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Bayer MaterialScience is among leading manufacturer of high-performance materials for applications in numerous areas of daily life. Bayer MaterialScience is a subgroup of the Bayer Corporation. Bayer MaterialScience s main customers are companies in the automotive, construction, electrical and electronics, sports and leisure, packaging and medical technology sectors. Bayer MaterialScience employs more than 18,000 people at more than 40 locations throughout the world. In 2004, the company produced approximately 7 million tons of raw material. Bayer MaterialScience averages one patent registered for every working day. Products include coatings, adhesives and sealant systems based on polyurethane raw materials. Bayer MaterialScience locations include Hebron, Ohio.

Dow Chemical is a leader in science and technology, providing innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to consumer markets. Dow serves customers in 175 countries and a wide range of markets, including food, transportation, health and medicine, personal and home care, building and construction. The company is known for plastics and its trademark Styrofoam products. Dow AgroSciences provides farmers globally with crop protection products. Innovations such as biotechnology reduce environmental risks associated with crop protection products. Dow s Ion Exchange resins are used to purify water around the world for drinking water, power plants, wastewater treatment and pharmaceuticals. Its epoxy technology makes it possible to create lighter, larger and more durable windmill blades offering higher energy yields. The company s Saran resins provide food protection, extending the food available to the world. In developing countries where refrigeration is scarce, meat products are extruded into a sausage covered with Saran film that can be shipped and stored without refrigeration for up to six months. Polyurethane material from Dow offers automobile part manufacturers better cushioning for seats and reduction in noise, vibration and harshness in interior parts. Dow Chemical has headquarters in Midland, Mich.

Founded in 1937, Ampacet is a privately held company that provides a range of black and white masterbatches to customers throughout the world. It also offers a variety of additives, including antistats, antiblocks, antioxidants, flame retardants, optical brighteners, scents, slips, process aids and ultraviolet inhibitors. Its masterbatches are used in the agricultural, textile, electronics and construction markets. Ampacet specializes in blow and injection molding, extrusion and thermoforming. It offers on-site troubleshooting services to customers. The company operates more than 15 manufacturing facilities in over 10 countries. With more than three research and development centers in Europe and Asia and the U.S., Ampacet maintains one of its locations in Heath, Ohio.