Deep Intelligence Across Industries

Company Headquarters: Japan Founded: 1928 Workforce: ~ 7,259 Company Working: Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. manufactures machinery with operations in China, the Americas, Europe, and the rest of Asia. The company offers machine tools, including broaching machines, precision roll forming machines, grinding machines, machining cells, power finishers, and skiving machining centers for gears. Cutting tools include drills, taps, end mills, gear cutters, broaches, and cut-off and re-grinding tools. Additionally, it provides bearing units, Plummer block housings, radial ball, radial roller, thrust ball, and thrust roller bearings, and robots for spot welding, handling, palletizing, high duty, cleanroom, and option.

Company Headquarters: Mumbai, India Founded: 1939 Workforce: ~5,000 Company Working: Godavari Biorefineries is a biorefining company involved in the production of sugar, and bulk and specialty chemicals. The company’s product portfolio includes sugar, alcohol, chemicals, sugarcane wax, biofuels, power, and compost. It offers sugarcane waxes under the trade name Naturawax. The company has manufacturing plants located at Sameerwadi, Bagalkot district in Karnataka and Sakarwadi, Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra. Besides, the company also has overseas operations in New York, the US and the Netherlands, Europe. The company has its presence globally in North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and Asia Pacific.

Company Headquarters: Netherlands Founded: 1907 Workforce: ~81,000 Company Working: Shell International BV is a global oil & gas company engaged in crude oil exploration. The company is actively engaged in oil & natural gas production. It operates through four business segments—integrated gas, upstream, downstream, and corporate. The company’s integrated gas segment is involved in the conversion of natural gas into GTL fuel and other products. Its upstream segment is engaged in the exploration for and extraction of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The downstream segment of Shell International BV markets different oil products and chemical activities as part of an integrated value chain, including trading activities. The company’s downstream segment provides aviation fuel. Shell International BV provides aviation fuel at 900 airports and operates in 45 countries.

Company Headquarters: St. Petersburg, Russia Founded: 1995 Workforce: ~70,648 Company Working: Gazprom Neft PJSC is a subsidiary of Gazprom. The company is involved in the production, exploration, development, distribution, and sale of crude oil & gas. It operates through two business segments—upstream and downstream. Under its upstream segment, the company explores, develops, produces, and sells crude oil and natural gas. Gazprom Neft PJSC, through its downstream segment, sells crude oil and petroleum products. The company exports products worldwide and sells them in Russia through its sales network.

Company Headquarters: Japan Founded: 1946 Workforce: 7,758 (till 31 March 2018) Company Working: KOSÉ Corp., along with its subsidiaries engages in the manufacturing and marketing of cosmetics primarily in Asia and the U.S. The two major operating segments of the company include Cosmetics and Cosmetaries. KOSÉ sells its cosmetics under the brand name of Kosé, Sekkisei, Esprique, Cosme Decorte, Prédia, Infinity, Jill Stuart, Addiction, Crie, Albion, Paul Stuart, Awake, One by Kosé, Shirosumi, Hadakiwami, Astablanc, Carté Clinity, Phil Naturant, Formule, Maihada, tarte. The company offers their products through specialty cosmetic stores, department stores, drugstores, convenience stores, mass retailers, and through e-commerce.

Company Headquarters: India Founded: 1883 Workforce: ~1,000 Company Working: Ganesh Benzoplast Limited (Ganesh Benzoplast) manufactures chemicals and storage tanks. It operates through two major business segments – storage facilities & cargo handling and chemicals. It also exports food preservatives, lubricant additives, petroleum sulphonates, and plasticizers. The products manufactured by the company serve various end-use industries, such as food and beverage, automobile, paints, and pharmaceutical. The company markets its chemical products through distributors in Africa, North America, North Europe, India, Australia, and the Middle East. It offers rust and corrosion additive inhibitors, which are used in metal working fluids, motor oil and fuel additives, garment industries and anti-corrosion compounds.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1972 Workforce: ~100 Company Working: ICL\ Advanced Additives is a global leader in providing HALOX corrosion inhibitors to paints and coatings markets. Its products include flash rust, hybrid, inorganic, organic, specialty corrosion inhibitors, tannin stain inhibitors for aerosol, aerospace, agricultural and construction equipment, architectural, automotive refinish, industrial maintenance, marine, and metal pre-treatment applications. In addition, the company offers corrosion testing facility services to perform ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) B117 salt spray, ASTM D5894 QUV condensation, ASTM D2247 humidity, flash rust, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy testing.

Company Headquarters: Pennsylvania, US Founded: 1940 Workforce: ~15,000 Company Working: Air Products & Chemicals is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of atmospheric gases. It operates through segments such as Industrial Gases-Americas; Industrial Gases-EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa); Industrial Gases-Asia; Industrial Gases-Global; Materials Technologies; and Corporate. It conducts business in more than 50 countries with 750+ production facilities. It is also a producer of ether amines and ether amine derivatives, which are used in corrosion inhibitors such as the Tomamine Q series, which is derived from Tomamine PA-series.

Company Headquarters: North Carolina, United States Founded: 1994 Workforce: ~7,400 Company Working: Albemarle Corporation is a global specialty chemicals company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The company is known for manufacturing and marketing a wide range of chemicals and chemical products. Albemarle operates in a variety of industries, including lithium, bromine, refining catalysts and performance chemicals. One of Albemarle's core businesses is lithium, a key ingredient in the production of batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The company is one of the world's leading lithium producers and plays a significant role in supporting the growing demand for clean energy solutions. Albemarle also specializes in bromine and its derivatives, which are used in a variety of applications such as flame retardants, water treatment and pharmaceuticals. In addition to lithium and bromine, Albemarle's portfolio includes catalysts used in the oil refining process as well as performance chemicals used in various industries such as agriculture, construction and electronics. Albemarle Corporation operates manufacturing facilities and research centers in various countries around the world. As a global company, it serves customers in various industries and aims to provide innovative solutions to meet their specific needs.

Company Headquarters: Schaffhausen, Switzerland Founded: 1967 Workforce: ~6,000 Company Working: Oriflame Holding AG is a Switzerland-based company specializing in manufacturing beauty and cosmetic products. The company specializes in the NovAge skincare range, makeup range, face care range, spa range, and beautitanicals. It sells its products in more than 60 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The company has 1,000 product offerings and product categories. The company provides skincare products that include facial moisturizers, anti-agers, toners, cleansers, acne treatment, face mask hand care, sun protection, and male skincare cream, the other segment wellness products include nutritional shakes, vitamins and dietary supplements, and weight management and the wellbeing products include color cosmetics items such as foundations, lipsticks, mascaras, eyeliner and eye shadows, powders, bronzers, and nail products, the fragrances products such as colognes, perfumes, aromatherapy oils and body sprays, and eau de toilettes, the personal and hair care products, such as toothbrushes and toothpaste, shampoos, conditioners, deodorants, bath and shower gels, bar soaps, hair styling, and foot care, and the accessories products include fashion accessories, beauty tools, wellness accessories, and men accessories and jewelry, as well as essential oils. The company sells its products under the name NovAge, The ONE, Giordani Gold, LOVE NATURE, SWEDISH SPA, Beautanicals, and Baby O with Swedish oat oil.

Company Headquarters: Huangshi, China Founded: 1967 Workforce: ~1,400 Company Working: Hubei Zhenhua Chemical Co., Ltd (Hubei Zhenhua) is engaged in research and development, production, and marketing of chromium salts-based products in China and internationally. The products offered include sodium bichromate, chrome oxide green, crystal chromic acid anhydride, liquid chromic anhydride, chromic acid anhydride, potassium dichromate, basic chrome sulfate, sodium sulfate, vitamin K3, and aluminum hydroxide. Majority of the products are served in the domestic market, and some are exported to countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and South-East Asia. Chrome oxide green offered under its chromium oxide segment is majorly for applications in metallurgy, abrasive, paints, fire-resistant material & melting spray-paint industries. Hubei Zhenhua has a technology center, Hubei Provincial Chromium Salt Engineering Technology Research Center, accredited by Hubei authority.

Company Headquarters: Hyderabad, India Founded: 1990 Workforce: ~1,000 Company Working: Vishnu Chemicals manufactures and sells chromium and barium compounds and other specialty chemicals in the Indian and overseas markets. It offers chrome chemicals, such as sodium dichromate, chrome oxide green, chromic acid, basic chromium sulfate, and potassium dichromate, as well as barium carbonate sulfur and its derivatives. The products offered are used in a variety of end-use applications including pharmaceutical, leather tanning, pigments, dyes, metallurgy, chrome plating, animal feeds, adhesives, artificial sweeteners, and ceramics. The chrome oxide green (chromium oxide) serves various applications such as manufacturing of industrial coatings, plastics, ceramic glazes, colored glass, roofing tiles, paints, linoleum, stainless steel electrodes, inks, and glasses. Vishnu Chemicals supplies its products to over 35 countries across the globe.

Company Headquarters: London, UK Founded: 1844 Workforce: ~1,600 Company Working: Elementis plc (Elementis) is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of specialty chemicals in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. It operates through five business segments, namely coatings, personal care, chromium, talc, and energy. Under the chromium segment, it offers chromium chemicals, such as sodium dichromate, chromic oxide, chromic acid, and liquid chrome sulfate for the metal finishing, chrome pigments, leather tanning, chrome metal alloys, timber treatment, and ceramics/refractory end uses. It has over 20 manufacturing sites located in the US, UK, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, China, and Taiwan.

Company Headquarters: Stockton-on-Tees, UK Founded: 2017 Workforce: ~4,300 Company Working: Venator Materials PLC (Venator Materials) manufactures and promotes chemical products worldwide. It operates through two business segments—titanium dioxide and performance additives. It serves over 6,900 customers globally and markets such as industrial and architectural coatings, plastics, construction materials, printing inks, food, paper, pharmaceuticals, fibers and films, and personal care & cosmetics. The performance additives segment comprises color pigments, functional additives, timber treatment, and water treatment businesses. Through its performance additives segment, the company serves over 3,500 customers across the globe. These customers produce materials for the construction industry, as well as coatings, plastics, personal care, pharmaceutical, and catalyst applications. Venator Materials operates through 26 facilities worldwide and sells its products in more than 110 countries. Venator Materials was spun off from Huntsman Corporation in 2017.

Company Headquarters: Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India Founded: 1997 Workforce: ~500 Company Working: Sikko Industries Ltd. (Sikko) is a manufacturer of bio agrochemicals, pesticides, and fertilizers. The company offers bio pesticides, herbal pesticides, organic pesticides, seaweed jelly, bio stimulants, and seaweed extracts. It provides processed seeds for fruits and vegetables cultivations and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), sprayers, and machineries for farmers. The company was formerly known as Sikko Sprayers & Export Company. Its name was changed to Sikko Industries Ltd in the year 2000.

Company Headquarters: Clichy, France Founded: 1909 Workforce: The number of employees reported by the company is around 82,606 by December 2017. Company Working: The company is one of the key players in the market manufacturing and retailing cosmetic products across various regions of the globe. The product line offered by the company include make-up products, hair care products, skincare products, toiletries, deodorants and perfumes. The company operates through segments which include Active Cosmetics, Consumer Products, L’oréal Luxe and Professional Products. The brand names owned by the company include Giorgio Armani, Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Biotherm, Kiehl’s, Ralph Lauren, Cacharel, Shu Uemura, Clarisonic, Helena Rubinstein, Diesel, Yue Sai, Viktor&Rolf, Urban Decay, Maison Margiela, L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, SkinCeuticals, Roger&Gallet, Sanoflore, African Beauty, Essie, NYX Professional MakeUp, The Body Shop, Shu Uemura Art of Hair, Mizani, Decleor, Carita, Matrix and Pureology. The company owns a major market share in beauty products and the products are available across the regions through various channels.

Company Headquarters: Central Jakarta, Indonesia Founded: 1990 Workforce: ~88,205 Company Working: PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk (Indofood) produces and sells several food products in Indonesia and internationally. It operates through various business verticals including noodles; dairy products, including sweetened condensed, temperature, and powdered milk, sterilized bottled, pasteurized liquid, as well as butter, creamer, ice cream, and lactic acid beverages; snack foods, such as cassava, soybean, potato, sweet potato chips, and various extruded snacks, as well as biscuits; culinary products and syrups; nutrition and special foods; and packaging materials; and non-alcoholic beverages such as carbonated and non-carbonated soft drinks. The company was formerly known as PT Panganjaya Intikusuma and changed its name to PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk in 1994. PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk is operating as a subsidiary of First Pacific Company Limited.

Company Headquarters: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Founded: 1956 Workforce: 3,400 Company Working: Nufarm is an agricultural chemical company that produces pesticides. It holds more than 2,100 product registrations and markets products in more than 100 countries around the world. The company manufactures phenoxies, a class of herbicides that controls and eradicates broadleaf weeds. It has manufacturing units in Australia, the UK, Austria, and the Netherlands.

Company Headquarters: Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan Founded: 1958 Workforce: ~7,505 Company Working: In Singapore, Nissin Foods (Asia) Pte Ltd. is founded on 1958. The business becomes a source of instant noodles for Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and other markets. The NISSIN FOODS Group explores diverse cuisine options and develops delicious different flavours that will make people dream. They benefit society and the environment by giving everyone the pleasures and delights that food can offer. Their manufacturing plants use automatic manufacturing lines at every stage, from the supply of flour to the packing of finished goods, to produce high volumes of high-quality food products.

Company Headquarters: Kentucky, US Founded: 2012 Workforce: ~6,200 Company Working: Tempur Sealy International Inc. (Tempur Sealy) develops, manufactures, and markets mattresses, foundations, pillows, and other products. The company’s portfolio includes recognized brands in the industry such as Tempur, Tempur-Pedic, Sealy, Sealy Posturepedic, Optimum, and Stearns & Foster. The company offers its products through retail distributors as well as online channels.

Company Headquarters: China Founded: 2005 Workforce: ~550 Company Working: GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. is one of the providers of advanced memory technology and IC solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes a wide range of flash memory and 32-bit general-purpose microcontrollers. The flash memory section covers SPI NOR flash, SPI NAND flash known good die, and cross-referenced memory products. The company also offers microcontrollers for consumers, Internet of Things, network/telecom, mobile communications, automotive/industrial, and computing applications. The company follows a manufacturing model based on strong relationships with foundry, assembly, and test subcontractor partners. The company is ISO9001 and ISO14001 certified by DQS.

Company Headquarters: Israel Founded: 1971 Workforce: ~980 (as of 2017) Company Working: Strauss Water is an operating subsidiary of Strauss Group, an international Food & Beverage company engaged in offering products under its health & wellness and fun & indulgence segments. It is one of the leading international companies that specializes in offering high-quality, purified drinking water solutions. The company develops, produces, and markets environmentally-friendly drinking water heating and cooling water bars for residential and commercial applications. Additionally, it develops, assembles, markets, and services systems for filtering and purifying drinking water, especially in Israel, China, and the UK. The company’s drinking water offerings includes bottled filtered water, mineral water (in jugs and bottles), electrical filtration and purification (POU) appliances, and water filter pitchers. Strauss Water has a strong domestic presence in the UK. It delivers and markets commercial water purifiers under its Tami 4 brand in Israel, Virgin Pure Water Bars brand in the UK, and Strauss Water brand in other countries. Additionally, the company distributes its products through a variety of channels, including direct marketing, e-commerce, and supermarket chains. It provides clients with aftersales services through its local distributors. Additionally, the company operates in over 20 countries, worldwide.

Company Headquarters: the US Founded: 1874 Workforce: ~4,800 Company Working: Watts is a global organization that offers water and gas products that ensure energy efficiency, improved safety, and the conservation and sustainability of water supplies to customers across the residential and commercial sectors. Its products for residential applications help protect homes from gas leaks and water scalding and provides clean drinking water. The company operates through four business segments, which are plumbing & flow control solutions, water quality & rainwater harvesting solutions, drainage solutions, and HVAC & hot water solutions. The water quality & rainwater harvesting solutions segment includes conditioning solutions, disinfection solutions, filtration solutions, oneflow scale prevention solutions, rainwater harvesting, and water quality parts and accessories. It offers dynamic products and markets them through various brands, such as AERCO, Dormont, FEBCO, bar, Blucher, Powers, and tekmar. In 2017, Watts had close to five thousand employees in more than 24 countries, across the world. It has 12 manufacturing facilities located in the US, Canada, Italy, France, China, the UK, New Zealand, and Bulgaria. Watts Sea Tech Inc., Dormont Manufacturing Co., AERCO International, Jameco Industries, Inc., Orion Enterprises, Inc, HF Scientific Inc, Ames Company, Inc., and Watts Sweden Holding AB are some of the subsidiaries of the company.

Company Headquarters: Austria Founded: 1990 Workforce: ~4,500 Company Working: BWT Aktiengesellschaft is one of the leading manufacturers of water treatment systems. It offers residential water technologies, such as water filters, softeners, limescale protection systems, and water treatment units for swimming pools. The company also caters to the commercial water treatment requirements in the public sector and building technology applications. It designs its commercial projects through water analysis and provides construction, commissioning, and maintenance services to ensure reliable and cost-effective operations. The company offers reverse osmosis systems, electrode ionisation systems, and disinfection, ultraviolet (UV) systems, as well as it offers dosing agents and maintenance services. BWT Aktiengesellschaft serves installers, wholesalers, planners, architects, and municipalities, through branches, and field and service staff. Furthermore, it functions through 82 subsidiaries and associated companies and has five main production locations. The company extensively focuses on research and development and has several research and development departments across France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Russia.

Company Headquarters: South Korea Founded: 1947 Workforce: ~ 14,691 Company Working: LG Chem Ltd is a Korea-based company principally engaged in the manufacture of petrochemical materials. The Company operates its business through five segments. The Petrochemistry Business segment is mainly engaged in the manufacture of basic materials which are mainly used for petrochemical industry, and the products include polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins, low-density polyethylene (LDPE), poly styrene (PS), and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). The Battery Business segment mainly engages in the manufacture of rechargeable batteries for mobile phone, automobile and storage batteries. The Advanced Materials Business segment mainly manufactures optical materials for manufacturing polarizers, and electronic materials including liquid crystal display (LCD) materials and cathode materials. The Life Science Business segment engages in the bio pharmaceutical business. The Common and Other segment manufactures and sells crop protection agents, fertilizers and seeds. LG Chem is a leading global supplier of lithium-ion battery cathode materials. The company has a strong track record of innovation and has developed some of the most advanced cathode materials on the market. LG Chem is committed to providing its customers with the best possible battery performance and safety.

Company Headquarters: Taipei, Taiwan Founded: 1965 Workforce: ~1,699 Company Working: LCY Chemical Corp. engages in the manufacturing of petrochemical products. The company integrates its operation into the business divisions of performance plastic, methanol & solvent, thermoplastic elastomer, bio-based, drum, and energy. Styrene butadiene styrene comes under the thermoplastic elastomer segment. It offers its SBS products for diverse applications that include adhesives, asphalt modifications, composite solutions, plastic modification, and footwear. The company has five manufacturing plants located in China, Qatar, and the USA. All the manufacturing plants are ISO 14001 certified.

Company Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea Founded: 1970 Workforce: ~1,350 Company Working: Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd is a manufacturer of synthetic rubbers and resins. The company business field includes synthetic resins, specialty chemicals, nanocarbon, energy, and building materials. It offers styrene butadiene styrene (SBS) under the segment of the synthetic rubber under the brand name KUMHO KTR. The company provides its SBS products for applications such as asphalt modifier, waterproof sheet, adhesives, compounding, and plastic modifier. The company operates sales offices in China, the US, Germany, Malaysia, Korea, and Indonesia and sells products to customers across six continents.

Company Headquarters: Texas, US Founded: 2009 Workforce: ~1,918 Company Working: Kraton Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets bio-based and specialty polymers. The company is the leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers (SBC) and pine chemicals. The company operates in two business lines that are polymer segment and chemical segment under the trade name KRATON, AQUATAC, CENTURY, CENWAX, SYLFAT, SYLVABLEND, SYLVACOTE, SYLVALITE, SYLVAPINE, UNIDYME, and ZONATAC, amongst other. It offers styrene butadiene styrene under the trade name KRATON D SBS/SBS OE. The company has a manufacturing facility in four continents – North America, South America, Europe and Asia, more than 800 customers across a diverse range of markets in over 70 countries globally.

Company Headquarters: Beijing, China Founded: 1999 Workforce: ~4, 76,223 Company Working: PetroChina is the global oil and gas producer and supplier. The company operates in exploration, development, refining of crude oil and petroleum products, production and sales of basic and derivatives chemical products and other chemical products, the marketing and trading of refined products, and transmission of natural gas, crude oil, and refined products. The company offers styrene butadiene styrene under the derivative petrochemicals segment. The company has oil and gas corporation in more than 30 countries and three international oil and gas operation hub.

Company Headquarters: Beijing, China Founded: 2000 Workforce: ~2, 49,142 Company Working: Sinopec, also known as China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation is a petroleum company engaged in upstream, midstream and downstream operations. The company’s petrochemical complex processes crude oil into synthetic fibers, resins and plastics, intermediate petrochemicals, and petroleum products. The company operates through five business segments that include Petroleum Products; Trading of Petrochemical Products; Resins and Plastics; Intermediate Petrochemicals; and Synthetic Fibers. Styrene butadiene styrene product comes under the intermediate petrochemical segments. The company has its presence in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Europe, and the UAE.