Sekisui Specialty Chemicals

Operational for more than 60 years, Dixie Chemical Company is a manufacturer and distributor of specialty and fine chemicals. Its core competencies include a variety of chemistries with emphasis on maleic anhydride and epichlorhydrin derivatives. Dixie Chemical Company s products include diethylaniline, diethylbenzene, dimethyl isobutylmalonate, dimethylaniline and dodecenylsuccinic anhydride. It offers assistance in the development process by providing laboratory support and project engineering services. Dixie Chemical Company s business areas include pharmaceutical intermediates, custom contracting and a proprietary line of industrial chemicals. It operates manufacturing and research and development facilities and laboratories, as well as a pilot plant. Dixie Chemical Company is a member of the American Chemical Council and Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association.

GEO Specialty Chemicals is a global manufacturer of more than 300 specialty chemicals. The company, with a location in Deer Park, Texas, operates more than 20 plants in the United States, Europe and Australia. Its naphthalene sulfonate products are used as dispersants in the concrete admixture, gypsum, oil, ceramics and polymerization industries. The company s Peroxy Chemicals Group supplies organic peroxides for the wire and cable, rubber, plastics and polymerization industries. GEO Specialty Chemicals also operates the Water Treatment Chemicals Group, which provides water treatment products for municipal water, industrial wastewater, paper mill, oil production and agricultural customers. Additionally, the company manages the Process Industries Group and the Trimet Products Group.