Lynn A. Schefsky

Crompton Corporation is a global producer and marketer of specialty chemicals and polymer products. Products and services solve customer problems and add value to customers' products.Crompton, formed by the merger of Crompton & Knowles and Witco, isn't mixed-up, but its products are. The company gets three-fourths of its sales from producing polymers; polymer additives, including additives for plastics, rubber, and urethane; and polymer processing equipment. Crompton agreed to acquire Great Lakes Chemical in early 2005

LANXESS Solutions US, Inc. developed engineered industrial specialty chemicals. It operated through the following segments: Industrial Engineered Products and Industrial Performance Products. The Industrial Engineered Products segment provided engineered specialty chemicals used in agriculture, automotive, building and construction, electronics, fine chemicals, insulation, mercury control, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, plastics and solar energy applications. The Industrial Performance Products segment offered synthetic base stocks, additive components, finished synthetic lubricants and specialty greases. The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

The Dow Chemical Co. engages in the manufacture and distribution of chemicals, plastics, industrial and agricultural products. It serves agriculture, automotive, building and construction, consumer, electronic materials, infrastructure, packaging, product finder and product safety industries. The company was founded by Herbert Henry Dow in 1897 and is headquartered in Midland, MI.