Joseph Dowd

Koppers, Inc. produces carbon compounds, chemicals, and treated wood products. The firm offers naphthalene, petroleum pitch, phthalic anhydride, refined tar, specialty pitch, coal tar distillates, carbon pitch, pressure-treated wood, tie pre plating, track panels, and rail joints and track components. It also provides carbon pitch testing, engineering support, logistics, and railroad structures services. The company was founded in December 1988 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

BASF Corp. manufactures commercial and industrial chemicals. The firm serves the aerospace, agriculture, automotive, clean energy, nutrition, textiles, and building, and construction sectors. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered Florham Park, NJ.

Exide Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of stored electrical energy solutions. It manufactures and supplies lead-acid batteries for transportation and industrial applications. It operates through the following business segments: Transportation Americas, Transportation Europe and ROW, Industrial Energy Americas, and Industrial Energy Europe and ROW. The Transportation Americas segment sells aftermarket transportation products through various distribution channels, including mass merchandisers, auto parts outlets, wholesale distributors, and battery specialists. The Transportation Europe and ROW segment offers original equipment manufacturer batteries to the light vehicle, light commercial vehicle, and commercial vehicle industries. The Industrial Energy Americas segment supplies Motive Power and Network Power applications. The Industrial Energy Europe and ROW segment distributes Motive Power products and services in Europe through in-house sales and service organizations. Its products include starting lighting and ignition batteries for cars, trucks, off-road vehicles, agricultural and construction vehicles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, marine, and other applications. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Milton, GA.

Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc. manufactures and supplies special effect pigments. It offers pigments to the coatings, paints, inks, plastics, waterborne, and cosmetics markets services. The company was founded by Ernest Scheller in 1945 and is headquartered in Tamaqua, PA.