Craig C. Hood

Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Inc. engages in the production of naturally derived specialty chemicals and ingredients focused on personal care, food, consumer, and industrial end markets. It specializes in alkoxylates, polysorbates, and sorbitan esters. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Ultimate RB, Inc. manufactures rubber products. Its products include rolled rubber, matting, and tile. The company was founded by Ron Bogh in 1985 and is headquartered in McMinnville, OR.

Accella Performance Materials, Inc. designs and manufactures custom polyurethane systems and recycled rubber products. It includes spray foam, roofing, tire fill and specialty products. The company was founded by Marvin S. Wool in 1973 and is headquartered in Maryland Heights, MO.

Syrgis Holdings, Inc. manufactures and sells proprietary and specialty chemicals. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Dow Silicones Corp. engages in the provision of silicones products and solutions. Its silicon-based materials are used in products and applications of sectors including electronics, automotive, construction, textiles, and healthcare. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Midland, MI.

Roquette Frères SA manufactures and produces plant based-ingredients such as protein, fiber, polyols, starches, cereal sugars, cyclodextrins, and organic acids. It serves to pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, nutrition, animal nutrition, and industrial sectors. The company was founded by Dominique Roquette and Germain Roquette in 1933 and is headquartered in Lestrem, France.

NuSil Technology LLC manufactures silicone compounds for healthcare, aerospace, electronics, photonics and other applications. The firm offers engineering products, such as adhesives and sealants, conformal coatings, electrically conductive materials, fluids and greases, foams, gels, glob top, molding materials, optically clear materials, potting and encapsulating, primers and silicone resins. It provides healthcare products, including adhesives, fluids and greases, gels and high-consistency elastomers. The company was founded by Richard Allen Compton in 1979 and is headquartered in Carpinteria, CA.

Avantor Performance Materials LLC manufactures and markets chemicals for the biopharmaceutical industry. The firm’s products include acids, amino acids, denaturants, excipients, molecular biology products, salts, stains and dynes, sugars and biological buffers and reagents. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Center Valley, PA.

Part of Vantage Specialty Chemicals Holdings, Inc., Lambent Technologies Corp. is a company that manufactures and supplies chemicals. The company is based in Gurnee, IL.