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Company Overview Company Headquarters: Mumbai, India Founded: 1958 Workforce: ~35,000 Company Working: Hindalco Industries Limited (Hindalco) is a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group and is the world’s largest aluminum rolling company and one of Asia’s largest producers of aluminum. The company has a presence in more than 12 countries across the globe with 51 manufacturing units. Its Indian aluminum operations are integrated and consist of alumina refining and bauxite mining, among others. The company caters to a wide range of industries such as construction, electrical, transportation, packaging, and defence. It also exports aluminum extrusions to the US, Canada, Germany, the UK, France, the UAE, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Hindalco’s acquisition of Novelis Inc in 2007. helped extend its global footprint and secure a position among the top five aluminum majors. Some of its major subsidiaries include Utkal Alumina International, AV Minerals (Netherlands) BV, and Birla Resources Pty Ltd.

Company Headquarters: Utah, US Founded: 1970 Workforce: ~10,000 Company Working: Huntsman International LLC (Huntsman) serves a wide range of consumers and markets, including construction, home life, clothing and footwear, energy and fuel, and transportation. The company operates through four business segments, namely polyurethanes, advanced materials, performance products, and textile effects. It offers gas treatment chemicals through the performance products segment. These products are categorized under the energy & resources product line, which offers multiple gas treating technologies for usage in the removal of undesirable compounds from the refinery and natural gas streams and for absorbing unwanted acid gases such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and others. Huntsman has manufacturing, R&D, and operations facilities in over 30 countries across Europe, the Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific, North America, and Latin America.

Trelleborg AB has grown into a global engineering group specializing in polymer-based sealing, damping, and protective solutions. The company operates across more than 40 countries with manufacturing and application engineering facilities strategically positioned to serve heavy equipment and utility vehicle OEMs in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. Its Trelleborg Wheel Systems business unit — subsequently divested to Yokohama Rubber in 2023 — historically anchored the company's presence in agricultural and construction machinery, while the remaining group continues to supply critical engineered components to off-highway and utility vehicle platforms through its Industrial Solutions and Sealing Solutions divisions. Within the heavy Equipment and Utility Vehicles Market, Trelleborg supplies anti-vibration mounts, hydraulic seals, structural seals, and engineered polymer components that are integrated into construction machinery, municipal utility vehicles, forestry equipment, and material handling platforms. The company's sealing systems address demanding operating conditions — high pressure, extreme temperature, and exposure to hydraulic fluids — that are characteristic of excavators, wheel loaders, aerial work platforms, and refuse collection vehicles. Trelleborg competes directly with Parker Hannifin, Freudenberg, and SKF in sealing and vibration management, differentiating through application-specific engineering support and a broad material science portfolio spanning PTFE, polyurethane, and specialty elastomers. Following the 2023 divestiture of Trelleborg Wheel Systems to Yokohama Rubber for approximately SEK 20.4 billion, Trelleborg refocused its capital allocation toward higher-margin sealing and industrial solutions segments. The proceeds funded bolt-on acquisitions and R&D investment in fluid power sealing and structural bonding technologies directly applicable to electrified utility vehicles and hybrid construction equipment — segments where OEMs require new sealing architectures to accommodate battery enclosures and revised hydraulic circuits. Trelleborg has also expanded its partnership network with Tier 1 hydraulic system integrators to embed its sealing components earlier in the design cycle for next-generation utility platforms. Trelleborg's sealing and anti-vibration components are specified by major construction and utility vehicle OEMs including Volvo CE, Caterpillar, Komatsu, and JCB, as well as municipal vehicle manufacturers across Europe. The company reported group net sales of SEK 31.0 billion for full-year 2024, with the Industrial Solutions segment — which encompasses heavy equipment applications — contributing a meaningful share of that revenue base. Trelleborg's sustained investment in application engineering centers co-located with key OEM clusters in Germany, the United States, and China reinforces its position as a preferred sealing and vibration management supplier across the utility and high equipment vehicle value chain.

Company Headquarters: Japan Founded: 1918 Workforce: ~ 28,751 Company Working: Nitto Denko Corporation (Nitto Denko) offers a wide range of products, globally. It operates through four business segments, namely, industrial tape, optronics, life science, and others. The company offers adhesive tapes under its industrial tape segment. Double-sided tape, protective surface film, masking tape, membrane products, gasket materials, flexible printed circuit board, packaging tape, and fluoroplastic sheets are some of the other essential products offered by the company. It offers its products for applications in various industries, including healthcare, retail, transportation, electronics, housing, infrastructure, and consumer goods. Nitto Denko has a presence in nearly 28 countries across the world, including the US, the UK, Brazil, Mexico, Belgium, Russia, Germany, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, France, Italy, Spain, Vietnam, and India. Hydranautics, Inc., Nitto Denko America, Inc., Nitto Belgium NV, Nitto Medical Corp, and Nitto Denko India Private Limited are some of its subsidiaries.

Company Headquarters: Belgium Founded: 1778 Workforce: 6,678 Company Working: Recticel is an international market player in polyurethane foams. It operates in four business segments, namely flexible foams, automotive, insulation, and bedding. Under flexible foams, the company serves sponges, scouring pads, thermal insulation foams, vibration absorption material, rechargeable batteries, filters, and seals. It has 98 manufacturing sites in 28 countries in Europe, Asia, and North America. Its assets were increased from USD 767.096 million in 2016 to USD 824.353 million in 2017.

Company Headquarters: Ireland Founded: 1966 Workforce: ~13,500 Company Working: Kingspan Group is one of the leading providers of sustainable building solutions across the world. It is engaged in manufacturing insulation and building envelopes. The group offers customers a range of products, including rigid insulation boards, insulated roofs, walls, facade systems, insulated panels, access floors, steel frames, and timber frame off-site solutions. It operates through five product segments, namely, insulated panels, access floor, environmental, insulation boards, and light and air. Its insulating panels segment comprises a range of roof and wall panel systems. The group sells mineral wool steel sandwich panel products through this segment. Its products have applications in the commercial & industrial, residential, and office & data sectors. It also offers zero and low carbon solutions to the private and public sectors. Kingspan Group operates through two end use categories, namely, new build and refurbishment. It has completed several projects to improve the energy-efficiency in several manufacturing sites. The group has 129 manufacturing facilities across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas and a presence in more than 70 countries worldwide.

COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Headquarters: Pennsylvania, US Founded: 1889 Workforce: 4,800 Company Working: Carpenter Technology Corporation (Carpenter Technology) is a leading manufacturer of high-performance specialty alloys and process solutions for various industries including automotive, aerospace, defense, energy, medical and consumer electronics. The company operates its business through two segments, namely specialty alloys operations, and performance engineered products. The specialty alloy operations segment offers cast/wrought and powder stainless steels, high temperature (nickel, cobalt, and iron-base) superalloys, high-strength steel, and tool & die steels. The company has manufacturing facilities and distribution centers located across the US, Sweden, Canada, Singapore, China, Mexico, Taiwan, UAE, and Belgium. In 2018, the expenditure incurred on research and development was USD 19.3 million.

COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Headquarters: Essen, Germany Founded: 1994 Workforce: ~1,800 Company Working: thyssenkrupp Aerospace Germany GmbH (thyssenkrupp Aerospace) is a partner of the world’s leading aerospace companies and their supply chains. The company operates through the materials and services divisions. The material division offers aluminum, steel, titanium, and other materials, whereas the services division offers material services provision, value-added services, supply chain management of finished parts, third-party logistics, and kitting. In the material division, under the other materials segment, the company offers cobalt and nickel alloys. In addition, it offers materials with value-added services and logistical services. thyssenkrupp Aerospace marks presence in more than 44 locations in around 20 countries. Furthermore, the locations have been approved to EN/AS 9100 and/or EN/AS 9120 standards by the major leading aerospace certification companies

COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Headquarters: Mumbai, India Founded: 1987 Workforce: ~ 36 Company Working: Supreme Engineering Ltd (Supreme Engineering) is engaged in the manufacturing of special alloys and special wire products. The company operates through two divisions, namely specialty steels, and wire. Under the specialty steels division, it offers nickel-based superalloys that are used in high-temperature applications in the aerospace and oil & gas industries. Also, it has expanded its operations by investing in high-end technology and is equipped with advanced technologies, which include argon-oxygen decarburization (AOD), radial forging machine (GFM), vacuum induction melting (VIM), electro-slag refining (ESR), rolling mill, and heat treatment furnaces for manufacturing special alloys.

Company Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea Founded: 1970 Workforce: ~1,200 Company Working: Kumho Petrochemical is one of the leading manufacturers of synthetic rubber and operates through the synthetic rubber, synthetic resins, and others business segments. The others segment includes specialty chemicals, electronic materials, nanocarbon, and energy business segments. The company has 13 manufacturing plants located in South Korea and China with 12 sales offices across the globe. Kumho Petrochemical has two research centers in South Korea and invested around 0.18 billion in R&D in 2017. It had over 11 subsidiaries and assets worth USD 4.29 billion as of 2017. It offers vulcanization accelerators and antioxidants under its specialty chemicals business. It produces nearly 83,500 MT per year of vulcanization accelerators.

COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Headquarters: Burton upon Trent, UK Founded: 1778 Workforce: ~4,449 Company Working: Doncasters Group Ltd (Doncasters Group) is the leading global manufacturer of high-precision alloy components, which are designed to operate in harsh conditions. The company operates through various segments, including aerospace, industrial gas turbine, superalloys, specialty automotive, and petrochemical. Under the superalloys segment, it offers iron-, cobalt-, and nickelbased alloys. With 240 years of experience, the company is constantly enhancing its products to cater to the demand in the aerospace, automotive, and oil & gas industries. In addition, it offers precision casting, forging, fabrication, and machining processes. It has two core facilities engaged in the manufacturing of superalloys, which are further used in high-performance applications such as turbine blades, hot-end turbocharger wheels, vanes, and components for aero engines and land-based gas turbines.

Company Headquarters: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Founded: 2006 Workforce: ~3,300 Company Working: AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group (AMG) is one of the leading producers of specialty metals, alloys, and materials. It operates through two segments, namely AMG Critical Materials and AMG Engineering. Under the AMG Critical Materials segment, the company offers various materials, aluminum, lithium, antimony, superalloys, and silicon metal, among others. AMG Superalloys UK, a production site for superalloys, offers various nickel-based alloys that find applications in the automotive, aerospace, energy, and electronic industries. It operates through the production facilities spread across Germany, France, the UK, Mexico, the US, the Czech Republic, Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, and Mozambique as well as sales offices in Russia and Japan.

COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Headquarters: Luxembourg Founded: 2011 Workforce: ~9,800 Company Working: Aperam is a leading manufacturer of stainless, electrical, and specialty steel. It is the fourth-largest producer of specialty alloys in the world. The company operates through three business segments—stainless & electrical steel, services & solution, and alloys & specialties. Through the specialty alloys essentials sub-segment, under the alloys & specialties segment, it offers nickel and cobalt alloys that are high-performance alloys exhibiting anti-corrosion, thermal expansion control characteristics, and hightemperature resistance. The production site of Aperam in Imphy, France, offers nickel and cobalt alloys, along with certain specific stainless steels. It has an industrial distribution network consisting 14 Steel Service Centers (SSCs), 17 sales offices, and six transformation facilities. Aperam has customer bases in over 40 countries and sells its products to the customers in the aerospace, construction, electrical, medical, and oil & gas industries.

COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Headquarters: Pennsylvania, US Founded: 1996 Workforce: 8,800 Company Working: Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI) is a global manufacturer of specialty materials and complex components. The company operates its business through two business segments, i.e., high-performance materials & components (HPMC) and flatrolled products (FRP). Under the HPMC segment, ATI offers high-performance materials, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, in long product forms such as ingot, billet, bar, rod, wire, shapes and rectangles, and seamless tubes, plus precision forgings and castings, and machined parts for end markets as aerospace and defence, oil and gas, chemical, electrical and medical industries. The FRP segment produces and distributes several forms of superalloys including plate, sheet, engineered strip, and precision rolled strip products. The company has manufacturing facilities located in the US, the UK, Poland, and China, along with sales presence across the US, China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, France, Italy, Germany, Norway, Spain, UK, South Africa, and the Middle Eastern countries.

Company Headquarters: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Founded: 1968 Workforce: ~12,600 Company Working: Israel Chemicals Ltd (ICL), together with its subsidiaries, is involved in the production of magnesium hydroxide. The company operates through two business segments—namely essential minerals and specialty solutions. The essential minerals segment is further divided into potash and magnesium, phosphate, and specialty fertilizers. The specialty solutions segment is further sub-segmented into industrial products, advanced additives, and food specialties. Under specialty solutions, its subsidiary, ICL Industrial Products, produces magnesium oxide and is a global leader in specialty magnesia which is used in agriculture, construction, environmental, and general chemical grades. It sells its products through marketing companies, agents, and distributors.

COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Headquarters: Indiana, US Founded: 1912 Workforce: ~1,157 Company Working: HAYNES INTERNATIONAL (Haynes International) is one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of highperformance nickel‐ and cobalt‐based alloys for corrosion resistant and high-temperature applications. The company offers alloys in various forms including sheet, plate, bar, billet, seamless and welded pipe and tubing, fittings and flanges. It supplies high-performance alloys to the aerospace, power, chemical, wastewater treatment, and pharmaceutical industries. It operates through two business segments, namely corrosion-resistant alloys and high-temperature resistant alloys. Under the high-temperature resistant alloys segment, the company offers superalloys for hot sections of gas turbine engines in the aerospace and energy industries. Through the corrosion-resistant alloys segment, it offers superalloys for chemical processing and power plant emissions control. The high performance alloys are majorly sold under the brand names HAYNES and HASTELLOY. The company has six manufacturing facilities located in the US, and direct sales presence across the US, China, Japan, Singapore, the UK, Italy, France, and Switzerland.

Company Headquarters: Kagawa, Japan Founded: 1947 Workforce: ~24 Company Working: Kyowa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd (Kyowa) is engaged in the production and marketing of magnesium hydroxide. The magnesium hydroxide is utilized in a wide range of applications, including industrial, pharmaceutical and food additives. The company accounted for sales revenue worth USD 190.0 Million in 2018.

Company Headquarters: Texas, US Founded: 1994 Workforce: ~300 Company Working: SPI Pharma (SPI) is a subsidiary company of Associated British Foods plc (ABF), it is a part of ABF Ingredients division. SPI Pharma offers a wide range of magnesium hydroxide powders that vary in particle size and density. The company provides innovative solutions for the pharmaceutical and nutritional industries. SPI’s product line comprises antacid actives, compressible calcium powders, drug delivery systems, vaccine adjuvants, functional excipients, and taste-masked actives. The company distributes and sells its products through distributors and agents in North America, Europe, and the Middle East & Africa. The company has operations in France, the US, and India. SPI reported a sale of USD 139.31 million by the end of 2018.

Company Headquarters: Tokyo, JapanFounded: 1897 Workforce: ~11,010 Company Working: Ube Industries, Ltd (Ube Industries) is engaged in the development and manufacturing of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cement & construction materials, machinery, and energy & environment products worldwide. It operates through 70 consolidated subsidiaries. The company offers ceramic fiber made of silicon, metal (titanium, zirconium or aluminum), carbon, and oxygen through the chemicals business under the brand name Tyranno Fiber. This fiber finds application in woven fabric, plastic matrix composites, metal & ceramic matrix composites. The products offered by the company find applications in automotive, IT/electronics, building & construction, pharmaceutical, energy, agricultural/fishery, and aerospace end-use industries. It holds assets worth USD 6,754.41 million. It has operations at 30 locations across Asia, the Americas, and Europe along with eight factories as well as five laboratories in Japan.

Company Headquarters: Colombes, France Founded: 2003 Workforce: ~20,000 Company Working: Arkema is engaged in the manufacturing and supply of specialty chemicals and advanced materials. It operates through three segments: high-performance materials, industrials specialties, and coating solutions. The company offers value-added solutions to various markets including construction, electronics and electrical, food, agrochemicals, oil and gas, packaging and paper, renewable energies, transportation, water, health, hygiene, beauty, and sports. Hydrate inhibitors are offered under the industrial specialties segment. Arkema has 136 production sites and 15 research centers, with six R&D centers dedicated to sustainable development, in 55 countries across the globe.

Company Headquarters: Herrliberg, Switzerland Founded: 1936 Workforce: ~2,939 Company Working: EMS-Chemie Holding (EMS-Chemie) is engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of polymers and other chemical products. It operates through two business segments—high-performance polymers and specialty chemicals. The high-performance polymers segment comprises EMS-Grivory and EMS-Eftec. EMS-Grivory operates through three business units in Europe, the Americas, and Asia, and offers polyamide materials for the automotive and electrical & electronics industries, among others. The company provides polyamide 12 for numerous applications in electronics, sanitary fittings, fuel & air brake lines, and sheathing for fiber optical waveguides, and food & beverages. The company operates 26 production sites in around 16 countries, and sells products worldwide through distributors/traders.

Company Headquarters: Minnesota, US Founded: 1923 Workforce: ~49,000 Company Working: Ecolab is a global leader in water, hygiene, and energy technologies. The company operates through four segments, namely global industrial, global institutional, global energy, and others. The global industrial segment includes five operating units—water, food & beverage, paper, life sciences, and textile care. These operating segments offer water treatment and process applications and cleaning and sanitizing solutions for various end-use industries such as food & beverage, chemicals, power, and manufacturing. The company offers water treatment solutions to various end-use industries such as food & beverage, chemical, pulp & paper, and mining through the global industrial segment. It also offers water treatment solutions to petroleum and petrochemical industries in both upstream and downstream applications through the global energy business segment. Ecolab delivers products and services across 170 countries.

Company Headquarters: Paris, France Founded: 1858 Workforce: ~88,775 Company Working: SUEZ specializes in providing water and waste management products and services. The company operates through five business segments, namely water Europe; recycling & recovery Europe; international; water technologies & solutions (WTS); and others. It offers chemicals, equipment, services (water distribution & treatment, and consulting), and engineering and construction contracts. Coagulants are offered under the water technologies & solutions business segment for applications such as industrial waste streams and influent clarification systems. It has operations in Europe and internationally.

Company Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland Founded: 1920 Workforce: ~4,800 Company Working: Kemira is a global chemicals company engaged in the development and manufacturing of products and solutions for the chemicals industry. It operates through two business segments including paper & pulp and industry & water. It offers a broad range of products such as coagulants, flocculants, biocides, and other water treatment chemicals. It provides coagulants for a broad array of water treatment applications including phosphorus removal, sludge conditioning, control the formation of hydrogen sulfide, prevent odor & corrosion, and struvite control. Around 70–80% of all the raw materials of Kemira used in the manufacturing of coagulants are recycled by-products from other industries. Kemira was awarded by CEFIC (The European Chemical Industry Council) for utilizing recycled by-products as raw material for manufacturing water treatment products. The revenue earned from the sale of coagulants accounted for around 20% of the total revenue generated in 2018. The company operates 84 manufacturing sites and legal entities in around 40 countries.

Company Headquarters: Zug, Switzerland Founded: 2001 Workforce: ~23,000 Company Working: EuroChem Group AG (EuroChem) manufactures and markets agricultural chemicals. The company produces nitrogen, phosphate, and NPK fertilizers, as well as offers feed phosphates, industrial acids, and mineral raw materials. It operates production facilities in Belgium, China, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, and Russia. It operates through 4 segments, namely, mining, fertilizers, commercial, and others. It has seven production sites for fertilizers spread across the US, Germany, Russia, and China. The sales and distribution operations of the company span across five regions: Europe, Russia/CIS, North America, Latin America, and Asia. It has an annual capacity of 350,000 tonnes of ammonia production.

Company Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands Founded: 2013 Workforce: ~3,600 Company Working: OCI NV is a leading global producer and distributor of nitrogen products providing sustainable solutions to agricultural and industrial customers around the world. Its production capacity spans 4 continents and comprises approximately 16.1 million metric tons per year of nitrogen fertilizers, methanol, diesel exhaust fluid, melamine, and other nitrogen products. It operates 9 production sites globally. It operates through business segments, namely, Nitrogen Europe, Nitrogen US, Methanol US, Methanol Europe, Fertiglobe, and others. The company has started production of green ammonia in 2019 through its Dutch fertilizer complex with an annual capacity of 6.9 million metric tons. It offers ammonia under its Fertiglobe segment and sold 2.1 million metric tons of ammonia in 2019. Its fertilizer distribution infrastructure includes a wholly owned ammonia export terminal at the port of Rotterdam, warehousing capacity across the US, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, rail car fleets in the US and Europe, and a 15 KT ammonia vessel.

Company Headquarters: Saskatoon, Canada Founded: 2017 Workforce: ~22,300 Company Working: Nutrien Ltd. (Nutrien) is engaged in the production and distribution of products for agricultural, industrial, and feed customer. It operates through 4 business segments, namely, retail, potash, nitrogen, and phosphate. It produces and distributes over 25 million tons of potash, nitrogen, and phosphate products globally. It has a strong global footprint with operations and investments in 14 countries with more than 1600 retail locations. The annual production of Nutrein for ammonia is 7.1 million tons from 9 production facilities located in North America. The company produced 6.61 million tonnes of ammonia in 2019. Nutrien was formed by the merger of Agrium Inc. (Agrium) and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp), two fertilizer giants of Canada.

Company Headquarters: Deerfield, US Founded: 1946 Workforce: ~3,000 Company Working: CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF Industries) a global leader in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing and distribution. It operates through the following business segments, ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN), ammonium nitrate (AN), and others. The others segment includes nitrogen products such as diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), urea liquor, nitric acid, and aqua ammonia. The company produced 10.25 million tons of ammonia as of December 2019. It operates 70 manufacturing plants, out if which 28 are for ammonia, 40 are for UAN, and rest for granular urea.

Company Headquarters: Oslo, Norway Founded: 1905 Workforce: 16,757 Company Working: Yara is the world’s leading fertilizer company and the second-largest producer of ammonia in the world. As a part of its crop nutrition-focused strategy, Yara has simplified its operating model and changed its operating business segments effective from 1 January 2019. The new segment structure is comprised of three segments, namely sales & marketing, new business, and production. The sales & marketing segment includes the crop nutrition, base chemicals, industry reagents, and animal nutrition (excluding South Africa) business units. The “new business” segment includes the environmental solutions, mining applications, animal nutrition - South Africa, and industrial nitrates business units. Under the sales & marketing and the new business segments, the company offers feed acidifiers through the animal nutrition sub-division. Yara has 28 production plants, 200 infrastructure points, and 10,800 Yara-branded retail outlets worldwide. It has production sites in six continents, market operations in more than 60 countries, and sales operations in about 160 countries globally.

Company Headquarters: Midland, US Founded: 1883 Workforce: ~98,000 Company Working: DowDuPont is a holding company that develops agricultural products, specialty materials, and chemicals. It operates through 534 manufacturing sites and the agriculture, performance materials and coatings, industrial intermediates and infrastructure, packaging and specialty plastics, electronics and imaging, nutrition and biosciences, transportation and advanced polymers, and safety and construction segments. DowDuPont planned to create three independent companies called Corteva Agriscience, Dow, and New DuPont, where Covetra Agriscience will represent the agriculture division of the company, while Dow will represent the materials science division, and New DuPont the specialty products division. In April 2019, DowDuPont completed separation of materials science division through the spin-off of Dow Inc and is likely to complete the separation of its agriculture division in June 2019.