Chemicals and Additives.AIR RELEASE AGENTS Akzo Nobel Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 62,000 people. Chemicals Inc., NY AOC AOC, n an acronym for the Aromatherapy Organizations Council. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Sub, of The Alpha Corp., TN Buckman Buckman may refer to: People
Byk-Chemie U.S.A. Inc., CT The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) Cognis Cognis is a global specialty chemicals company with leading positions in many of its markets worldwide. The company employs about 8,000 people, operates production or service centers in almost 30 countries, and sells its products to customers in more than 100 countries. Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Emerson & Cuming Specialty Polymers, MA Lescon Inc., ME (D) L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) PTM&W Industries, Inc., CA Rhodia The word Rhodia has several uses. It may refer to:
Stamat incorporated, TX (D) Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL ANTIBLOCKING AGENTS Akcros Chemicals America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. , NJ Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY Ashland Ashland (ăsh`lənd). 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 23,622), Boyd co., E Ky., on terraces along the Ohio River near the influx of the Big Sandy; settled 1786, inc. 1854. Distribution Co., industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Axel Axel: see Absalon. Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY Baker Petrolite, Polymers Div., TX The C.P Hall Co., IL Cabot Corp., IL CasChem, Inc., NJ Celite Corp., CA Chemcentral Corp., IL (D) Chroma Short for "chrominance." The attributes of a color, which include its hue (frequency) and saturation (amount of black). See hue and saturation. Corp., IL Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Croda Universal Inc., TX The Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. Group of America, Inc., NJ Degussa Corp., NJ Delta Colours, Inc., GA (D) Dow Corning Dow Corning is a multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, USA. Dow Corning specializes in silicon and silicone-based technology, offering more than 7,000 products and services. Dow Corning is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Inc. Corp., Ml DuPont Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, or du Pont may refer to: Companies
Eagle-Picher Minerals, Inc., Sub. of Eagle-Picher Industries., NV Engelhard
Engelhard Corporation is an international Fortune 500 company headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey. It is credited with developing the first production catalytic converter. Corp., Specialty Pigments & Additives, NJ Fiber Sales & Development Corp., NJ Franklynn Industries, Inc., OH Fuji Fuji (f  `jē), city (1990 pop. 222,490), Shizuoka prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan, on Suruga Bay. Silysia Chemical, NC W.R. Grace & Co., Grace Davison Davison is a surname, and may refer to
Grefco Minerals Inc., CA Honeywell In 1927, the Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company was formed as a merger of Alfred Butz' temperature control company (1885) and Mark Honeywell's water heater company (1906). In 1957, Honeywell, along with Ratheon, introduced one of the first computers in the U.S., the Datamatic 1000. , Specialty Chemicals A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. Div., NJ J.M. Huber Huber may refer to:
ICI (language) ICI - An extensible, interpretated language by Tim Long with syntax similar to C. ICI adds high-level garbage-collected associative data structures, exception handling, sets, regular expressions, and dynamic arrays. Surfactants, DE Imerys Imerys is a French multinational company listed on Euronext Paris (ticker: NK). It is a constituent of the CAC Next 20 index. It specialises in the mining and distribution of industrial minerals. , Pigments & Additives Div., GA International Resources, Inc., MD L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonzagroup, NJ D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Luzenac America, CO George Mann Francis George Mann (6 September 1917-8 August 2001) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Middlesex and England. Mann's father, Frank Mann, also captained England, making them the first father and son to both captain England. & Co., Inc., RI Midwest Midwest or Middle West, region of the United States centered on the western Great Lakes and the upper-middle Mississippi valley. It is a somewhat imprecise term that has been applied to the northern section of the land between the Appalachians Color, IL Millennium Specialty Chemicals, Inc., MD Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MD (D) Omya OMYA is a multinational corporation based in Oftringen Switzerland, formerly known as Pluss-Staufer AG, which was founded by Gottfried Pluss and Emma Staufer in 1884. They supply industrial raw materials including calcium carbonate, talc, white minerals and other chemicals. Inc., GA Polyesther Corp., NY (D) Potters Industries, Inc., PA SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec. (hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART. International (USA) Inc., NJ Seegott Inc., OH Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ (D) Specialty Minerals Inc., Sub. of Mineral Technologies Inc., PA Stamat Incorporated, TX (D) Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL Struktol Co., OH (D) 3M Performance Materials Div., MN Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Unichema North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , IL Unimin Unimin Corporation is the American subsidiary of Sibelco and the United States' leading producer of silica sand. Unimin specializes in industrial minerals. The company's products include ball clay, barium sulfate, bentonite clay, calcium carbonate, dolomite, feldspar, Specialty Minerals Inc., CT Union Carbide Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide) is one of the oldest chemical and polymers companies in the United States, and currently has more than 3,800 employees. Corp., CT R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT Whittaker You may also be looking for Whitaker Whittaker is a surname and given name, and may refer to:
Witco, Crompton Cromp·ton , Samuel 1753-1827. British inventor of the spinning mule (1779). Corp., CT ANTIBLOCKING CONCENTRATES Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Americhem Inc., OH Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA Ampacet Corp., NY CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. Plastics, Ltd., ON Chroma Corp., IL Clariant Clariant (SWX: [1]) is a Swiss speciality chemical company which was formed in 1995 as a spin off from Sandoz. The company expanded by the incorporation of the speciality chemicals business of Hoechst (Germany) in 1997 and the acquisition of BTP plc (UK) in 2000. Corp., MA Colorflo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN DuPont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE EMS-Chemie (North America) Inc., SC Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Franklynn Industries, Inc., OH GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) Harwick Chemical Manufacturing Corp., OH ICI Surfactants, DE Ingenia Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX Lanier La·nier , Sidney 1842-1881. American writer and musician noted for his melodic poems, including "The Marshes of Glynn" (1878). His novel Tiger Lilies (1867) is based on his experiences as a Confederate soldier. Color Co., GA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Midwest Color, IL Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN Plastics Color Corp., NJ PolyOne Corp., GA PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA Polyvel Inc., NJ A. Schulman Schulman is a surname, usually that of a Jewish person. The name is derived from the Yiddish word shul ("synagogue"). Some well-known people with this name are:
Spartech Color, ON Spartech Color, Concentrates & Additives, KS Standridge Color Corp., GA Techmer PM LLC, CA Techmer PM, LLC, TN Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ ANTIFOGGING AGENTS Akcros Chemicals America, NJ Ampacet Corp., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chemax, Inc., SC Chroma Corp., IL Ciba Specialty Chemicals “Ciba” redirects here. For the pre-1971 company, see Novartis. Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a chemical company based in and near Basel, Switzerland. It was formed as the non-pharmaceuticals elements of Novartis were spun out in 1997, following the merger in the Corp., Additives Div., NY Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Croda Universal Inc., TX Exxene Corp., TX ICI Surfactants, DE Ishihara Ishihara is a Japanese surname, and may refer to:
Lonzagroup, NJ Merix Chemical Co., IL OSi Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT Pacer Corp., SD Patco Additives Div., American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Ingredients Co., MO Polyvel Inc., NJ Rogers Anti-Static See antistatic. Chemicals, IL Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL Techmer PM LLC, CA Techmer PM, LLC, TN Unichema North America, IL Witco, Crompton Corp., CT ANTIOXIDANTS Antioxidants Substances that reduce the damage of the highly reactive free radicals that are the byproducts of the cells. Mentioned in: Aging, Nutritional Supplements antioxidants, n. * Aceto Corp., NY (D) Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., PA Akcros Chemicals America, NJ Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL * Albemarle Albemarle, city, United States Albemarle, city (1990 pop. 14,939), seat of Stanly co., central N.C., in the Piedmont region; inc. 1857. A marketing center in an agricultural area of cotton, grain, poultry, soybeans, and livestock, Albemarle also produces Corp., LA * Albright Al·bright , Horace Marden 1890-1987. American conservationist and cofounder of the National Park Service. & Wilson Wilson, city (1990 pop. 36,930), seat of Wilson co., E N.C., in a rich agricultural region; inc. 1849. It is a commercial and industrial center with a large tobacco market. Manufactures include textile goods (especially clothing), metal products, and processed foods. Americas A·mer·i·cas , the See America. , VA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA * Avecia Avecia is a privately owned group of biotechnology companies with recognised leading positions in process development and manufacture of biological and oligonucleotide pharmaceuticals, with their International Headquarters in Blackley, Manchester, England. , TN Biddle Bid·dle , John 1615-1662. English theologian and founder of English Unitarianism who was several times imprisoned for his rejection of Trinitarian doctrine. Sawyer Corp., NY (D) * Burlington Burlington, town, Canada Burlington, town (1991 pop. 129,575), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. First settled (1798) by Mohawk Loyalist Joseph Brandt, Burlington's economy was built on the shipment of wheat, lumber, and quarried rock by waterway. Scientific Corp., NY The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY(D) * Chroma Corp., IL * Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Additives Div., NY * Cincinnati Cincinnati (sĭnsənăt`ē, –năt`ə), city (1990 pop. 364,040), seat of Hamilton co., extreme SW Ohio, on the Ohio River opposite Newport and Covington, Ky.; inc. as a city 1819. Specialties Group Div., PMC (1) See Portable Media Center. (2) (PCI Mezzanine Card) A PCI-based mezzanine card that is widely adapted to VMEbus, CompactPCI and PCI cards. Inc., OH * Clariant Corp., Pigments & Additives Dept., NC * Cytec Industries Cytec Industries is a specialty chemicals and materials technology company with pro-forma sales in 2004, including the Surface Specialties acquisition, of approximately $3.0 billion. Cytec is a result of its spin-off from American Cyanamid Company. Inc., NJ * Dover Dover, town, England Dover (dō`vər), town (1991 pop. 33,461), Kent, SE England, on the Strait of Dover, beneath chalk cliffs (the "White Cliffs of Dover") c.375 ft (114 m) high. The small Dour River flows through the town. Chemical Corp., Sub, of ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce Industries, Inc., OH * Eastman Chemical Co., TN * Fairmount Fairmount can refer to:
* GE Specialty Chemicals, Inc., WV General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH * Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Chemical Div., OH * Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km). Chemical Corp., IN * Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ * Mayzo, Inc., GA * Merisol Antioxidants LLC, PA Midwest Color, IL Mitsui Mitsui: see zaibatsu. Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) NanoMaterials Nanomaterials is the study of how materials behave when their dimensions are reduced to the nanoscale. It can also refer to the materials themselves that are used in nanotechnology. , Inc., RI (D) PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH * Rhodia, Inc., NJ * Schenectady Schenectady (skənĕk`tədē), city (1990 pop. 65,566), seat of Schenectady co., E central N.Y., on the Mohawk River and Erie Canal; founded 1661 by Arent Van Curler, inc. 1798. International, NY 3-V Chemical Corp., NC Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Union Carbide Corp., CT * Uniroyal Chemical, Crompton Corp., CT * R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT * Witco, Crompton Corp., CT ANTIOXIDANT antioxidant, substance that prevents or slows the breakdown of another substance by oxygen. Synthetic and natural antioxidants are used to slow the deterioration of gasoline and rubber, and such antioxidants as vitamin C (ascorbic acid), butylated hydroxytoluene CONCENTRATES Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT * Akrochem Corp., OH AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * Americhem Inc., OH * Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA Ampacet Corp., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON * Chroma Corp., IL Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH * Clariant Corp., MA Clariant Corp., Additive/Masterbatches, VA Colorco Inc., NJ Colorflo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN Colorwel Div., HCI (Human Computer Interaction) Refers to the design and implementation of computer systems that people interact with. It includes desktop systems as well as embedded systems in all kinds of devices. Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of Inc., ON Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Ferro Corp., Liquid Color & Dispersions Div., NJ Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH * Flow Polymers, Inc., OH * Harwick Chemical Manufacturing Corp., OH * HiTech HITECH High Technology Polymers, Inc., KY Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX Lanier Color Co., GA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Maruzen America, Inc., Maruzen Petrochemicals, NY Midwest Color, IL Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN Peacock peacock or peafowl, large bird of the genus Pavo, in the pheasant family, native to E Asia. There are two main species, the common (Pavo cristatus), and the Javanese (P. Colors, IL * Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Color Corp., NJ PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Polymer Concentrates, Inc., MA Polymer Processing Technology, Inc., MA PolyOne Corp., GA * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA Polyvel Inc., NJ Riverdale Riverdale, village (1990 pop. 13,671), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb adjacent to Chicago; inc. 1892. Its large steel mill closed with the national decline of the industry. Color Mfg., Inc., NY * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Spartech Color, ON Spartech Color, Concentrates & Additives, KS * Standridge Color Corp., GA Techmer PM LLC, CA * Techmer PM, LLC, TN * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Union Carbide Corp., CT ANTISTATS Aceto Corp., NY (D) ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. Inc./Staticide, IL ACLO ACLO Air Cadet Liaison Officer Compounders, Inc., ON Akcros Chemicals America, NJ Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Albright & Wilson Americas, VA Aiframine Corp., NJ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ Bond Corp., IL Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH The C.P. Hall Co., IL Cabot Corp., Special Blacks Div., MA CasChem, Inc., NJ CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chemax, Inc., SC Ciba Specially Chemicals Corp., Additives Div., NY Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Coatings Resource Corp., CA (D) Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Composition Materials Co., Inc., CT (D) Croda Universal Inc., TX Cytec Industries Inc., NJ The Dallas Group of America, Inc., NJ Degussa Corp., NJ Dow (Direct OverWrite) See magneto-optic disk. Chemical Co., Ml Dow Corning Corp., Ml DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Engineered Polymers, MA ESD (1) (Electronic Software Distribution) Distributing new software and upgrades via the network rather than individual installations on each machine. See ESL. Systems, Static Control Div., MA General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD ICI Surf actants, DE Charles Charles, archduke of Austria Charles, 1771–1847, archduke of Austria; brother of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. Despite his epilepsy, he was the ablest Austrian commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars; however, he was handicapped by M. Jessup Jessup may refer to people real or fictional:
Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ Lea Manufacturing Inc., CT L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonzagroup, NJ Martin Color-Fi, Inc., SC Maxi-Blast Inc., IN Meech v. i. 1. See Mich. Static Eliminators, USA, OH Merix Chemical Co,, IL Midwest Color, IL Miller-Stephenson Chemical Co., Inc., CT Milliken Milliken is a surname, and may refer to: In places:
Northern Supply Co., MN (D) Noveon Static Control Polymers, OH O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN Patco Additives Div., American Ingredients Co., MO Plastiflex Co. Inc., CA PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Polymer Products Co., Inc., PA Price-Driscoll Corp., CT Rhodia, Inc., NJ Rogers Anti-Static Chemicals, IL Seegott Inc., OH Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL 3-V Chemical Corp., NC Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Transmet Corp., OH Union Carbide Corp., CT Witco, Crompton Corp., CT ANTISTAT CONCENTRATES ACL Inc./Staticide, IL Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Alframine Corp., NJ Americhem Inc., OH Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA Ampacet Corp., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Bond Corp., IL Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON Chroma Corp., IL Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Clariant Corp., MA Clariant Corp., Additive/Masterbatches, VA Colorco Inc., NJ Colorflo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN Colorwel Div., HCI Canada Inc., ON Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) ICI Surfactants, DE Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX Lanier Color Co., GA Lescon Inc., ME (D) M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Merlx Chemical Co., IL J. Meyer Mey·er , Annie Florance Nathan 1867-1951. American writer and a founder of Barnard College at Columbia University (1889). Her plays include The Dominant Sex (1911) and Black Souls (1932). & Sons, Inc., PA Midwest Color, IL Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Nylon nylon, synthetic thermoplastic material characterized by strength, elasticity, resistance to abrasion and chemicals, low moisture absorbency, and capacity to be permanently set by heat. After 10 years of research E. I. Molding Corp., CA Peacock Colors, IL Plastics Color Corp., NJ PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Polymer Concentrates, Inc., MA Polymer Products Co., Inc., PA PolyOne Corp., GA PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA Polyvel Inc., NJ Price-Driscoll Corp., CT Prime Colorants Inc., TN Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NY A. Schulman, Inc., OH Spartech Color, ON Spartech Color, Concentrates & Additives, KS Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL Techmer PM LLC, CA Techmer PM, LLC, TN Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Uniform Color Co., MI BIOCIDES AEC/Application Engineering, IL(D) Akcros Chemicals America, NJ Albright & Wilson Americas, VA (D) Angus Angus (ăng`gəs), council area (1993 est. pop. 111,020), 842 sq mi (2,181 sq km), and former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of Angus became part of the Tayside region in 1975. Chemical Co., IL Aqua-Flo Inc., MD Arch Chemicals Founded in 1999, Arch Chemicals (NYSE: ARJ) is a biocides company with over a billion dollars in annual sales. It consists of four divisions:
Bayer Corp., PA Buckman Laboratories, Inc., TN Burlington Scientific Corp., NY Calgon Calgon is a brand registered trademark of different corporations. The original product consisted of powdered sodium hexametaphosphate (amorphous sodium polyphospate), which in water would complex with ambient calcium ion and certain other cations, preventing formation of unwanted Corp., Sub. of English 1. English - (Obsolete) The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favourite programming language is China Clays china clay, one of the purest of the clays, composed chiefly of the mineral kaolinite usually formed when granite is changed by hydrothermal metamorphism. Usage of the terms china clay and kaolin , PA Chemcentral Corp., IL (D) Delta Colours, Inc., GA (D) DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Ferro Corp., Polymer Additives Div., OH Industrotech, MI Lonzagroup, NJ D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Mateson Chemical Corp., PA Milliken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN Rhodla, Inc., NJ Rogers Anti-Static Chemicals, IL Rohm and Haas Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE: ROH), a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company, manufactures miscellaneous materials. A Fortune 500 Company, Rohm and Haas employs more than 17,000 people in 27 countries. The annual sales revenue of Rohm and Haas stands at about USD 8.2 billion. Co., Plastics Additives, PA Sanitized san·i·tize tr.v. san·i·tized, san·i·tiz·ing, san·i·tiz·es 1. To make sanitary, as by cleaning or disinfecting. 2. Inc., CT Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ (D) Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) Techmer PM LLC, CA Techmer PM, LLC, TN Troy Corp., NJ Union Carbide Corp., CT R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT Verichem Inc., PA BLOWING AGENTS Chemical Type Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Organic Chemicals Div., PA * Bergen Bergen, city, Norway Bergen (bĕr`gən), city (1995 pop. 221,645), capital of Hordaland co., SW Norway, situated on inlets of the North Sea. It is Norway's second largest city and a major shipping center. International, NJ * Biddle Sawyer Corp., NY (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Coatings Resource Corp., CA Composites One LLC, IL (D) Construction Technology Div., Investment Holdings Group Ltd., PA(D) Crus Aid Industries Inc., TX (D) * Donglin Semichem Co. Ltd., NH * Dow Chemical Co., MI * Endex Polymer Additives Inc., IL * EPI EPI exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Environmental Plastics Inc., TX * Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Flow Polymers, Inc., OH Foam Enterprises, Inc., MN GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH * J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD MPH MPH Master of Public Health. MPH Master's Degree in Public Health Enterprises, CA (D) Polymer Processing Technology, Inc., MA polyVisions, Inc., PA * Reedy reed·y adj. reed·i·er, reed·i·est 1. Full of reeds. 2. Made of reeds. 3. Resembling a reed, especially in being thin or fragile: International Corp., NJ * Regency Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV) as regent. Sales, Inc., CA SCI international (USA) Inc., NJ Specialty Rubber Chemicals Co., PA Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) * Uniroyal Chemical, Crompton Corp., CT * Wilco, Crompton Corp., CT BLOWING AGENTS Concentrates ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Advanced Compounding, Div of Blessings Corp., CT * Akrochem Corp., OH * Americhem Inc., OH * Ampacet Corp., NY Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Bergen international, NJ Breen This article is about the fictional alien species. For other uses, see Breen (disambiguation). The Breen are a species in the science fiction franchise Star Trek. They wear suits which supposedly generate an arctic environment inside them. Color Concentrates, Inc., NJ Carolina Carolina (kärōlē`nä), city (1990 pop. 177,806), Puerto Rico. Located 7 mi (11 km) SE of San Juan, it is a residential suburb of the capital, as well as a commercial and industrial center. Color Corp., NC Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Chroma Corp., IL * Clariant Corp., MA * Clariant Corp., Additive/Masterbatches, VA Coatings Resource Corp., CA Colorflo Inc., NJ Colortech Inc, TN Cylatec Inc., OH Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) DuPont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE * Eastman Chemical Co., TN * Endex Polymer Additives Inc., IL EPI Environmental Plastics Inc., TX Ferro Corp., Liquid Color & Dispersions Div., NJ * Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH * Flow Polymers, Inc., OH * HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY 0. Hommel Co., PA Lanier Color Co., GA * LNP (Local Number Portability) The capability of keeping the same local telephone number when switching carriers. See NP and WLNP. Engineering Plastics Inc., PA M.A. industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT PolyChem Alloy alloy (ăl`oi, əloi`) [O. Fr.,=combine], substance with metallic properties that consists of a metal fused with one or more metals or nonmetals. , Inc., NC * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA * Polyvel Inc., NJ Prime Colorants Inc., TN Reedy International Corp., NJ Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NY * RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. Co., MN * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Spartech Color, ON * Spartech Color, Concentrates & Additives, KS Specialty Rubber Chemicals Co., PA Techmer PM LLC, CA * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI * Thermofil, Inc., MI * Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. Penn Plastic Co., Inc., PA BLOWING AGENTS Physical Type Air Liquide
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., PA Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. Gases, NJ Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Construction Technology Div., Investment Holdings Group Ltd., PA (D) Cylatec Inc., OH Dow Chemical Co., MI * DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE * Expancel Inc., GA Honeywell, Fluorine fluorine (fl `ərēn, –rĭn), gaseous chemical element; symbol F; at. no. 9; at. wt. 18.998403; m.p. −219.6°C;; b.p. −188.14°C;; density 1. Products, NJ Intercool Energy Corp., NY * LaRoche Laroche may refer to:
MG industries, Gas Products, PA * Optimer, Inc., DE Phillips Phil·lips A trademark used for a screw with a head having two intersecting perpendicular slots and for a screwdriver with a tip shaped to fit into these slots. 66 Co., Specialty Solvents, TX Reedy International Corp,, NJ Solvay Noun 1. Solvay - Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922) Ernest Solvay Fluorides, Inc., CT Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) Trexel Inc., MA CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Epoxy epoxy Any of a class of thermosetting polymers, polyethers built up from monomers with an ether group that takes the form of a three-membered epoxide ring. The familiar two-part epoxy adhesives consist of a resin with epoxide rings at the ends of its molecules and a curing Catalysts Aerojet Aerojet is a major rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer based primarily in Sacramento, California with divisions in Redmond, WA; Orange, VA; Gainesville, VA; and Camden, AR. , Specialty Chemicals and Materials, CA Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., PA Ajinomoto Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (味の素株式会社 USA, Inc., NJ Albright & Wilson Americas, VA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Cincinnati Specialties Group Div, PMC Inc., OH Dow Chemical Co., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Emerson & Cuming Specialty Polymers, MA Epoxies This article is about the band named the Epoxies. For the adhesive, see Epoxy. The Epoxies are an American band from Portland, Oregon formed in 2000. Heavily influenced by punk rock and New Wave the band has described themselves as robot garage rock. , Etc., RI H.B. Fuller Co., MN GLS GLS - Guy Lewis Steele, Jr. Composites Distribution Corp., IL Hastings Hastings, city, England Hastings, city (1991 pop. 74,979) and district, East Sussex, SE England. A resort and residential city, Hastings is backed by cliffs and has a 3-mi (4.8-km) marine esplanade, parks, and bathing beaches. Plastics Co., CA Hercules Hercules, in astronomy Hercules (hûr`kyəlēz'), in astronomy, northern constellation located between Lyra and Corona Borealis. It is traditionally depicted as the hero Hercules in a kneeling position. Inc., DE O. Hommel Co., PA Landec Corp., CA Leepoxy Plastics, Inc., IN L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonzagroup, NJ Lord Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ Shell Chemical Co., TX SKW SKW Schweizerischer Kosmetik- und Waschmittelverband (Swiss union of cosmetics and detergents) SKW Strike Warfare Chemicals, Inc., GA 3M, MN CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Epoxy Hardeners Abatron, Inc., WI Adtech Plastic Systems Corp., MI Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., PA Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Albemarle Corp., LA AlIChem Industries Inc., FL (D) American Resin Corp., TX Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Arizona Arizona (âr'əzō`nə), state in the southwestern United States. It is bordered by Utah (N), New Mexico (E), Mexico (S), and, across the Colorado R., Nevada and California (W). Chemical, FL Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Organic Chemicals Div., PA Bacon Industries, Inc., MA Basell Canada Inc., ON BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ Beckman Beckman or Beckmann may refer to:
Cardolite Corp., NJ CasChem, Inc., NJ Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Composite Materials composite material or composite, any material made from at least two discrete substances, such as concrete. Many materials are produced as composites, such as the fiberglass-reinforced plastics used for automobile bodies and boat hulls, but the , Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Cytec Formulated for·mu·late tr.v. for·mu·lat·ed, for·mu·lat·ing, for·mu·lates 1. a. To state as or reduce to a formula. b. To express in systematic terms or concepts. c. Resins resins, n.pl complex, insoluble, sticky substances secreted by plants. Used as astringents, antimicrobials, and antiinflammatories, and are burned as incense. Can cause oral ulcers and epidermal irritations. , NY Dexter dexter /dex·ter/ (deks´ter) [L.] right; on the right side. dex·ter adj. Of or located on the right side. Corp., Hysol Div., NY Dow Chemical Co., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Elementis Performance Polymers, NJ Emerson & Cuming Composite Materials, Inc., MA Emerson & Cuming Specialty Polymers, MA Epic Resins, Div. of General Fiberglass fiberglass, thread made from glass. It is made by forcing molten glass through a kind of sieve, thereby spinning it into threads. Fiberglass is strong, durable, and impervious to many caustics and to extreme temperatures. Supply, WI (D) Epoxies, Etc., RI Fiber Resin Corp., Sub. of H.G. Fuller Co., CA H.B. Fuller Co., MN Furane Noun 1. furane - a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon furan, furfuran organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radical nitrofuran - derivative of furan used to inhibit bacterial growth Products, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., CA Georgia-Pacific
Georgia-Pacific LLC. is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, Corp. GA GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL Huntsman Petrochemical petrochemical, any one of a large group of chemicals derived from a component of petroleum or natural gas. The cracking processes for manufacturing gasoline produce vast quantities of gaseous hydrocarbons. Corp., TX International Resources, Inc., MD Landec Corp., CA LC United Chemical Corp. Leepoxy Plastics, Inc., IN Loctite Corp., Restech-Biwax Group, CO L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonzagroup, NJ Lord Inc., MA Lubrizol Corp., OH Maruzen America, Inc., Maruzen Petrochemicals, NY Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Miller-Stephenson Chemical Co., Inc., CT Milliken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Resins & Pigments Corp., MA 0MG Americas, OH PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH PTM&W Industries, Inc., CA Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Piedmont, region, Italy Piedmont (pēd`mŏnt), Ital. Piemonte, region (1991 pop. 4,302,565), 9,807 sq mi (25,400 sq km), NW Italy, bordering on France in the west and on Switzerland in the north. Inc., MD (D) Reich hold Chemicals, Inc., Composites SGU SGU Swiss German University (Jakarta, Indonesia) SGU South Gujarat University (Gujarat, India) SGU Symbol Generator Unit SGU Saint George's University (Island of Grenada) , NC Resin Services, Inc., MI H.W. Sands Corp., FL (D) Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ Shell Chemical Co., TX SKW Chemicals, Inc., GA 3M, MN Thermoset A polymer-based liquid or powder that becomes solid when heated, placed under pressure, treated with a chemical or via radiation. The curing process creates a chemical bond that, unlike a thermoplastic, prevents the material from being remelted. See thermoplastic. Plastics Inc., IN Tool Chemical Co., Inc., MI Tra-Con Inc., MA Union Carbide Corp., CT Uniroyal Chemical, Crompton Corp., CT United Resin Corp., MI Vantico Inc., Polymer Specialties Div., NY Von Roll Von Roll was a Swiss aerial tramway and industrial manufacturing company. Perhaps Von Roll's best known products were the small monorails often found in amusement parks. The company was taken over by Austrian manufacturer Doppelmayr in 1996. Isola, CT Witco, Crompton Corp., CT CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Polyester polyester, synthetic fiber, produced by the polymerization of the product formed when an alcohol and organic acid react. The outstanding characteristic of polyesters is their ability to resist wrinkling and to spring back into shape when creased. Catalysts, Initiators * ABCO ABCO Angelo Brothers Company Industries, Inc., SC Advance Coatings Co., MA (D) * Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Organic Peroxides Organic peroxides are organic compounds containing the peroxide functional group (ROOR'). If the R' is hydrogen, the compound is called an organic hydroperoxide. Peresters have general structure RC(O)OOR. Div., PA * Aztec Peroxides, Inc., OH * Catalyst Systems, Inc., OH Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Composite Materials, CA (D) Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composites One LLC, IL (D) * Cook Composites & Polymers, MO * DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE FRP FRP Fremskrittspartiet (Norwegian: Progress Party; political party) FRP Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic FRP Fiber Reinforced Polymer FRP Fibre Reinforced Polymer FRP Fleet Response Plan (US Navy) Supply, Div. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) H.B. Fuller Co., MN GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL Hastings Plastics Co., CA * Hercules Inc., DE HK Research Corp., NC (D) International Resources, Inc., MD Interplastic Distribution Corp., MN (D) Landec Corp., CA Lilly Industries, Inc., CA (D) L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) * Norac Co., Inc., CA Occidental oc·ci·den·tal or Oc·ci·den·tal adj. Of or relating to the countries of the Occident or their peoples or cultures; western. n. A native or inhabitant of an Occidental country; a westerner. Noun 1. Chemical Corp., Laurel Laurel, cities, United States Laurel. 1 Town (1990 pop. 19,438), Prince Georges co., central Md., about halfway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore; patented in the late 1600s, inc. 1870. Industries Inc., TX OMG (1) See Object Management Group. (2) "Oh my God!" See digispeak. OMG - Object Management Group Americas, OH PPG Industries PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) was founded in 1883 as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. PPG is an American manufacturer of glass and chemical products, including automotive safety glass. , Fiber Glass Products, PA Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) H.W. Sands Corp., FL (D) Shepherd Chemical Co., OH Tool Chemical Co., Inc., MI (D) Troy Corp., NJ Vantico Inc., Polymer Specialties Div., NY * Witco, Crompton Corp., CT CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Polyester Promoters PROMOTERS. In the English law, are those who in popular or penal actions prosecute in. their own names and the king's, having part of the fines and penalties. , Accelerators Advance Coatings Co., MA Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., PA Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Albright & Wilson Americas, VA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Composites One LLC, IL (D) * Eastman Chemical Co., TN GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL (D) Landec Corp., CA Lilly Industries, Inc., CA (D) * OMG Americas, OH Vantico Inc., Polymer Specialties Div., NY CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Polyester Inhibitors * Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Albright & Wilson Americas, VA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Catalyst Systems, Inc., OH GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL (D) Prime Colorants Inc., TN CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Urethane urethane (yoor´ithān´), n ethyl carbamate used as an anesthetic agent for laboratory animals, formerly used as a hypnotic in humans. Catalysts * Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., PA * Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY Albemarle Corp., LA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Angus Chemical Co., IL Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Organic Chemicals Div., PA * BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ Biddle Sawyer Corp., NY (D) * Buckman Laboratories, Inc., TN Cambridge Industries, Inc., MI (D) * Cardinal Companies, LP, SC * CasChem, Inc., NJ * Catalyst Systems, Inc., OH CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) * Cytec Formulated Resins, NY Dexter Electronic Materials, NY Dow Chemical Co., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE * Enterprise Chemical Co., OH * Ferro Corp., Polymer Additives Div., OH Fiber Resin Corp., Sub. of H.B. Fuller Co., CA * Focus Chemical Corp., NH (D) H.B. Fuller Co., MN Furane Products, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., CA * Huntsman Petrochemical Corp., TX International Resources, Inc., MD * Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ Landec Corp., CA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Nitroil Performance Chemical Int'l Co., TX * OMG Americas, OH * OSi Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Polyesther Corp., NY (D) Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ * Shepherd Chemical Co., OH * Sloss Industries Corp., AL 3M, MN Tool Chemical Co., Inc., MI * Witco, Crompton Corp., CT CATALYSTS AND CURING AGENTS Urethane Crosslinkers, Chain Extenders * Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., PA Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Albemarle Corp., LA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * Anderson Anderson, river, Canada Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic Development Co., MI Arch Chemicals, Inc., CT Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Biddle Sawyer Corp., NY (D) Bostik, MA * CasChem, Inc., NJ Cytec Industries Inc., NJ DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE H.B. Fuller Co., MN J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD Huntsman Petrochemical Corp., TX Indspec Chemical Corp., PA Lescon Inc., ME (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) OSi Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT PTM&W Industries, Inc., CA Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ TriQuest, LP, A ChemFirst Co., TX Uniroyal Chemical, Crompton Corp., CT UOP (micro OPeration) The "u" is the substitute letter for the µ symbol. See microinstruction. , Plastics Additives, Adsorbents, IL Witco, Crompton Corp., CT COLORANTS Concentrates, Liquid or Paste * Abatron, Inc., WI * Advance Coatings Co., MA * Akrochem Corp., OH AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * American Colors, Inc., OH * Americhem Inc., OH * AOC LLC, Sub. of The Alpha Corp., TN Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., Composite Polymers Div., OH * Bayer Corp., Coatings & Specialty Products, PA * CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON * CDI CDI compact disc interactive: a system for storing a mix of software, data, audio, and compressed video for interactive use under processor control Dispersions, NJ Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Chroma Corp., IL Clariant Corp., MA Coating Systems, NH Coatings Resource Corp., CA Color Technology, Inc., MA * Colorco Inc., NJ * Colorflo, Inc., NJ * Colormatrix Corp., OH Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composites One LLC, IL (D) * Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ * Cytec Formulated Resins, NY Day-Glo Color Corp., OH * Dunlop Plastics Canada, ON * Eckart America LP, KY Emerson & Cuming Specialty Polymers, MA Epoxies, Etc., RI Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersions Div, IN * Ferro Corp., Liquid Color & Dispersions Div., NJ * Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Flow Polymers, Inc., OH FRP Supply, Div. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) H.B. Fuller Co., MN General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH * Harwick Chemical Manufacturing Corp., OH Hastings Plastics Co., CA HK Research Corp., NC * Holland Colors Americas Inc., IN (D) * Interplastic Corp., Thermoset Resins Div., MN Lescon Inc., ME (D) * Lilly Industries, Inc., CA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) * Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA * Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Mica-Tek Div., All Plastics, Inc., MI * Milliken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) * MRS MRS - Modifiable Representation System. An integration of logic programming into Lisp. ["A Modifiable Representation System", M. Genesereth et al, HPP 80-22, CS Dept Stanford U 1980]. Chemicals, Inc., MO Neste Polyester Inc., AR * Peacock Colors, IL * Penn Color, Inc., PA Permalite Plastics, CA Plasticolors, Inc., OH * Plasticolour, PQ * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA Prime Colorants Inc., TN * P.S.H. Industries, Inc., IL R&S Manufacturing & Supply, CA (D) Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) * Rhetech Colors, OH * Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NY * W.J. Ruscoe Co., Coatings Div., OH Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ * Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., PA Stahl USA, Permuthane Coatings, MA Stamat Incorporated, TX (D) Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) Strathmore Products Inc., NY * Techmer PM LLC, CA * Techmer PM, LLC, TN * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., OH Tool Chemical Co., Inc., MI (D) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Universal Color Dispersions, Rohm and Haas, IL * Warner-Jenkinson Co., Div. of Universal Foods Corp., MO COLORANTS Concentrates, Solid * Adell Plastics Inc., MD * Akrochem Corp., OH AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) AlphaGary Corp., MA * Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY (D) American Fillers & Abrasives abrasives Sharp, hard materials used to wear away the surface of softer, less resistant materials. Abrasives are indispensable to the manufacture of the highly precise components and ultrasmooth surfaces required in the manufacture of automobiles, airplanes and space , Inc., MI American Polymers Inc., MA * Americhem Inc., OH * Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Ampacet Corp., NY * Breen Color Concentrates, Inc., NJ Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Chroma Corp., IL * Chromatics chro·mat·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The scientific study of color. chro  ma·tist n. Inc., CT * Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) * Claremont Flock flock 1. a group of one species of animal or bird which eats or travels or is kept together, e.g. flock of sheep, of wild geese. 2. wool or cotton particles or debris used as stuffing or packing. Corp., MA * Clariant Corp., MA Clariant Corp., IL Clariant Corp., Masterbatches Div., DE Color & Composite Technologies, Inc., OH * Color Formulators Div., Prime Colorants, Inc., NJ * Color Technology, Inc., MA * Colorco Inc., NJ * Colorflo, Inc., NJ * Colortech Inc., TN * Colorwel Div., HCI Canada Inc., ON * Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Delta Colours, Inc., GA (D) Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * Discas Inc., CT DLM See ILM. DLM - Distributed Lock Manager on distributed VMS systems. American Plastics Corp., IL Dow Chemical Co., MI Dunlop Plastics Canada, ON * Eastman Chemical Co., TN * Eckart America LP, KY * Elkern Materials Inc., PA * Federal Plastics Corp., NJ * Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH * Fluortek Compounding, Inc., PA * FM Group Inc., NY Foster Corp., CT Franklin Polymers, Inc., PA (D) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) * General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH * Harwick Chemical Manufacturing Corp., OH Heller Performance Polymers, NY HiTech Polymers, Inc., OH HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY * Holland Colors Americas Inc., IN Howard Industries Howard Industries is an electrical products manufacturer located in Laurel, Mississippi. Howard Industries was founded in 1968. Howard Industries is currently the world's largest manufacturer of distribution transformers, and is the largest employer in Laurel, as well as one of the , Inc., OH Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX Keystone key·stone n. 1. Architecture The central wedge-shaped stone of an arch that locks its parts together. Also called headstone. 2. The central supporting element of a whole. Aniline aniline (ăn`əlĭn), C6H5NH2, colorless, oily, basic liquid organic compound; chemically, a primary aromatic amine whose molecule is formed by replacing one hydrogen atom of a benzene molecule with an amino Corp., IL * Lancer Dispersions, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co., GA * Liochem Inc., GA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA * Magruder Color, NJ * Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Martin Color-Fi, Inc., SC * Marval Industries, Inc., NY * J. Meyer & Sons, Inc., PA Mica-Tek Div., All Plastics, Inc., MI * Midwest Color, IL * Milliken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc., NY Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) * National Plastics Color, Inc., KS * New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). Plastics, Inc., NH * O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN * Penn Color, Inc., PA Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA (D) * Plastics Color & Compounding, CT * Plastics Color Corp., NJ Plastiflex Co. Inc., CA * Polymer Concentrates, Inc., MA PolyOne Corp., IL (D) PolyOne Corp., GA * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group,. GA Polyvel Inc., NJ Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s. ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. Visions, Inc., PA Primary Colors those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, - red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called fundamental colors. See under Color. See also: Color Primary , Inc., MA * Prime Colorants Inc., TN R&S Manufacturing & Supply, CA (D) Rhetech Colors, OH Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NY * Rondy & Co., Inc., OH * RTP Co., MN * Safas Corp., NJ * A. Schulman, Inc., OH * Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., PA * Southwest Chemical Services, Inc., TX * Spartech Color, ON * Spartech Color, Concentrates & Additives, KS * Spectra Industries Inc., Specialty Chemicals Div., MD Spectra Plastics & Colors, Inc., NY Spectra Polymer Inc., MA * Spiral Plastics & Colors Div., Washington Penn Plastics Co., Inc, PA Stahl USA, Permuthane Coatings, MA Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) * Standridge Color Corp., GA * Techmer PM LLC, CA * Techmer PM, LLC, TN Teknor Apex Co., Maclin Div., CA * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., OH TP Composites, Inc., PA Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ * Uniform Color Co., MI United Granules Granules Small packets of reactive chemicals stored within cells. Mentioned in: Allergic Rhinitis, Allergies , NJ Universal Plastic Color Corp., NJ * U.S. Synthetics Corp., MA Vi-Chem Corp., MI * Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc., PA COLORANTS Dyes, Pigments AArbor International Corp., MI Akrochem Corp., OH (D) Alcoa Industrial Chemicals, AR AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY AOC LLC, Sub. of The Alpha Group, TN Arizona Cultured Stone Products, AZ * Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) * BASF Corp., Colorants & Additives, NY Bayer Corp., PA * Bayer Corp., Coatings & Specialty Products, PA * MD Both Industries, MA * Cabot Corp., Special Blacks Div., MA Chemcentral Corp., IL (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Chroma Corp., IL * Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Pigments Div., NC Cinchem USA, Inc., NY Clariant Corp., MA * Clariant Corp., Pigments & Additives Dept., NC * Cleveland Pigment pigment, substance that imparts color to other materials. In paint, the pigment is a powdered substance which, when mixed in the liquid vehicle, imparts color to a painted surface. & Color Co., OH (D) Coatings Resource Corp., CA * ColorChem International Corp., GA * Colorflo, Inc., NJ * Colorwel Div., HCI Canada Inc., ON * Columbian Chemicals Co., GA Crompton & Knowles Colors Inc., NC Crompton & Knowles of Canada, Ltd., PQ * Daicolor-Pope Inc., NJ (D) * Day-Glo Color Corp., OH * Degussa Corp., NJ Delta Colours, Inc., GA (D) D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH * DMC DMC Devil May Cry (video game) DMC Detroit Medical Center DMC Darryl McDaniels (rapper) DMC Destination Management Company DMC Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, TX) 2, Cerdec Div., PA * Dominion dominion, power to rule, or that which is subject to rule. Before 1949 the term was used officially to describe the self-governing countries of the Commonwealth of Nations—e.g., Canada, Australia, or India. Colour Corp., ON Dunlop Plastics Canada, ON DuPont Chemicals, TI-Pure Div., DE * DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE * Ebonex Corp., MI * Eckart America LP, KY Elementis Specialties, NJ * EM Industries, Inc., Pigment Div., NY * Engelhard Corp., Specialty Pigments & Additives, NJ * Engineered Carbons Inc., TX Epolin Inc., NJ * Ferro Corp., Color Div., OH Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH * FM Group Inc., NY Gem Gravure Co., Inc., MA * General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH Glitterex Corp., NJ GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL * Hanovia, NJ * Harwick Chemical Manufacturing Corp., OH Hastings Plastics Co., CA * Heucotech Ltd., PA * Holland Colors Americas Inc., IN (D) * O. Hommel Co., PA Honeywell, Specialty Chemicals Div., NJ * Huntsman Tioxide, IL Ishihara Corp. (U.S.A.), CA * Johnson Matthey Johnson Matthey plc (LSE: JMAT) is a British chemical company which has its headquarters near Holborn in central London. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. , Ceramic This article is about ceramic materials. For the fine art, see Ceramic art. The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός (keramikos). Materials, OH * Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp., OK * Keystone Aniline Corp., IL * Kronos, Inc., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA * Lansco Colors, Landers-Segal Color Co., Inc., NJ (D) * Laporte Pigments, MD L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) * Magruder Color, NJ * Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Martin Color-Fi, Inc., SC * Meadowbrook Inventions, Inc., NJ * Mica-Tek Div., All Plastics, Inc., MI Millennium Inorganic inorganic /in·or·gan·ic/ (in?or-gan´ik) 1. having no organs. 2. not of organic origin. in·or·gan·ic n. 1. Chemicals Inc., MD * Millennium Specialty Chemicals, Inc., MD Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) Omya Inc., GA * O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN Paramount Chemicals, Inc., IL * Passaic Color & Chemical Co., NJ * Peacock Colors, IL Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA (D) * Plasticolors, Inc., OH * Plastics Color Corp., NJ Polymer Processing Technology, Inc., MA PolyOne Corp., GA * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA * Prime Colorants Inc., TN * Pylam Products Co. Inc., AZ (D) * Quadra Corp., Prayon Pigments, NC Radiant radiant: see meteor shower. Color, Sub. of Magruder Color Co., Inc., CA Reade Advanced Materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, , RI (D) * Regency Sales, Inc., CA (D) Rite Industries, NJ (D) Sanyo Corp. of America, NY (D) SCI International (USA) Inc., NJ 2nd Story Concepts, Inc., OH * Seegott Inc.. OH Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ (D) * The Shepherd Color Co., OH * Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., PA * Spectra Industries Inc., Specialty Chemicals Div., MD Spectra Plastics & Colors, Inc., NY (D) Spiral Plastics & Colors Div., Washington Penn Plastics Co., Inc. PA (D) Stamat Incorporated, TX (D) Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) * Sun Chemical Corp., Pigments Div., OH Techmer PM LLC, CA * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ United Granules, NJ * United Mineral & Chemical Corp., NJ (D) Universal Plastic Color Corp., NJ * U.S. Synthetics Corp., MA (D) * Warner-Jenkinson Co., Div. of Universal Foods Corp., MO * Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) Zinc Corp. of America, PA CONDUCTIVE conductive having the quality of readily conducting electric current. conductive flooring flooring or floor covering made specially conductive to electrical current, usually by the inclusion of copper wiring that is earthed ADDITIVES ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Advanced Dynamics Corp., Specialty Compounds Div., TX Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL American Metal Fibers, Inc., IL American Resin Corp., TX Americhem Inc., OH Bekaert Corp., Fibre Technologies, GA Byk-Chemie U.S.A. Inc., CT The C.P. Hall Co., IL Cabot Corp., Special Blacks Div., MA The Carborundum Co., Boron Nitride Boron nitride (BN) is a binary chemical compound, consisting of equal proportions of boron and nitrogen. The empirical formula is therefore BN. Boron nitride is isoelectronic to the elemental forms of carbon and isomorphism occurs between the two species. Div., NY CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Colortech Inc., TN Columbian Chemicals Co., GA Construction Technology Div., Investment Holdings Group Ltd., PA (D) Denki Corp., NY D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH EM industries, Inc., Pigment Div., NY Engineered Carbons Inc., TX Fortafil Fibers, Inc., TN Gemini Plastic Enterprises Inc., CA Honeywell, Specialty Chemicals Div., NJ Howard Industries, Inc., OH Inco Special Products, NJ Ishihara Corp. (U.S.A.), CA Lescon Inc., ME (D) D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) MacDermid Imaging Technology Inc., DE Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, OH Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Marconi Aerospace Inc., NC Meadowbrook inventions, Inc., NJ Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Merix Chemical Co., IL NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) Peacock Colors, IL Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA (D) Plasticolors, Inc., OH Plastiflex Co. Inc., CA Potters Industries, Inc., PA PQ Corp., PA Precision Fabrics Group, Inc., Formed Fabrics Div., NC Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) Supermin Div., Div. of George C. Hawley & Assoc., NY Techmer PM LLC, CA Techmer PM, LLC, TN Tecknit, Inc., NJ Transmet Corp., OH Zoltek Corp., Carbon and Graphite graphite (grăf`īt), an allotropic form of carbon, known also as plumbago and black lead. It is dark gray or black, crystalline (often in the form of slippery scales), greasy, and soft, with a metallic luster. Div., MO COOLING-WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON AEC/Applicatian Engineering, IL (D) Albright & Wilson Americas, VA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) American Resin Corp., TX Analyzer analyzer /ana·ly·zer/ (an´ah-li?zer) 1. a Nicol prism attached to a polarizing apparatus which extinguishes the ray of light polarized by the polarizer. 2. Systems of Atlanta, GA ArctiChill, Inc., SC (D) Automatic Filters, Inc., CA Bayer Corp., PA Bradford Derustit Corp., NY Calgon Corp., Sub. of English China Clays, PA Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. Temptrol Inc., CT (D) Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Dubois Chemicals Inc., Div. of Chemed Corp., OH Great Lakes Chemical Corp., IN Industrotech, MI Innovative Water Technologies, Inc., MI Jamestown Chemical Co. Inc., CT (D) Lonzagroup, NJ Mateson Chemical Corp., PA Monsanto Co., Chemical Group, MD Opti Temp Inc., MI Process Efficiency Products Inc., NC Thermal Care, Inc., IL Union Carbide Corp., CT Vetter Associates, NJ (D) CROSSLINKING AGENTS For Thermeplastics Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Albemarle Corp., LA AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Organic Peroxides Div., PA Aztec Peroxides, Inc., OH Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Cytec industries Inc., NJ Dow Corning Corp., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE E-BEAM See electron beam. Services, Inc., NY Esschem Co., PA Norac Co., Inc., CA OSi Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT Polyesther Corp., NY (D) Polyvel Inc., NJ Ricon Resins Inc., CO Sartomer Co., Inc., PA Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ (D) Shepherd Chemical Co., OH Struktol Co., OH Toter, Inc., NC Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Witco, Crompton Corp., CT CROSSLINKING AGENTS Radiation Sensitizers radiation sensitizer Oncology Any agent which ↑ cell susceptibility to ionizing radiation Explanation Most CA cells are hypoxic and thus more resistant to radiation; a hypoxic-cell RS–eg, etanidazole, misonidazole, nimorazole would, theoretically Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH E-BEAM Services, Inc., NY H.W. Sands Corp., FL (D) Velsicol Chemical Corp., IL DEGRADATION DEGRADATION, punishment, ecclesiastical law. A censure by which a clergy man is deprived of his holy orders, which he had as a priest or deacon. PROMOTORS Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Ampacet Corp., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Colortech Inc., TN Ecolyte Atlantic, Inc., MD ECOssais LLC, NY Mateson Chemical Corp., PA OMG Americas, OH Plastics Color Corp., NJ Willow willow, common name for some members of the Salicaceae, a family of deciduous trees and shrubs of worldwide distribution, especially abundant from north temperate to arctic areas. Ridge Plastics, Inc., KY DESICCANT desiccant /des·ic·cant/ (des´i-kant) 1. promoting dryness. 2. an agent that promotes dryness. des·ic·cant n. ADDITIVES AEC/Whitlock, IL Analyzer Systems of Atlanta, GA Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH Union Carbide Corp., CT UOP, Plastics Additives, Adsorbents, IL Willow Ridge Plastics, Inc., KY FILLERS Microspheres (Hollow hollow 1. a depression. 2. contains a cavity. hollow back backbone has a downward curvature in the center. hollow horn a mythical disease of cattle in primitive communities; treated by removal of the horns. or Solid) ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * America's Best Building Products, IL * Cataphote, Inc., MS Colortech Inc., TN Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composition Materials Co., Inc., CT (D) * Construction Technology Div., Investment Holdings Group Ltd., PA (D) Delta Colours, Inc., GA (D) * D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH Eckart America LP, KY * Emerson & Cuming Composite Materials, Inc., MA * Expancel Inc., GA FRP Supply, Div. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL (D) * Grefco Minerals Inc., CA Hastings Plastics Co., CA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Midwest Fiberglass Supply, WI (D) * NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) * Optimer, Inc., DE * Polar Minerals, Inc., IN * Potters Industries, Inc., PA * PQ Corp., PA * Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) * H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ Shamrock shamrock, a plant with leaves composed of three leaflets. According to legend it was used by St. Patrick in explaining the doctrine of the Trinity; it is now used as the emblem of Ireland. An artificial or real shamrock leaf is customarily worn on St. Patrick's Day. Technologies, Inc., NJ * Silbrico Corp., IL * Supermin Div., Div. of George C. Hawley & Assoc., NY * 3M, MN * 3M Performance Materials Div., MN FILLERS Mineral or Other Inorganic Type * Abrasive abrasive, material used to grind, smooth, cut, or polish another substance. Natural abrasives include sand, pumice, corundum, and ground quartz. Carborundum (silicon carbide) and alumina (aluminum oxide) are important synthetically produced abrasives. Machine & Supply Co., NJ (D) * Adell Plastics Inc., MD * Advanced Ceramics ceramics (sərăm`ĭks), materials made of nonmetallic minerals that have been permanently hardened by firing at a high temperature, or objects made of such materials. Corp., OH * Akrochem Corp., OH (D) Alcan Chemicals, Div. of Alcan Aluminum Corp., OH Alcoa Industrial Chemicals, AR AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Allied Custom Gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. , OK * AluChem Inc., OH * American Metal Fibers, Inc., IL Ampacet Corp., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) * Baikowski International, NC * Bekaert Corp., Fibre Technologies, GA * Burgess BURGESS. A magistrate of a borough; generally, the chief officer of the corporation, who performs, within the borough, the same kind of duties which a mayor does in a city. In England, the word is sometimes applied to all the inhabitants of a borough, who are called burgesses sometimes it Pigment Co., GA * The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) * Cabot Corp., IL * Cancarb Ltd., AB The Carborundum Co., Boron Nitride Div., NY * Celite Corp., CA Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Colortech Inc., TN Composite Materials, CA (D) Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composite Materials, LLC, NY Composites One LLC, IL (D) Composition Materials Co., Inc., CT (D) Construction Technology Div., Investment Holdings Group Ltd., PA(D) * Custom Grinders Sales, Inc., GA * Degussa Corp., NJ Delta Colours, Inc., GA (D) * Demex, Minerals Div., PA * D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH * Dry Branch Kaolin kaolin (kā`əlĭn): see china clay. Co., GA Eagle-Picher Minerals, Inc., Sub. of * Eagle Quality Products Co., Inc., NJ (D) Eagle-Picher Industries., NV * Eckart America LP, KY * Endex Polymer Additives Inc., IL * Engelhard Corp., Specialty Pigments & Additives, NJ Esschem Co., PA Franklin Industrial Minerals, NC * Franklin Industrial Minerals, Specialty Products Div., GA * Fujimi America Inc., DR * Glitterex Corp., NJ GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL (D) * W.R. Grace & Co., Grace Davison, MD * Grefco Minerals Inc., CA O. Hommel Co., PA * J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD * J.M. Huber Corp., Engineered Materials, GA * Imerys, Pigments & Additives Div., GA * K-T K-T Cretaceous-Tertiary Feldspar feldspar (fĕl`spär, fĕld`–) or felspar (fĕl`spär), an abundant group of rock-forming minerals which constitute 60% of the earth's crust. Corp., Div. of Kentucky-Tennesee Clay Co, KY Lansco Colors, Landers-Segal Color Co., Inc., NJ (D) LaRoche Industries Inc., LA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) * Luzenac America, CO Magnum Ceramic Composites Div., Magnum Industries, IN * Malvern Minerals Co., AR * The R.J. Marshall Co., MI Martin Marietta Martin Marietta Corporation was founded in 1961 through the merger of The Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation. The combined company became a leader in aggregates, cement, chemicals, aerospace, and electronics. Magnesia Magnesia, ancient cities, Lydia Magnesia (măgnē`zhə), two ancient cities of Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). They were colonies of the Magnetes, a tribe of E Thessaly. Specialties Inc., MD * Martin Marietta Materials Martin Marietta Materials is in the aggregate, chemical, and composite material business. It is the second largest producer of crushed stone, sand, and gravel in the United States. It is a leading U.S. , Oyster oyster, edible bivalve mollusk found in beds in shallow, warm waters of all oceans. The shell is made up of two valves, the upper one flat and the lower convex, with variable outlines and a rough outer surface. Shell Products Div., AL Midwest Elastomers, Inc., OH * Millennium Specialty Chemicals, Inc. MD * Milwhite, Inc., TX Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) * NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) * Nyco, AB * Omya (Canada) Inc., ON * Omya Inc., GA * Pacer Corp., SD Plasco Corp., MI * Polar Minerals, Inc., IN Polymer Products Co., Inc., PA * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA PPG Industries, Fiber Glass Products PA * Premier Chemicals, OH Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) * Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) * RMc Industries, Inc., CO * H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) * Seegott Inc., OH Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ (D) * Shamokin Filler fill·er 1 n. One that fills, as: a. Something added to augment weight or size or fill space. b. A composition, especially a semisolid that hardens on drying, used to fill pores, cracks, or holes in wood, plaster, Co., Inc., PA * Sherwood Diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s Inc., GA * Silbrico Corp., IL * Sloss Industries Corp., AL * Southern Clay Products, Inc., TX * Specialty Minerals Inc., Sub. of Mineral Technologies Inc., PA * Spectra Industries Inc., Specialty Chemical's Div., MD Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) Supermin Div., Div. of George C. Hawley & Assoc., NY * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI * Transmet Corp., OH * Unifrax Corp., Fibers Div., NY * Unimin Specialty Minerals Inc., IL * U.S. Gypsum Co., IL * U.S. Silica silica or silicon dioxide, chemical compound, SiO2. It is insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alkalies, and soluble in dilute hydrofluoric acid. Pure silica is colorless to white. Co., WV Utah Clay Technology Inc., UT * R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT * Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc., PA * Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) * Zemex Industrial Minerals, GA FILLERS Organic Type * Agrashell, Inc., CA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) American Fillers & Abrasives, Inc., MI * American Wood Fibers, WI Cabot Corp., Special Blacks Div., MA * Claremont Flock Corp., MA Colortech Inc., TN Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) * Composition Materials Co., Inc., CT * Dodge-Regupol, Inc., PA * ECOssais LLC, NY Engineered Carbons Inc., TX * Fiber Sales & Development Corp., NJ Imerys, Pigments & Additives Div., GA Landfill Solutions, Inc., TN Midwest Fiberglass Supply, WI (D) * P.J, Murphy Forest Products Corp., NJ * NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) Plasco Corp., MI * Plastics Color & Compounding, CT P.W.I. Industries Inc., PQ Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) Shamrock Technologies Inc., NJ FLAME RETARDANTS Flame retardants are materials that inhibit or resist the spread of fire. Naturally occurring substances such as asbestos as well as synthetic materials, usually halocarbons such as polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorendic acid Smoke Suppressants ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Addenda Corp., IN Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT * Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY * Albemarle Corp., LA * Albright & Wilson Americas, VA * Alcan Chemicals, Div. of Alcan Aluminum Corp., OH * Alcoa Industrial Chemicals, AR AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * Allied Custom Gypsum, OK * AluChem Inc., OH * AmeriBrom, Inc., NY * Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ * Asarco Inc., Specialty Metals, NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) * Balkowski International, NC * Borden Chemical Inc., Melamine melamine (mĕl`əmēn'), common name for 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine. Melamine is a trimer (see polymer) of cyanamide, H2NC≡N, and is synthesized from calcium carbide. Crystal Div., LA * Buckman Laboratories, Inc., TN The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) Cambridge Industries Co. of America, NJ CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Climax Climax Following a protracted period of selling or buying, a point wherein market trends are retarded or discontinued. Notes: At a selling climax, the market is characterized by a trend reversal whereby the market begins to buy stocks and prices rise. Molybdenum molybdenum (məlĭb`dənəm) [Gr.,=leadlike], metallic chemical element; symbol Mo; at. no. 42; at. wt. 95.94; m.p. about 2,617°C;; b.p. about 4,612°C;; sp. gr. 10.22 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, +4, +5, or +6. Marketing Corp., PA Composites One LLC, IL (D) * Custom Grinders Sales, Inc., GA * D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH * Dover Chemical Corp., Sub, of ICC Industries, Inc., OH * DSM 1. DSM - Data Structure Manager. An object-oriented language by J.E. Rumbaugh and M.E. Loomis of GE, similar to C++. It is used in implementation of CAD/CAE software. DSM is written in DSM and C and produces C as output. Melamine Americas, Inc., LA Engineered Polymers, MA Fiber Materials, Inc., ME * Focus Chemical Corp., NH (D) * Franklin Industrial Minerals, Specialty Products Div., GA FRP Supply, Div. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) * Great Lakes Chemical Corp., IN Hastings Plastics Co., CA O. Hommel Co., PA * Howard Industries, Inc., OH * J.M. Huber Corp., Engineered Materials, GA International Resources, Inc., MD * Kaiser Alumina alumina (əl `mĭnə) or aluminum oxide, Al2O3, chemical compound with m.p. about 2,000°C; and sp. gr. about 4.0. Chemicals, LA Kaltron/Pettibone, Inc., IL (D) Kaneka Texas Corp., TX * Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ Lansco Colors, Landers-Segal Color Co., Inc., NJ (D) LaRoche Industries Inc., LA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonzagroup, NJ D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) * The R.J. Marshall Co., MI * Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties Inc., MD Mateson Chemical Corp., PA McGean-Rohco, Inc., OH * Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Monsanto Co., Chemical Group, MO Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Occidental Chemical Corp., Laurel Industries Inc., TX Omya Inc., GA PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH PolyChem Alloy, Inc., NC PolyOne Corp., IL (D) PolyOne Corp., GA Premier Chemicals, OH Rhodla, Inc., NJ * RMc Industries, Inc., CO H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Shepherd Chemical Co., OH * Sherwin-Williams Chemicals, OH Sherwood Diversified Inc., GA * Solutia Inc Solutia Inc. is a chemical production company. It was formed in 1997 as a spin-off of Monsanto Company. History Monsanto's core business was chemicals, and so Solutia traces its antecedents back to the foundation of Monsanto in St. Louis in 1901. ., MO * Spectra Industries Inc., Specialty Chemicals Div., MD Supermin Div., Div. of George C. Hawley & Assoc., NY 3-V Chemical Corp., NC UCAR UCAR University Corporation for Atmospheric Research UCAR Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft UCAR Utility Cost Analysis Report Carbon Co., Inc., OH * United Mineral & Chemical Corp.. NJ (D) * Unitex Chemical Corp., NC * U.S. Borax borax or sodium tetraborate decahydrate (sō`dēəm tĕ'trəbôr`āt dĕk'əhī`drāt), chemical compound, Na2B4O7·10H2O; sp. gr. 1. Inc., CA * U.S. Gypsum Co., IL * Velsicol Chemical Corp., IL Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) Witco, Crompton Corp., CT FLAME RETARDANTS Concentrates * Aceto Corp., NY * Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Compounding, Div. Of Blessings Corp., CT AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * AmeriBrom, Inc., NY * Americhem Inc., OH Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Ampacet Corp., NY * Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Breen Color Concentrates, Inc., NJ Clariant Corp., MA Clariant Corp., Additive/Masterbatches, VA Clariant Corp., Pigments & Additives Dept., NC Colortech Inc., TN * Custom Grinders Sales, Inc., GA Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersions Div, IN Ferro Corp., Liquid Color & Dispersions Div., NJ * Flow Polymers, Inc., OH * GE Silicones, NY * Great Lakes Chemical Corp., IN * Harwick Chemical Manufacturing Corp., OH Honeywell, Specialty Chemicals Div., NJ * Howard Industries, Inc., OH J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD Lanier Color Co., GA Lonzagroup, NJ Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA McGean-Rohco, Inc., OH Midwest Color, IL Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN * Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Polymer Concentrates, Inc., MA * Polymer Products Co., Inc., PA * PolyOne Corp., GA * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA Polyvel Inc., NJ * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Spartech Color, ON * Spartech Color, Concentrates & Additives, KS * Spectra Industries Inc., Specialty Chemicals Div., MD * Standridge Color Corp., GA * Techmer PM LLC, CA * Techmer PM, LLC, TN * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Thermofil, Inc., MI Unitex Chemical Corp., NC UVTEC, Inc., One Galleria Tower, Ste. 1455, TX FRAGRANCE ADDITIVES Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY (D) Ampacet Corp., NY Andrea Aromatics, Inc., NJ Arizona Chemical, FL Aroma Tech, NJ AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Chroma Corp., IL Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Colorflo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN Composition Materials Co., Inc., CT (D) International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA LC United Chemical Corp. Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Mateson Chemical Corp., PA Midwest Color, IL Morflex, Inc., NC NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) Polyvel Inc., NJ Prime Colorants Inc., TN Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) Rotuba Extruders, Inc., NJ H.M. Royal Inc., NJ Stanley S Stanley, town (1991 pop. 1,557), capital of the Falkland Islands, S Atlantic Ocean, on East Falkland island. It is the main port and trading center of the islands. The name is sometimes written as Port Stanley. . Schoenmann, Inc., NJ 3M, MN HEAT-DISTORTION MODIFIERS Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH Engelhard Corp., Specialty Pigments & Additives, NJ GE Specialty Chemicals, Inc., WV Great Lakes Chemical Corp., IN Kaneka Texas Corp., TX Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Monsanto Co., Chemical Group, MO Polyvel Inc., NJ Southern Clay Products, Inc., TX Zeon Chemicals, Inc., KY IMPACT MODIFIERS ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA * AtoFina Petrochemicals Inc., TX * BP Amoco Polymers, Inc., GA The Carborundum Co., Boron Nitride Div., NY Cardolite Corp., NJ Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Colortech Inc., TN * Dexco Polymers, A Dow/Exxon Partnership, TX Discas Inc., CT D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH * Dow Chemical Co., MI Drobny Polymer Associates, NH (D) * DSM Copolymer copolymer: see polymer. , Inc., LA * DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE * DuPont Dow Elastomers LLC, DE Eastman Chemical Co., TN Elementis Performance Polymers, NJ * Elkem Materials Inc., PA Engineered Polymers, MA EniChem Americas, Inc., TX * Expancel Inc., GA * ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Polymers Group, TX * Firestone fire·stone n. 1. A flint or pyrite used to strike a fire. 2. A fire-resistant stone, such as certain sandstones. Noun 1. Polymers, Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., OH * GE Specialty Chemicals, Inc., WV Harwick Chemical Manufacturing Corp., OH Huntsman Petrochemical Corp., TX Imerys, Pigments & Additives Div., GA * Kaneka Texas Corp., TX Leepoxy Plastics, Inc., IN Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Morflex, Inc., NC Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) * Nova Polymers, Inc., IN * OSI Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) PolyOne Corp., GA Prime Colorants Inc., TN * Ricon Resins Inc., CO * Rohm and Haas Co., Plastics Additives, PA Rubber Research Elastomerics, Inc., MN Sartomer Co., Inc., PA Southern Clay Products, Inc., TX Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Union Carbide Corp., CT * Uniroyal Chemical, Crompton Corp., CT Unitex Chemical Corp., NC Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) * Zeon Chemicals, Inc., KY LOW-PROFILE ADDITIVES FOR SMC/BMC Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., Composite Polymers Div., OH Byk-Chemie U.S.A. Inc., CT Cook Composites & Polymers, MO Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX Ricon Resins Inc., CO Union Carbide Corp., CT LUBRICANTS lubricants preparations for the lubrication of passages to reduce frictional injury, e.g. oily preparations, including petroleum jelly, lanolin or water-soluble preparations such as methyl cellulose. ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Actrachem, IL Addenda Corp., IN * Akcros Chemicals America, NJ * Akrochem Corp., OH (D) Albright & Wilson Americas, VA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) American Durafilm Co. Inc., MA American Resin Corp., TX Analyzer Systems of Atlanta, GA Archimica, FL * Arizona Chemical, FL Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA * Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY * Baeriocher USA, OH * Baker Petrolite, Polymers Div., TX BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ Bostik, MA Brulin Corp., IN * Buckman Laboratories, Inc., TN Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH * The C.R Hall Co., IL * Camie-Campbell Inc., MO * The Carborundum Co., Boron Nitride Div., NY * Cardinal Companies, LP, SC * CasChem, Inc., NJ CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) * Chemax, Inc., SC Chem-Pak Inc., VA * Chem-Trend, Inc., Plastics & Rubber Div., MI Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) * Climax Molybdenum Marketing Corp., PA * Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA * Croda Universal Inc., TX Delta Colours, Inc., GA (D) * Crompton Corp., Petroleum Specialties Group, CT The Dallas Group of America, Inc., NJ * DoAll Co., IL * Dow Corning Corp., MI DuPont Co., Coating & Release Systems, DE * DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Dyneon LLC Custom Compounding Inc., Custom Compounding, PA * Eastman Chemical Co., TN * ECOssais LLC, NY Engineered Polymers, MA Ferro Corp., Keil Chemical Div., IN Ferro Corp., Polymer Additives Div., OH FMC See fixed mobile convergence. Corp., Process Additives Div., PA * GE Silicones, NY GE Specialty Chemicals, Inc., WV General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH * Halstab Div., Hammond Group Inc., IN Hatco, Inc., OH (D) * Honeywell, Specially Chemicals Div., NJ * ICI Surfactants, DE * Inotex Chemical Co., PA The International Group, Inc., ON Kaeser Compressors, Inc., VA * Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ Keystone Aniline Corp., IL (D) Kras Worldwide, Inc., PA (D) Lilly Industries, Inc., CA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonzagroup, NJ Lubrizol Corp., OH George Mann & Co., Inc., RI Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Merix Chemical Co., IL * Meter-Mix, Accumetric, LLC, KY * M. Michel Michel named after Gaston Michel, a French surgeon (1875-1937). Michel clip metal skin sutures in various sizes from 8 to 16 mm long. Each clip is a 2 mm wide band of metal with a downturned sharp prong at each end. & Co., Inc., NY Midwest Color, IL Miller-Stephenson Chemical Co., Inc., CT Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Monsanto Co., Chemical Group, MO * Moore Moore, city (1990 pop. 40,761), Cleveland co., central Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City; inc. 1887. Its manufactures include lightning- and surge-protection equipment, packaging for foods, and auto parts. & Munger, Inc., Schumann Sasol AG, MS Morflex, Inc., NC Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) * Norac Co., Inc., CA * OSI Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT * Patco Additives Div., American Ingredients Co., MO Peacock Colors, IL Penozoil Products Co., TX * Penreco Div., Pennzoil Products Co., PA * Plastomer Products, PA Polyesther Corp.. NY (D) Polymer Processing Technology, Inc., MA Prime Lube, Inc., NJ * Roger A. Reed Inc., MA ReleasaGen Manufacturing, Inc., MN * Rhodia, Inc., NJ * Rohm and Haas Co., Plastics Additives, PA H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Royce Thermoplastics Div., NJ * SCI International (USA) Inc., NJ * Seegott Inc., OH * Shamrock Technologies, Inc., NJ Slide Products, Inc., IL * Specialty Products Co., NJ Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) * Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL * Struktol Co., OH * 3M, MN Tiodize Co. Inc., CA Toman to·man n. A gold coin formerly used in Persia worth 10,000 dinars. [Farsi t  m Tool Corp., WI (D) Unichema North America, IL Union Carbide Corp., CT Unitex Chemical Corp., NC * Wacker Wacker may refer to:
Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) * Witco, Crompton Corp., CT Zeon Chemicals, Inc., KY Zip-Chem Products, Div. Of Andpak-EMA, Inc., CA LUBRICANTS Concentrates * Adell Plastics Inc., MD AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * Americhem Inc., OH Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA Ampacet Corp., NY Analyzer Systems of Atlanta, GA BP Amoco Polymers, Inc., GA * Camie-Campbell Inc., MO * Chroma Corp., IL * Clariant Corp., MA Clariant Corp., Masterbatches Div., DE Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Colorco Inc., NJ Colorflo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN Dow Corning Corp., MI DSM Engineering Plastics, IN * DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersions Div, IN Ferro Corp., Liquid Color & Dispersions Div., NJ * Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Howard Industries, Inc., OH ICI Surfactants, DE * Lonzagroup, NJ Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA J. Meyer & Sons, Inc., PA Midwest Color, IL * Moore & Munger, Inc., Schumann Sasol AG, MS Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN * Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Color Corp., NJ * Plastomer Products, PA Polymer Products Co., Inc., PA * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA * Polyvel Inc., NJ Prime Colorants Inc., TN ReleasaGen Manufacturing, Inc., MN Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NY Spartech Color, ON * Spartech Color, Concentrates & Additives, KS * Specialty Products Co., NJ Techmer PM. LLC. TN * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Tekoor Apex Co., RI * Thermofil. Inc., MI Uniform Color Co., MI Union Carbide Corp., CT Zip-Chem Products, Div. of Andpak-EMA, Inc., CA NUCLEATING/CLARIFYING AGENTS Advanced Ceramics Corp., OH Ampacet Corp., NY Baker Petrolite, Polymers Div., TX Bergen international, NJ The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) The Carborundum Co., Boron Nitride Div., NY Clariant Corp., MA Colortech Inc., TN Cylatec Inc., OH Engeihard Corp., Specialty Pigments & Additives, NJ Fluortek Compounding, Inc., PA Honeywell, Specialty Chemicals Div., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA LC United Chemical Corp. Milliken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Pacer Corp., SD Polymer Processing Technology, Inc., MA Polyvel Inc., NJ Prime Colorants Inc., TN Reedy International Corp., NJ Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NY Techmer PM, LLC, TN Unitex Chemical Corp., NC R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) Witco, Crompton Corp., CT PLASTICIZERS plasticizers mostly triaryl phosphates, such as tricresyl, triphenyl phosphates, which are poisonous. See also triorthocresyl phosphate. * Advance Coatings Co., MA * Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY Albright & Wilson Americas, VA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) * American Chemical Service, Inc., IN * Anderson Development Co., MI * Arizona Chemical, FL Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Viking Products Div., MN * BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ * Bayer Corp., PA * The C.P. Hall Co., IL * Cambridge Industries Co. of America, NJ Cardolite Corp., NJ * CasChem, Inc., NJ CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chemcentral Corp., IL (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA * Crompton Corp., Petroleum Specialties Group, CT * Crowley Chemical Co., Inc., NY Delta Colours, Inc., GA (D) * Dongjin Semichem Co. Ltd., NH * Dover Chemical Corp., Sub. of ICC Industries, Inc., OH * DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Elementis Performance Polymers, NJ * ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Polymers Group, TX Ferro Corp., Keil Chemical Div., IN * Ferro Corp., Polymer Additives Div., OH FMC Corp., Process Additives Div., PA Focus Chemical Corp., NH (D) Great Lakes Chemical Corp., IN * Hatco Corp., NJ * Hercules Inc., DE * ICC Chemical Corp., NY (D) * Inolex Chemical Co., PA Kaltron/Pettibone, Inc., IL (D) * Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., L. V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonzagroup, NJ George Mann & Co., Inc., RI Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Monsanto Co., Chemical Group, MD * Morflex, Inc., NC Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) * Nova Div., Boehme Filatex Inc., NC * Penreco Div., Pennzoil Products Co., PA Polymer Products Co., Inc., PA * Rhodia, Inc., NJ Sartomer Co., Inc., PA * Seegott Inc., OH * Solutia Inc., MO * Spartech Color, Concentrates & Additives, KS Stahl USA, Permuthane Coatings, MA Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) * Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL * Sunoco Chemicals, PA 3M, MN Unichema North America, IL * Union Carbide Corp., CT Union Carbide Corp., CT United Mineral & Chemical Corp., NJ (D) * Unitex Chemical Corp., NC * Velsicol Chemical Corp., IL * Witco, Crompton Corp., CT Zeon Chemicals, Inc., KY PROCESSING AIDS Mineral/InorganIc Type Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL AliChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents 0, OH (D) Baikowski International, NC * The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) The Carborundum Co., Boron Nitride Div., NY Colortech Inc., TN Construction Technology Div., Investment Holdings Group Ltd., PA(D) Cylatec Inc., OH The Dallas Group of America, Inc., NJ Elkem Materials Inc., PA * Engelhard Corp., Specialty Pigments & Additives, NJ Flow Polymers, Inc., OH * Grefco Minerals Inc., CA * J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD * Imerys, Pigments & Additives Div., GA Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mozel Inc., Polymers DIV., MO (D) * Nyco, AB O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN * Potters Industries, Inc., PA PQ Corp., PA Prime Colorants Inc., TN * Rehels Inc., NJ * H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ (D) Struktol Co., OH Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) PROCESSING AIDS Polymeric polymeric /poly·mer·ic/ (pol?i-mer´ik) exhibiting the characteristics of a polymer. pol·y·mer·ic adj. 1. Having the properties of a polymer. 2. Type AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Ampacet Corp., NY * Arizona Chemical, FL AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA Ausimont USA, Inc., NJ * Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY Baerlocher USA, OH Baker Petrolite, Polymers Div., TX * BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ The C.P. Hall Co., IL Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Colortech Inc., TN * Dow Corning Corp., MI DuPont Dow Elastomers LLC, DE * Dyneon, MN Dyneon LLC Custom Compounding Inc., Custom Compounding, PA Eastman Chemical Co., TN Elementis Performance Polymers, NJ * Endex Polymer Additives Inc., IL Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Polymers Group, TX Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersions DIV, IN Ferro Corp., Liquid Color & Dispersions Div., NJ Flow Polymers, Inc., OH GE Specialty Chemicals, Inc., WV * Harwick Chemical Manufacturing Corp., OH * Honeywell, Specialty Chemicals Div., NJ Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX * Kaneka Texas Corp., TX George Mann & Co., Inc., RI Mitsubishi international Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) O'Nell Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN * OSi Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT Polyesther Corp., NY (0) Polymer Processing Technology, Inc., MA * Polyvel Inc., NJ * Rehm and Haas Co., Piaslics Addilives, PA Royce Thermoplastics Div., NJ * Specialty Products Co., NJ Stanchem, Inc., ON (0) * 3M, MN Techmer PM, LLC, TN Union Carbide Corp., CT Zeon Chemicals, Inc., KY PROCESSING AIDS Other Organic Types ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) Cabot Corp., IL * CasChem, Inc., NJ Catalyst Systems, Inc., OH CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Colortech Inc., TN Croda Universal Inc., TX * Crompton Corp., Petroleum Specialties Group, CT Flow Polymers, Inc., OH W.R. Grace & Co., Grace Davison, MD * ICI Surfactants, DE Isorca, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co., GA * Lonzagroup, NJ Mitsubishi international Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN Polyesther Corp., NY (D) * Polyvel Inc., NJ Premier Chemicals, OH Prime Colorants Inc., TN * Specialty Products Co., NJ Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) * Struktol Co., OH Techmer PM, LLC, TN * Thermotil, Inc., Ml Velsicol Chemical Corp., IL * Wacker Slilcones Corp., MI Wilco, Crompton Corp., CT PURGING Purging The use of vomiting, diuretics, or laxatives to clear the stomach and intestines after a binge. Mentioned in: Anorexia Nervosa purging (purj´ing), n AGENTS Additive additive In foods, any of various chemical substances added to produce desirable effects. Additives include such substances as artificial or natural colourings and flavourings; stabilizers, emulsifiers, and thickeners; preservatives and humectants (moisture-retainers); and Type Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co., GA Neutrex, Inc., TX Purge-USA, Div. of PTY Pty Austral & S African Proprietary Enterprises, Inc., CA Slide Products. Inc., IL REINFORCEMENTS reinforcements reinforce npl (Mil) → renfort(s) m(pl) Aramid Fiber ar·a·mid fiber n. A strong, heat-resistant fiber formed of polymers with repeating aromatic groups branching from a carbon backbone, used in materials for bulletproof vests and radial tires. Also called polyaramid. American Fillers & Abrasives, Inc., MI FiberCote Industries, Inc., Sub, of Park Electro E`lec´tro n. 1. An electrotype. Chemical Cor, CT Hexcel Composites, CA Hexcel Corp., CA Mutual Industries, Inc., PA H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Twaron Products Inc., GA REINFORCEMENTS Carbon or Graphile Fiber FiberCote Industries, Inc., Sub. of Park Electro Chemical Cor, CT Fortafil Fibers, Inc., TN Hexcel Composites, CA Hexcel Corp., CA Inco Special Products, NJ Isorca, Inc., OH Mutual Industries, Inc., PA Tool Chemical Co., Inc., Mi (D) REINFORCEMENTS Ceramic Fibers Dow Corning Corp., MI Hexcel Composites, CA Hexcel Corp., CA D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Mutual Industries, Inc., PA Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) REINFORCEMENTS Continuous Fiber Rovings, Tows, Yarns American Metal Fibers, Inc., IL Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) BP Amoco Polymers, Inc., GA Brunswick Technologies, Inc., ME Composite Materials, CA (D) Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composites One LLC, IL (D) DuPont Co., Composites Div., DE Fib-Chem Industries Inc., PA (D) Fiber Glass Industries, Inc., NY Fortafil Fibers, Inc., TN FRP Supply, Dlv. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GAF GAF Global Assessment of Functioning GAF German Air Force GAF General Aniline & Film GAF Gender AIDS Forum (South Africa) GAF Ghana Armed Forces GAF Get A Freelancer (freelance services website) Materials Corp., Glass Products, TN GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL (D) Hitco Inc., Div. of BP Chemicals, CA Honeywell Performance Fibers, VA MacDermid Imaging Technology Inc., DE Mutual Industries. Inc., PA Owens Corning Owens Corning Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois. The company was spun off as a separate entity November 1, 1938. , OH PPG Industries, Fiber Glass Products, PA Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, PA Schuller International, Inc., Materials & Reinforcements Div., OH Twaron Products Inc., GA Zoltek Corp., Carbon and Graphite Div., MO REINFORCEMENTS Discontinuous discontinuous /dis·con·tin·u·ous/ (dis?kon-tin´u-us) 1. interrupted; intermittent; marked by breaks. 2. discrete; separate. 3. lacking logical order or coherence. Fibers (Chopped chop 1 v. chopped, chop·ping, chops v.tr. 1. a. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax: chop wood. b. , Milled, Staple) American Metal Fibers, Inc., IL Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) BP Amoco Polymers, Inc., GA Claremont Flock Corp., MA Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composition Materials Co., Inc., CT (D) DuPont Co., Composites Div., DE Fiber Glass Industries, Inc., NY Fortafil Fibers, Inc., TN FRP Supply, Div. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL (D) W.R. Grace & Co., Grace Davison, MD Hastings Plastics Co., CA (D) Honeywell Performance Fibers, VA Interplastic Distribution Corp., MN (D) Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, OH Meadowbrook Inventions, Inc., NJ P.J. Murphy Forest Products Corp., NJ NanoMaterials, Inc., RI (D) Nyco, AB Owens Corning, OH Plasco Corp., MI PPG Industries, Fiber Glass Products, PA Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, PA Schuller International, Inc., Materials & Reinforcements Div., OH Tool Chemical Co., Inc., MI (D) Twaron Products Inc., GA Unifrax Corp., Fibers Div., NY Unique Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Zoltek Corp., Carbon and Graphite Div., MO REINFORCEMENTS Fabric, Mat, Veil, Felt ABCO Industries, Inc., SC Advanced Textiles, Inc., TX Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Autoform Inc., MI Axson North America, Inc., MI B&F Plastics Inc., IN Bay Mills, Ltd., Bayex Div., ON BGF BGF Black Guerrilla Family (Afro-American prison gang symbol/tattoo) BGF Boursier du Gouvernement Français (French) BGF Black Guerilla Family (gang) BGF Best Guy Friend Industries, Inc., NC BP Amoco Polymers, Inc., GA Brunswick Technologies, Inc., ME CollinsCraft Composites Group, Inc., SC Composite Materials, CA (D) Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composites One LLC, IL (d) Divinycell International, Inc., Product of DIAB Group, TX DuPont Co.. Composites Div., DE Fibasil, NY Fib-Chem Industries Inc., PA (D) Fiber Glass Industries, Inc., NY Fiber Materials, Inc., ME FiberCote Industries, Inc., Sub. of Park Electro Chemical Cor, CT Fortatil Fibers, Inc., TN Freudenberg Nonwovens, NC GAF Materials Corp., Glass Products, TN GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL (D) Hexcel Composites, CA Hexcel Corp., CA Hilco Inc., Div. of BP Chemicals. CA Hollinee Glass Fibers, OH Johnston Industries, Composite Reinforcements, AL MacDermid Imaging Technology Inc., DE Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, OH Martin Pultrusion Pultrusion is a continuous process of manufacturing of composite materials with constant cross-section whereby reinforcing fibers are pulled through a resin, possibly followed by a separate preforming system, and into a heated die, where the resin undergoes polymerization. Group Inc., OH (D) Mutual Industries, Inc., PA Nida-Core Corp., FL Owens Corning, OH PPG Industries, Fiber Glass Products, PA Precision Fabrics Group, Inc., Formed Fabrics Div., NC PTM&W Industries, Inc., CA (D) Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, PA Schuller International, Inc., Materials & Reinforcements Div., OH Superior Fibers, Inc.. OH Tax Tech Industries, ME Zoltek Corp., Carbon and Graphite Div., MO REINFORCEMENTS Glass Fiber ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Fibasil, NY Fiber Glass Industries, Inc., NY FiberCote Industries, Inc., Sub. of Park Electro Chemical Cor, CT GAF Materials Corp., Glass Products, TN GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL Hastings Plastics Co., CA (D) Hexcel Composites, CA Hexcel Corp., CA Hollinee Glass Fibers, OH Isorca, Inc., OH Saint-Gobain Vetrotex America, PA Superior Fibers, Inc., OH Supermin Div., Div. of George C. Hawley & Assoc., NY Tool Chemical Co., Inc., MI REINFORCEMENTS Mineral Fibers ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Engelhard Corp., Specialty Pigments & Additives, NJ Isorca, Inc., OH Nyco, AB Pacer Corp., SD Reade Advanced Materials, RI (D) H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Sloss Industries Corp., AL Supermin Div., Div. of George C. Hawley & Assoc., NY REINFORCEMENTS Nylon or PET Fiber FiberCote Industries, Inc., Sub. of Park Electro Chemical Cor, CT Precision Fabrics Group, Inc., Formed Fabrics Div., NC Southern Clay Products, Inc., TX REINFORCEMENTS UHMW-PE UHMW-PE Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiber Ellen Products Co., Inc., Gabriel Mfg. Co., NY Hexcel Composites, CA RELEASE AGENTS External (Spray or Wipe-On) Acheson Colloids Co., Ml * Adell Plastics Inc., MD Adtech Plastic Systems Corp., MI Advanced Ceramics Corp., OH * Airtech Advanced Materials Group, CA Albemarle Corp., LA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) American Durafilm Co. Inc., MA American Resin Corp., TX * Americhem Inc., OH Analyzer Systems of Atlanta, GA Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) * Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY * Baker Petrolite, Polymers Div., TX Bales Mold Service, Inc., IL Balzers Inc., NY Bargain Basics, IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. Co., OH * BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ Beckman Laboratories, Inc., TN Budget Molders Supply, Inc., DH Burtin Corp., CA * Camie-Campbell Inc., MO Chemcentral Corp., IL (D) * Chemlease International, Inc., FL Chem-Pak Inc., VA * Chem-Trend, Inc., Plastics & Rubber Div., MI * Clariant Corp., MA * Clearco Products Co., Inc., PA * Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Composite Materials, CA (D) Cuyahoga Plastics, OH Cytec Formulated Resins, NY * Dexter Corp., NH Dexter Electronic Materials, NY * D-M-E Co., MI * Dow Corning Corp., MI * DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Eckart America LP, KY Ellen Products Co., Inc., Gabriel Mfg. Co., NY Emerson & Cuming Specialty Polymers, MA EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. Plastics Equipment, OH Epoxies, Etc., RI * Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Fiber Resin Corp., Sub. of H.B. Fuller Co., CA * Franklynn Industries, Inc., OH FRP Supply, Div. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (0) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) * GE Silicones, NY * GLS Composites Distribution Corp., IL Hastings Plastics Co., CA * Hatco, Inc., OH (D) Huron Technologies, Inc., MI * IMS Co., OH * Kras Worldwide, Inc., PA Lescon Inc., ME (D) * Lilly Industries, Inc., CA Loes Enterprises, Inc., MN Mann Formulated Products, Inc., PA * Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI * Merix Chemical Co., IL Miller-Stephenson Chemical Co., Inc., CT Molders Choice, Inc., OH Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) Northern Supply Co., MN (D) * OSi Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT PCSCo., MI(D) Plasco Corp., MI * Plastic Process Equipment Inc., OH Plastic Services & Equipment, IN (D) PolyOne Corp., IL (D) * Price-Driscoll Corp., CT Prime Lube, Inc., NJ (D) PTM&W Industries, Inc., CA Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) Roger A. Reed Inc., MA Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) ReleasaGen Manufacturing, Inc., MN * Rhodia, Inc., NJ Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, RI * Sherwin-Williams Consumer Group, Sprayon/Krylon Specialty Div., DH * Silogram Lubricants Corp., NJ * Slide Products, Inc., IL * Smooth-On, Inc., PA * Specialty Products Co., NJ Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) * Stoner ston·er n. 1. One that stones. 2. Slang a. One who is habitually intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. b. One who is a delinquent or failure. Inc., PA Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI * Thermofil, Inc., MI * Tiodize Co. Inc., CA Toman Tool Corp., WI (D) Tool Chemical Co., Inc., MI (0) T.S.E. Inc., FL Union Carbide Corp., CT * Wacker Silicones Corp., MI West Coast Plastics Equipment, Inc., CA(D) Witco, Crompton Corp., CT * Zip-Chem Products, Div. of Andpak-EMA, Inc., CA RELEASE AGENTS Internal (Additive Type) Advanced Ceramics Corp., OH Akrochem Corp., OH (D) * Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) * Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY Baker Petrolite, Polymers Div., TX Burtin Corp., CA Byk-Chemie U.S.A. Inc., CT CasChem, Inc., NJ * Chemlease International, Inc., FL Chroma Corp., IL * Croda Universal Inc., TX Dexter Corp., NH DoAll Co., IL * Dow Corning Corp., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE DuPont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE Dyneon LLC Custom Compounding Inc., Custom Compounding, PA Ellen Products Co., Inc., Gabriel Mfg. Co., NY Engineered Polymers, MA Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX Ferro Corp., Polymer Additives Div., OH Flow Polymers, Inc., OH FRP Supply, Div. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Honeywell, Specialty Chemicals Div., NJ * IMS Co., OH (D) Lanier Color Co., GA Lescon Inc., ME (D) L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (0) * Loozagroup, NJ D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Mann Formulated Products, Inc., PA * M. Michel & Co., Inc., NY Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Norac Co., Inc., CA O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., NJ O'Neil Color & Compounding Corp., TN * Patco Additives Div., American Ingredients Co., MO * Penreco Div., Pennzoil Products Co., PA PolyOne Corp., IL (D) * Polyvel Inc., NJ * Roger A. Reed Inc., MA Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NY SCI International (USA) Inc., NJ Shamrock Technologies, Inc., NJ * Specialty Products Co., NJ Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) * Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL Struktol Co., OH Techmer PM, LLC, TN * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Unitex Chemical Corp., NC * Wacker Silicones Corp., MI Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) * Witco, Crompton Corp., CT RESIN CLEAN-UP SOLUTIONS Analyzer Systems of Atlanta, GA Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents 0, OH (D) Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY Brulin Corp., IN Bush Boake Allen Al·len , Edgar 1892-1943. American anatomist who is noted for his studies of hormones and for the discovery (1923) of estrogen. Inc., FL Camie-Campbell Inc., MO Chemical Solvents Inc., OH Composites One LLC, IL (D) Cook Composites & Polymers, MO DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Dynaloy Inc., IN Epoxies, Etc., RI Franklin Polymers, Inc., PA (D) Franklynn Industries, Inc., OH FRP Supply, Div. of Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Hatco, Inc., OH (D) Huntsman Petrochemical Corp., TX International Specialty Products, NJ losso Metal Processes, IL Lescon Inc., ME (D) Mann Formulated Products, Inc., PA Mateson Chemical Corp., PA Miller-Stephenson Chemical Co., Inc., CT Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Northern Supply Co., MN (D) Plasco Corp., MI Plastic Process Equipment Inc., OH Purac America, Inc., IL Slide Products, Inc., IL Stoner Inc., PA Zip-Chem Products, Div. of Andpak-EMA, Inc., CA SLIP AGENTS Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL American Durafilm Co. Inc., MA (D) Analyzer Systems of Atlanta, GA Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY Baker Petrolite, Polymers Div., TX Bales Mold Service, Inc., IL Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH Byk-Chemie U.S.A. Inc., CT Camie-Campbell Inc., MO CasChem, Inc., NJ Chemax, Inc., SC Chemlease International, Inc., FL Coatings Resource Corp., CA (D) Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Croda Universal Inc., TX Degussa Corp., NJ Dicronite of Chicago, Div. of Surface Sciences, Inc., IL Dow Corning Corp., MI GE Silicones, NY Gem Gravure Co., Inc., MA Honeywell, Specialty Chemicals Div., NJ Inolex Chemical Co., PA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonzagroup, NJ George Mann & Co., Inc., RI OSi Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT Plastic Process Equipment Inc., OH Price-Driscoll Corp., CT Shamrock Technologies, Inc., NJ Slide Products, Inc., IL Stahl USA, Permuthane Coatings, MA Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL Stoner Inc., PA Struktol Co., OH Toman Tool Corp., WI (D) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Unichema North America, IL Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) Witco, Crompton Corp., CT Zip-Chem Products, Div. of Andpak-EMA, Inc., CA SLIP AGENTS Concentrates Americhem Inc., OH Ampacet Corp., NY Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH Camie-Campbell Inc., MO Chroma Corp., IL Clariant Corp., MA Colorco Inc., NJ Colorflo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN Colorwel Div., HCI Canada Inc., ON Ferro Corp., Liquid Color & Dispersions Div., NJ Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Howard Industries, Inc., OH ICI Surfactants, DE Ingenia Polymers, Inc., ON Ingenia Polymers, Inc., TX L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Marval Industries, Inc., NY Mateson Chemical Corp., PA J. Meyer & Sons, Inc., PA Midwest Color, IL Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Plastic Process Equipment Inc., OH Plastics Color Corp., NJ Polyesther Corp., NY (D) Polyvel Inc., NJ Price-Driscoll Corp., CT A. Schulman, Inc., OH Spartech Color, ON Spartech Color, Concentrates & Additives, KS Standridge Color Corp., GA Stoner Inc., PA Techmer PM LLC, CA Techmer PM, LLC, TN Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ Zip-Chem Products, Div. of Andpak-EMA, Inc., CA STABILIZERS Heat Stabilizers for PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. Addenda Corp., IN Adell Plastics Inc., MO Advanced Ceramics Corp., OH * Ajinomoto USA, Inc., NJ * Akcros Chemicals America, NJ AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) American Chemical Service, Inc., IN Amspec Chemical Corp., NJ Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Viking Products Div., MN * Baerlocher USA, OH BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ The C.P. Hali Co., IL Cambridge Industries, Inc., MI * Cardinal Companies, LP, SC CasChem, Inc., NJ Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA The Dallas Group of America, Inc., NJ * Dover Chemical Corp., Sub. of ICC Industries, Inc., OH * Ferro Corp., Polymer Additives Div., OH Flow Polymers, Inc., OH GE Specialty Chemicals, Inc., WV Halstab Div., Hammond Group Inc., IN Honeywell, Specialty Chemicals Div., NJ J.M, Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD International Resources, Inc., MD Lanler Color Co., GA LC United Chemical Corp. Lubrizol Corp., OH Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) * DMG (Disk iMaGe) The file format used in the Macintosh for distributing Mac software. Mac install packages appear as a virtual disk drive on the Mac as if you had inserted a CD or floppy disk. Americas, OH * PQ Corp., PA * Reheis Inc., NJ * Rohm and Haas Co., Plastics Additives, PA SCI International (USA) Inc., NJ * Shepherd Chemical Co., OH United Mineral & Chemical Corp., NJ (D) R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT * Witco, Crompton Corp., CT * Zinc Corp. of America, PA STABILIZERS UV Stabilizers * Aceto Corp., NY ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Addenda Corp., IN * Adell Plastics Inc., MD Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., NY Akzq Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Viking Products Div., MN BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ Biddle Sawyer Corp., NY (D) * Buckman Laboratories, Inc., TN Burlington Scientific Corp., NY (D) * Cabot Corp., Special Blacks Div., MA Cardinal Companies, LP, SC Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) * Chroma Corp., IL * Clba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Additives Div., NY Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH * Clariant Corp., Pigments & Additives Dept., NC Coatings Resource Corp., CA Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) * Cytec Industries Inc., NJ Dover Chemical Corp., Sub. of ICC Industries, Inc., OH * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Engineered Polymers, MA Enterprise Chemical Co., OH * Everlight USA, Inc., NC * Fairmount Chemical Co., Inc., NJ * Ferro Corp., Polymer Additives Div., OH Flow Polymers, Inc., OH Focus Chemical Corp., NH (D) * GE Specialty Chemicals, Inc., WV General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH * Great Lakes Chemical Corp., IN Halstab Div., Hammond Group Inc., IN * International Trade Center, NJ * Janssen Pharmaceutica Janssen Pharmaceutica, is a pharmaceutical company based in Beerse, Belgium, was established in 1953 by Dr. Paul Janssen. It was created not as a subsidiary of a chemical factory but solely with the aim of conducting pharmacological research. , NJ LC United Chemical Corp. Lescon Inc., ME (D) L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Martin Color-Fl, Inc., SC * Mayzo, Inc., GA Merix Chemical Co., IL Midwest Color, IL Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Peacock Colors, IL * PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH * Shepherd Chemical Co., OH 3-V Chemical Corp., NC Union Carbide Corp., CT Uniroyal Chemical, Crompton Corp., CT R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT * Witco, Crompton Corp., CT * Zinc Corp. of America, PA STABILIZERS UV Stabilizer stabilizer: see airplane. Concentrates Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Akrochem Corp., OH * Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY (D) * Americhem Inc., OH * Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Ampacet Corp., NYzzz Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) * Carolina Color Corp., NC * Chroma Corp., IL Cincinnati Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH * Clariant Corp., MA Clariant Corp., Additive/Masterbatches, VA * Colorco Inc., NJ Colorllo, Inc., NJ Colortech Inc., TN Colorwel Div., HCI Canada Inc., ON Ferro Corp., Liquid Color & Dispersions Div., NJ Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Color & Chemical Co. Inc., OH * Harwick Chemical Manufacturing Corp., OH Lanier Color Co., GA * M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Merix Chemical Co., IL J. Meyer & Sons, Inc., PA Midwest Color, IL Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Plasticolors, Inc., OH * Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Color Corp., NJ PMC Specialties Group Div., PMC Inc., OH Polymer Concentrates, Inc., MA PolyOne Corp., GA * PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA * Polyvel Inc., NJ Prime Colorants Inc., TN Rhetech Colors, OH Riverdale Color Mfg., Inc., NY * A. Schulman, Inc., OH * Southwest Chemical Services, Inc., TX Spartech Color, ON Spartech Color, Concentrates & Additives, KS * Standridge Color Corp., GA * Techmer PM LLC, CA * Techmer PM, LLC, TN * Teknor Color Co., Div. of Teknor Apex Co., RI Uniform Color Co., MI UVTEC, Inc., TX * Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc., PA STABILIZERS Metal Deactivators Metal deactivators are fuel additives and lubricant additives used to stabilize fluids by deactivating (usually by sequestering) metal ions, mostly introduced by the action of naturally occurring acids in the fuel and acids generated in lubricants by oxidative processes with the ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON * Albright & Wilson Americas, VA Allchem Industries Inc., FL (D) Biddle Sawyer Corp., NY (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Clba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Additives Div., NY * Fairmount Chemical Co., Inc., NJ Mayzo, Inc., GA Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Techmer PM LLC, CA Techmer PM, LLC, TN Uniroyal Chemical, Crompton Corp., CT Witco, Crompton Corp., CT STRIPPING AGENTS, RESIN REMOVERS Analyzer Systems of Atlanta, GA AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY Bargain Basics, MS Co., OH Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH Chemical Solvents Inc., OH DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Dynaloy Inc., IN H.B. Fuller Co., MN Hatco, Inc., OH (D) Industrotech, MI International Specialty Products, NJ Kaltron/Pettibone, Inc., IL (D) Lesson Inc., ME (D) George Mann & Co., Inc., RI Master Bond Inc., NJ Mateson Chemical Corp., PA Maxi-Blast Inc., IN Miller-Stephenson Chemical Co., Inc., CT Plastic Process Equipment Inc., OH Slide Products, Inc., IL Specialty Products Co., NJ Stoner Inc., PA Zip-Chem Products, Div. of Andpak-EMA, Inc., CA SURFACE TREATMENT CHEMICALS, DISPERSION dispersion, in chemistry dispersion, in chemistry, mixture in which fine particles of one substance are scattered throughout another substance. A dispersion is classed as a suspension, colloid, or solution. AIDS (FOR FILLERS, PIGMENTS, REINFORCEMENTS) Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., PA Ajinomoto USA, Inc., NJ Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Archimica, FL Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY Baker Petrolite, Polymers Div., TX BP Amoco Polymers, Inc., GA Byk-Chemie U.S.A. Inc., CT CasChem, Inc., NJ Chemax, Inc., SC Clariant Corp., Pigments & Additives Dept., NC Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Construction Technology Div., Investment Holdings Group Ltd., PA (D) Dow Corning Corp., MI Drobny Polymer Associates, NH (D) DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Flow Polymers, Inc., OH Harwick Chemical Manufacturing Corp., OH Honeywell, Specialty Chemicals Div., NJ Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lonzagroup, NJ Lubrizol Corp., OH D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Mateson Chemical Corp., PA Mica-Tek Div., All Plastics, Inc., MI OSI Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT Penreco Div., Pennzoil Products Co., PA Rhodia, Inc., NJ Struktol Co., OH Supermin Div., Div. of George C. Hawley & Assoc., NY Union Carbide Corp., CT Witco, Crompton Corp., CT SURFACTANTS Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., PA Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Albright & Wilson Americas, VA AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Angus Chemical Co., IL AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA Baker Petrolite, Polymers Div., TX BASF Corp., Chemicals Div., NJ Byk-Chemie U.S.A. Inc., CT The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) CasChem, Inc., NJ CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chemax, Inc., SC Chemical Solvents Inc., OH (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Clariant Corp., MA (D) Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Condea Vista Co., TX Cytec Industries Inc., NJ Dow Chemical Co., MI Dow Corning Corp., MI DuPont Co., Chemicals Dept., DE Ferro Corp., Keil Chemical Div., IN GE Silicones, NY Goldschmidt Chemical Co., VA Huntsman Petrochemical Corp., TX ICI Surfactants, DE Inolex Chemical Co., PA Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ Lonzagreup, NJ D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Mateson Chemical Corp., PA Mica-Tek Div., All Plastics, Inc., MI Molders Choice, Inc., OH Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Nitroil Performance Chemical Int'l Co., TX Nova Div., Boebme Filatex Inc., NC OSI Specialties, Crompton Corp., CT Polyesther Corp., NY (D) Rhodia, Inc., NJ H.W. Sands Corp., FL (D) Seegott Inc., OH Stanchem, Inc., ON (D) Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL 3M, MN Techmer PM LLC, CA Union Carbide Corp., CT Uniroyal Chemical, Crompton Corp., CT Unitex Chemical Corp., NC Witco, Crompton Corp., CT Zip-Chem Products, Div. of Andpak-EMA, Inc., CA THICKENERS thickeners, n.pl See binder. FOR SMC/BMC Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., Composite Polymers Div., OH The C.P. Hall Co., IL (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Cook Composites & Polymers, MO Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties Inc., MD Plasticolors, Inc., OH Premier Chemicals, OH Southern Clay Products, Inc., TX R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., CT Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) THIXOTROPIC AGENTS Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Arizona Chemical, FL Ashland Distribution Co., Industrial Chemicals & Solvents D, OH (D) Cabot Corp., IL Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA Composite Materials, Fiber Resin Supply Div., WA (D) Composites One LLC, IL (D) Degussa Corp., NJ D.J. Enterprises, Inc., OH Dry Branch Kaolin Co., GA Engelbard Corp., Speciality Pigments & Additives, NJ FRP Supply, Div. ot Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) W.R. Grace & Co., Grace Davison, MD Hastings Plastics Co., CA (D) HK Research Corp., NC (D) J.M. Huber Corp., Chemicals Div., MD L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lubrizol Corp., OH D.N. Lukens, Inc., MA (D) Millennium Specialty Chemicals, Inc., MD Milliken Chemical Div., Milliken & Co., SC Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) 0MG Americas, OH Polyesther Corp., NY (D) Rhodia, Inc., NJ H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ (D) Southern Clay Products, Inc., TX Stamat Incorporated, TX (D) Unifrax Corp., Fibers Div., NY Union Carbide Corp., CT Whittaker, Clark & Daniels, Inc., NJ (D) Witco, Crompton Corp., CT VISCOSITY DEPRESSANTS Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., IL Albright & Wilson Americas, VA Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Inc., NY Buckman Laboratories, Inc., TN Byk-Chemie U.S.A. Inc., CT CasChem, Inc., NJ Cognis Corp., Plastics and Polymer Div., PA ICI Surfactants, DE Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc., NJ Lonzagroup, NJ Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MD (D) Rhodia, Inc., NJ Stepan Co., Plastic & Fiber Additives, IL Struktol Co., OH Witco, Crompton Corp., CT |
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