Sulzer GTC Technology US LLC

Merichem has offered top quality specialty chemicals since 1945. The company is a privately owned holding company with experience in the specialty chemical business. It serves the worldwide refining and chemical industries by acquiring refinery phenolic caustic solutions and processing them into high purity phenol and cresylic acids in an environmentally sound manner. Its refinery sulfide solutions are purchased, processed and marketed through the caustic services business of Merichem Chemicals and Refinery Services, Merichem s wholly owned subsidiary. A recent technological advance is the production of copper naphthenate wood preservative, which is used in the treatment of utility poles, signposts, pilings and beams, as well as for remedial treatment. Merichem has headquarters in Houston, Texas.

Sulzer Chemtech USA, a member of the Sulzer Corporation, which is headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, is active in the field of process engineering and employs approximately 1,200 people worldwide. Sulzer Chemtech is represented in several industrial countries and sets standards in the field of mass transfer with its advanced and economical solutions. Products sold by Sulzer Chemtech USA include process components, structured packing material and internals for separation columns. Engineering services sold by the company include those for separation and reaction technology such as optimizing energy consumption, plant optimization studies and pre-engineering for governmental approval. A process that Sulzer Chemtech USA excels at is the separation and purification of organic chemicals by means of crystallization and membranes. The company possesses mixing and reaction technology and static mixers. Sulzer Chemtech USA maintains locations in Pasadena, Texas, and Tulsa, Okla.

Huntsman International, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and commodity chemicals. It provides a wide range of products and services for clients that represent a variety of industries. Its clients include chemicals, plastics, automotive, aviation, textiles, footwear, paints and coatings, construction, technology, agriculture, health care, detergent, personal care, furniture, and appliances and packaging industries. Huntsman International s lines of products include accelerators, agricultural surfactants, alcohol ethoxylates, base chemicals, butylene carbonate, carbonates, diethanolamides, diphenylmethane diisocyanate, ethylene carbonate, gas treating, gypsum and linear alcohols. Its services include logistics, purchasing and commercial licensing services. Huntsman International has more than 15,000 employees and over 80 operations in more than 25 countries.