ability to impart whiteness, brightness, and opacity. Its pigment product is used in coatings, plastics, and paper, as well as various specialty products, such as inks, food, and cosmetics. The company also offers electrolytic manganese dioxide, which is used as active cathode material for alkaline batteries; lithium manganese dioxide that is used as rechargeable battery material; sodium chlorate for the pulp and paper industry; boron trichloride, a specialty chemical gas, which is used in various products, including pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, high-performance fibers, specialty ceramics, and epoxies; and elemental boron that is used in igniter formulations for defense, pyrotechnic, and air bag industries.

No liposuction or weight loss miracles here, but Lipo Chemicals can help you tan without burning, sweat without stinking, and age without looking old. The specialty chemicals company manufactures raw materials and ingredients for the fragrance, personal care, food, and pharmaceutical industries. Lipo has sales offices and affiliated companies throughout the world that market esters, cosmetic oils, preservatives, humectants, exfoliates, emulsifiers, and tanning enhancers to companies like Avon, Procter & Gamble, and Mary Kay Cosmetics. It also offers formulation and technical support services. Co-founded in 1962 by Louis Frischling (who died in late 2007), the company is controlled by the Frischling family.

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.

From poisoning garden pests to exfoliating dry skin, Lonza puts itself in the middle of things. As the US operations of its parent company, Lonza accounts for about a third of the Lonza Group's $2.5 billion in annual sales. While Lonza doesn't actually make consumer products, the company provides chemical ingredients and intermediates for the personal care, water treatment, pharmaceutical, and plastics industries, from its nine manufacturing and R&D locations throughout the US.

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