Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. offers atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services worldwide. The companys Merchant Gases segment sells atmospheric gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, and argon; process gases, including hydrogen and helium; and certain medical and specialty gases for the metal, glass, chemical processing, food processing, healthcare, steel, general manufacturing, and petroleum and natural gas industries. This segment also offers respiratory therapies, home medical equipment, and infusion services primarily in Europe. Its Tonnage Gases segment provides hydrogen, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, oxygen, and syngas principally to the energy production and refining, chemical, and metallurgical industries, as well as produces dinitrotoluene used in the manufacture of a precursor of flexible polyurethane foam. The companys Electronics and Performance Materials segment offers specialty gases, such as nitrogen trifluoride, silane, arsine, phosphine, white ammonia, silicon tetrafluoride, carbon tetrafluoride, hexafluoromethane, critical etch gases, and tungsten hexafluoride, as well as tonnage gases, specialty chemicals, and services and equipment for the manufacture of silicon and compound semiconductors, thin film transistor liquid crystal displays, and photovoltaic devices. This segment also provides performance materials primarily for coatings, inks, adhesives, civil engineering, and personal care products. Its Equipment and Energy segment designs and manufactures cryogenic and gas processing equipment for air separation, hydrocarbon recovery and purification, natural gas liquefaction, and helium distribution, as well as offers plant design, engineering, procurement, and construction management services principally to chemical and petrochemical manufacturing, and oil and gas recovery and processing industries. The company was founded in 1940 and is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Ashland Inc. operates as a specialty chemicals company internationally. Its Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients segment produces cellulose ethers and pale wood rosin derivatives; and specialty additives and functional ingredients. Its products offer functionality, such as thickening and rheology control; water retention; adhesive strength; binding power; film formation; protective colloid, suspending, and emulsifying action; foam control; and pH stability. The companys Ashland Hercules Water Technologies segment manufactures papermaking chemicals and supplies specialty chemicals. It offers sizing agents, wet/dry strength additives, and crepe and release additives for tissue manufacturing; and deposit control agents, defoamers, biocides, and other process additives. This segment also provides specialized chemicals and consulting services for the utility water treatment; and performance-based feed and control automation, and remote system surveillance programs. Its Ashland Performance Materials segment manufactures and supplies specialty chemicals and customized services to the building and construction, transportation, metal casting, packaging and converting, and marine markets. It also offers unsaturated polyester and vinyl ester resins, and gelcoats; adhesives and specialty resins; and metal casting consumables and design services. The companys Ashland Consumer Markets segment produces and markets packaged automotive lubricants, chemicals, appearance products, antifreeze, and filters to the private passenger car, light truck, and heavy duty markets. It also operates a quick-lube franchise under the name of Valvoline Instant Oil Change. The companys Ashland Distribution segment distributes chemicals, plastics, composite raw materials, and plastics, as well as provides environmental services, including hazardous and nonhazardous waste collection, recovery, recycling, and disposal. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Covington, Kentucky.

Celanese Corporation engages in producing and selling industrial chemicals, acetyl products, and engineered polymers in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company involves in processing chemical raw materials, such as methanol, carbon monoxide, and ethylene, as well as natural products, including wood pulp into.. Read More

Eastman Chemical Company engages in manufacturing and selling chemicals, plastics, and fibers in the United States. The company operates in five segments: Coatings, Adhesives, Specialty Polymers, and Inks (CASPI); Fibers; Performance Chemicals and Intermediates (PCI); Performance Polymers; and the Specialty Plastics (SP). The CASPI segment manufactures liquid vehicles, additives, specialty polymers, and other raw materials that are used in paints and coatings, inks, adhesives, and other formulated products. The Fibers segment offers Estron acetate tow and Estrobond triacetin plasticizers used in cigarette filters; Estron natural and Chromspun solution-dyed acetate yarns for use in apparel, home furnishings, and industrial fabrics; and cellulose acetate flake and acetyl raw materials for acetate fiber producers. The PCI segment offers intermediates; performance chemicals; and complex organic molecules, such as diketene derivatives, specialty ketones, and specialty anhydrides for pharmaceutical, fiber, and food and beverage ingredients, which are used in specialty market applications. This segments products are used in various markets and end uses, including agrochemical, automotive, beverages, nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, toys, photographic and imaging, household products, polymers, textiles, and industrials. The Performance Polymers segment provides polyethylene terephthalate for use in beverage and food packaging, as well as in custom-care and cosmetics packaging, health care and pharmaceutical uses, household products, carpet fibers, and industrial packaging applications. The SP segment offers cellulosic plastics and specialty copolyesters, which are used in specialty packaging, in-store fixtures and displays, consumer and durable goods, medical goods, personal care and consumer packaging, photographic film, optical film, fibers/nonwovens, tapes/labels, and LCDs. The Company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee.

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) operates as a science and technology company in various disciplines, including agriculture, industrial biotechnology, chemistry, biology, materials science, and manufacturing. It operates in five segments: Agriculture & Nutrition, Coatings & Color Technologies,.. Read More

FMC Corporation, a chemical company, provides solutions, applications, and products to various end markets worldwide. It operates in three segments: Agricultural Products, Specialty Chemicals, and Industrial Chemicals. The Agricultural Products segment develops, manufactures, and sells a portfolio of crop.. Read More

Huntsman Corporation operates as a global manufacturer of differentiated organic chemical products and of inorganic chemical products. Its products comprise a range of chemicals and formulations, which the company markets globally to a diversified group of consumer and industrial customers. Huntsmans products are used in a range of applications, including those in the adhesives, aerospace, automotive, construction products, durable and non-durable consumer products, electronics, medical, packaging, paints and coatings, power generation, refining, synthetic fiber, textile chemicals, and dye industries. The companys key product lines include MDI, amines, surfactants, epoxy-based polymer formulations, textile chemicals, dyes, maleic anhydride, and titanium dioxide. Huntsman operates in five segments: Polyurethanes, Advanced Materials, Textile Effects, Performance Products, and Pigments. Its Polyurethanes, Advanced Materials, Textile Effects, and Performance Products segments produce differentiated organic chemical products, and Pigments segment produces inorganic chemical products. The company was founded in 1970 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Dow Chemical Company engages in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural, and other specialized products and services worldwide. The company operates in six segments: Performance Plastics, Performance Chemicals, Agricultural Sciences, Basic Plastics, Basic Chemicals, and.. Read More