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AKCROS
CHEMICALS
500 Jersey Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Telephone: 732-247-2202
Fax: 732-247-8416
Member Link (URL): www.akcros.com
Akcros Chemicals
is headquartered in Eccles (Manchester), United Kingdom. It is independently
owned by GIL Investments LTD. The U.S. headquarters and manufacturing
site is in New Brunswick, New Jersey. For over 50 years, Akcros has manufactured
and marketed a wide range of specialty additives for PVC, including heat
stabilizers (liquid and solid mixed metals, cadmium-containing, cadmium-free
and food grade; high efficiency tins and lead replacements), plasticizers,
lubricants and biocides (a variety of OBPA, IT and other based biocides).
Their integrated business, research and manufacturing site also specializes
in paint and coatings additives.
AMERICAN
INKS & COATINGS
3400 North Hutchinson Street
Pine Bluff, AR 71602
Telephone: 870-247-2080
Fax: 870-247-5317
Member Link (URL): www.americaninksandcoatings.com
Company Profile:
American Inks & Coatings has a long history of producing high quality
ink products for the printing industry. Over 75 years ago, American Inks
and Coatings was founded with a core business of specialty solvent inks
and coatings. In 2002, Mosley Holdings acquired American Inks & Coatings
and merged the existing technology with that of the most modern high volume
ink manufacturing operation in the United States. Today, AIC continues
to manufacture and service the specialty ink market with a core business
of high volume water and solvent inks and coatings.
In 1929, AIC began producing ink dispersions using the two roll mill technology.
Today, AIC uses basket mills, media mills and two roll mills to produce
sub-micron pigment particle size dispersions. These dispersions are unequaled
for richness in color, gloss and transparency.
These dispersions are used to formulate a wide range of water and solvent ink systems, i.e., foil, film, metallized surface, laminations, paper, and board.
BAERLOCHER
U.S.A.
P. O. Box 545
3676 Davis Road, N.W.
Dover, OH 44622-0545
Telephone: 330-364-6000
Fax: 330-343-7025
Member Link (URL): www.baerlocher.com
Company Profile: Baerlocher USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Baerlocher GmbH of Munich, Germany – a worldwide leader in additives for plastics, especially PVC. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Baerlocher USA manufactures and markets one of the most complete lines of PVC heat stabilizers in the industry. These lines feature mixed-metals (including non-cadmiums and lead replacements), tins (including methyls, butyls, octyls, mercaptides and non-mercaptides) and leads. These stabilizers are available in a variety of forms including liquids, powders, granules, pellets, strands, flakes, prills and capsules. Baerlocher USA also manufactures and markets a broad line of metallic stearates and other metallic soaps typically utilized as lubricants. Principal products include grades of calcium, zinc, barium, lead, aluminum, magnesium, sodium and lithium.
BASF CORPORATION
100 Campus Drive
Florham Park, New Jersey 07932
Telephone: 973-245-6663
Fax: 973-245-6794
Member Link (URL): www.basf.com
Company Profile: BASF Corporation, headquartered in New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany. Rated in FORTUNE magazine as America’s Most Admired Chemical Company, we employ about 10,000 people in North America and had sales of approximately $11 billion in 2004. BASF Corporation markets a comprehensive range of branched and linear plasticizers and plasticizer raw materials to the flexible vinyl industry. BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas. As a reliable partner to virtually all industries, BASF’s intelligent solutions and high-value products help its customers to be more successful. BASF develops new technologies and uses them to open up additional market opportunities. It combines economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, thus contributing to a better future. In 2004, BASF had approximately 82,000 employees and posted sales of more than $50 billion.
BYK USA Inc.
524 South Cherry Street
Wallingford, CT 06437
Telephone: 203-265-2086
Fax: 203-284-9158
Member Link (URL): www.byk-chemie.com
BYK USA offers a broad range of additives
that are suited for the plastics and coatings industries. These include
viscosity depressants, wetting and dispersing additives, air release additives,
foam stabilizers, moisture absorbers, silicone-based products, processing
aids and rheology modifiers. These additives are used in everyday products
such as paint, inks, film and
sheeting, automotive/transportation, flooring, pond liners, tents, tarpaulins,
graphic arts and home furnishings.
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CENTRAL TEXTILES, INC.
10 East 40th Street
New York, NY 10016-0367
Telephone: 212-213-8740
Fax: 212-545-0603
Member Link (URL): www.cotswoldindustries.com
Company Profile: A manufacturer of woven fabric substrates used by the coated fabrics industry in wallcovering, tape, marine, and automotive products.
THE CHEMICAL
COMPANY
19 Narragansett Avenue
P. O. Box 436
Jamestown, RI 02835-0436
Telephone: 401-423-3100
Fax: 401-423-3102
Member Link (URL): www.thechemco.com
Company Profile:
EXXONMOBIL
CHEMICAL COMPANY
13501 Katy Freeway
Houston, TX 77079-1398
Telephone: 281-870-6998
Fax: 281-588-2567
Member Link (URL): www.exxonmobilchemical.com
Company Profile: ExxonMobil Chemical offers a broad range of Jayflex® plasticizers that are well suited to vinyl fabric, sheet and film applications. Jayflex plasticizers are branched and linear phthalate esters and specialty adipates and trimellitates used to soften rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC). They are common in everyday products such as film and sheet, automotive components, flooring, and wire and cable.
FERRO CORPORATION
7061 East Pleasant Valley Road
Independence, OH 44131-5543
Telephone: 216-750-1448
Fax: 216-750-1416
Member Link (URL): www.ferro.com
Company Profile: Ferro Corporation, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is a global producer of performance materials. Ferro has a leading position in ceramic glaze and porcelain enamel, powder coatings, inorganic pigments and colorants, specialty plastic compounds and colorants, and polymer additives. The Polymer Additives products include heat and light stabilizers, antimicrobials, epoxy plasticizers, metallic stearates, and specialty plasticizers.
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION, USA
Specialty PVC Division
9 Peach Tree Hill Road
Livingston, NJ 07039-5701
Telephone: 973-716-7246
Fax: 973-716-7483
Member Link (URL): www.fpcusa.com
Company Profile: Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA (FPC USA) has formed a Specialty PVC Division which consists of a manufacturing facility in Delaware City, Delaware (FPC-DE), as well as a newly acquired facility in Illiopolis, Illinois (FPC-IL). FPC USA is an overseas affiliate of the Formosa Plastics Group, one of the world's ten largest petrochemical companies.
FPC-DE is certified to the ISO 9001: 2000 and 14001 Standards for Quality Assurance and Environmental Management Systems and offers dependable, on-time deliveries, 24-hour order placement, and on-site technical support. Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA is applying the same management and quality systems at the new Illinois facility as well. In fact, in March of 2003, less than a year from acquiring the Illinois facility, Formosa Plastics Corporation, Illinois has received both ISO 9001 and 14001 certification.
By producing its own feedstock materials, such as ethylene, chlorine, EDC and VCM, Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA continues to be a vertically integrated supplier of PVC specialty resins through its Specialty PVC Division. FPC-DE supplies homopolymer and copolymer dispersion resins, while FPC-IL supplies homopolymer dispersion resin, homopolymer and copolymer blending resins, and suspension copolymer.
GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION
2900 North Loop West
Suite 1200
Houston, TX 77092
Telephone: 713-956-3906
Fax: 713-956-3909
Member Link (URL): www.georgiagulf.com
Company Profile: Georgia Gulf is a major manufacturer and worldwide marketer of two highly integrated lines of commodity chemicals and polymers. Products are used in a diverse range of industrial applications, including housing and construction, high-performance plastics, pulp and paper production, packaging, chemical intermediates, alumina refining, pharmaceuticals and water purification. The PVC resin and compound products support the calendering, wire and cable, automotive and construction industries in a wide range of applications. The headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia.
GLATFELTER
228 South Main Street
Spring Grove, PA 17362
Telephone: 717-225-4711
Fax: 717-225-7454
Member Link (URL): www.glatfelter.com
Company Profile: Headquartered in
York, Pennsylvania, Glatfelter is a global manufacturer of specialty papers
and engineered products. Glatfelter's Exhere® line of casting and
release papers is manufactured at its fully integrated pulp and paper
facility in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Exhere® casting papers are
designed for curing PVC films and foams, urethane foams, and natural rubber.
They feature consistent release and surface appearance, and excellent
reuse performance. Exhere® release liners offer features such as outstanding
layflat properties, superb backside printability, and differential C2S
release for pressure-sensitive adhesive applications. Glatfelter specializes
in providing customized solutions through mix-and-match options for substrates
and release systems.
HIGHLAND
INDUSTRIES, INC.
650 Chesterfield Road
Cheraw, SC 29520
Telephone: 843-537-8227
Fax: 843-537-8291
Member Link (URL): www.highlandindustries.com
Company Profile: Highland Industries, headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, is a leading supplier of industrial, commercial, and automotive textiles. Highland provides product solutions for many diverse markets and remains a significant supplier for vinyl coaters and laminators in North America. Highland operates two manufacturing facilities (Cheraw, South Carolina and Kernersville, North Carolina) with extensive fabric forming and finishing capabilities.
MILLIKEN
& CO.
P.O. Box 1926
Spartanburg, SC 29304-1926
Telephone: 864-503-2280
Fax: 864-503-1367
Member Link (URL): www.milliken.com
Company Profile: Milliken & Company supplies woven and knitted substrates to coaters for automotive and non-automotive markets. The substrates are composed of a variety of fabrics including 100% polyester, 100% cotton, and polyester/cotton blends. In addition, we have the ability to provide dyed substrates and proprietary finishes to fabric. Our substrates are setting new industry standards for quality, consistency and overall performance for the vinyl coater.
ROHM &
HAAS CHEMICALS LLC.
100 Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Telephone: 215-592-6824
Fax: 215-592-2321
Member Link (URL): www.rohmhaas.com
Company Profile: Rohm and Haas’ Plastics Additives Business Unit, headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a leading producer of specialty additives for polymers. Rohm and Haas offers a wide range of additive products for flexible and rigid PVC, engineered resins and elastomers including biocides, processing aids, heat stabilizers, impact modifiers and lubricants. The Vinyzene brand antimicrobial product line includes liquid and solid formulations utilizing four different active ingredients capable of treating PVC, olefinic and styrenic polymers, urethane, TPO, TPE, and other polymeric and elastomeric systems.
SAPPI -
WARREN RELEASE PAPERS
SAPPI FINE PAPER NORTH AMERICA
89 Cumberland Street
P. O. Box 5000
Westbrook, ME 04098-1597
Telephone: 207-856-4000
Fax: 207-856-1346
Member Link (URL): www.warrenreleasepapers.com
Company Profile: Sappi - Warren Release Papers is the world’s leading supplier of surface texture casting papers to the coated fabrics industry. We were the first paper manufacturer to produce a product for PVC cast coating and developed the first embossed pattern release papers. We developed and patented an electron beam coating process used to produce our Ultracast products which deliver 100% replication of embossed patterns. Today, our line of surface texture release papers serves the global vinyl, urethane and aqueous cast coated fabrics markets.
SHINTECH,
INC.
#3 Greenway Plaza
Suite 1150
Houston, TX 77046-0395
Telephone: 713-965-0713
Fax: 713-965-0629
Member Link (URL):
Company Profile:
Shintech is organized around and directed toward one goal - providing
the best possible product and service to the PVC customer. The Shintech
plant was designed for a reliable supply of high quality PVC resin; our
organization has been designed for service.
Shintech produces and sells a full line of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins
specifically designed to meet individual customer needs. These range from
low to high molecular weight resins, and cover a broad spectrum of applications
including PVC bottles, rigid sheet, wrapping film, rigid pipe, fittings
home siding, flexible film and electrical insulation. Although Shintech
is a multimillion dollar company, our management team is involved and
responsive to the customer. Our management pledges that response to customers'
needs will be the central policy of the company. At Shintech you'll deal
directly with the decision makers; you'll know them on a first name basis.
Shintech is committed to expansion of our PVC resin business and we believe
that our combination of people, products and service will provide the
growth we both seek.
Shintech uses the state-of-the-art production technology developed by
Shin-Etsu Chemical, in Japan. The K-Bin division supplies rigid PVC compound.
TROY CORPORATION
8 Vreeland Road
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Telephone: 973-443-6983
Fax: 973-443-0257
Member Link (URL): www.micropel.com
Company Profile: Troy Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is a global manufacturer of antimicrobials for the plastics industry. Troy provides performance solutions to protect the physical and chemical properties and appearance of various plastic products from degradation caused by bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms. Troy is dedicated to researching and solving microbiological problems in polymers using new technology and innovative products. We offer formulators and fabricators of flexible PVC, polyurethanes, polyolefins, rubber and other polymers a wide array of Troy antimicrobials to provide protection for various applications and conditions.
