1. Chemicals
Chemical Companies Source
on ThomasNet.com
Overall activity in the $3.43 trillion worldwide chemicals What Buyers are
sector improved about 9% in 2010. The U.S. chemical Saying About
industry growth should rise 3% in 2011, buoyed ThomasNet.com
particularly by pharmaceuticals.
“We had a job that
“Favorable dollar exchange rates, growth in emerging markets and abundant needed a special coating.
shale gas will drive U.S. chemical exports up by almost 10% in 2011.” I have been here 12
Kevin Swift
Chief Economist
years and had not heard
American Chemistry Council of this coating.
ThomasNet.com was
the resource I used to
Buyers in All Segments of the Chemical find both the coating and
Industry Use ThomasNet.com: the specialist to apply it.
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Synthetic materials, including resin, Cleaning preparations, including Anita Wilson
synthetic rubber, and artificial and soap, cleaning compounds, and toilet Purchasing
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Agricultural chemicals, including Pharmaceutical and medicine
pesticides, fertilizer, and other manufacturing
agricultural chemicals “Since so many of our
...and other chemical products
vendors in Michigan
have gone under, we
What the Chemical Industry Buys: have been struggling
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Ammonium molybdate Discharge systems Pigments
resin company to provide
Asbestos disposal bags Dispersions Pollution control catalysts
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Blenders Dryers Preservatives
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Calcium chloride Feeders Pumps
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Carbon bars Flanged heaters Roller compactor
I have also been able
Chemical containers Fluoropolymer heaters Silicon
to work out competitive
Chemical filters Hazardous chemical Software
handling equipment
pricing. This will definitely
Chemical strainers Solvent and chemical
help us keep our doors
Immersion heaters recovery services
Chromium open in 2010!”
Lumpbreaker Spray nozzles
Conveyors
Mixers Tubing Christine Arciniaga
Corrosion resistant President
safety tools Particle size reduction Valves JMA Tool Company
equipment
Defoaming agents ...and more
pH buffers
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2. Domestically, chemical production volumes have increased across all What Sellers are
regions of the United States in 2010. The largest gains have occurred in
Saying About
Chemicals
the Gulf Coast and Ohio Valley regions, boosted by export demand for
basic chemicals and plastics. Output is expected to grow moderately
ThomasNet.com
in all regions in 2011 and continue to improve through 2012. The $674
“We receive 3-4 inquiries
billion American chemistry enterprise accounts for more than 10 per day, for our various
percent of U.S. exports and provides approximately 780,000 jobs in the chemicals, that can
United States.2 be attributed to
ThomasNet.com. We do
no other advertising.”
These Chemical Companies Source the
Materials and Services They Need on
Vincent Gamboli
VP Marketing
ThomasNet.com: Wego Chemical & Mineral Corp.
A. Schulman International Flavors and Fragrances
“ThomasNet.com helped
Air Products & Chemicals Johnson & Johnson develop our website and
Ashland Chemical Lubrizol we’re getting leads.”
Avery Dennison Lyondell Chemical Ed Greene
Sales/Marketing
BASF Mays Chemical Company Marval Industries, Inc.
Cabot Monsanto
Callahan Chemical Mosaic
“ThomasNet.com has
helped increase exposure
Cytec Industries Nalco Holding to our company and the
Dow Chemical Occidental Chemical Corp. products we offer.”
DuPont Parsons Energy & Chemical Randy Siler
Industrial Sales & Marketing Manager
Eastman Chemical PPG Industries Carver Pump Company
Ecolab Praxair
FMC Rohm & Haas “Thomas.com has been
instrumental in driving
General Electric RPM International
that sale to us. For a lot
H.B. Fuller Shell Oil Company of our new customers - I
Hercules Terra Industries can specifically identify
their initial inquiry
Hexion Specialty Chemicals W.R. Grace
coming through the
Huntsman online catalog.”
Richard Rubin
President
Maxi Container
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