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When We Think Of Sherwin-Williams We Typically Think Of Going To Home Depot Or Lowe’s And Picking Out Some Nice Paint For Our Living Room Or Bedroom Or Even Buying Some Finish For Our Floors Or Decks. What Isn’t As Well Known As Their Basic Paints Is The Other Industrial Products That They Supply For Example.

Sherwin-Williams Is In Aerospace Coatings, Automotive Finishes, Coil And Extrusion Coatings, General Industrial Coatings, Industrial Wood Coatings, Packaging Coatings, And Protective And Marine Coatings As Well.

If You’ve Ever Looked Outside At An Airport And You See The Nice Sparkling Airplanes Then You Know It Could Be Sherwin-Williams Paint. The Inside Of Many Of Your Canned Goods That You Look In Your Cupboard Are Also Products Of Sherwin-Williams Not The Can Itself But The Inner Linings To Protect Your Food. 

 Is A Huge Mining Company With Operations Throughout The World With The Centralization Of Their Operations Mostly In Australia.

The Main Periodic Elements They Are Searching For Are Titanium Dioxide, Iron Ore, Aluminum, Copper, Borates, Diamonds, And Salt,  

Titanium Dioxide:

When A Metal Has To Be Used At Extreme Temperatures It Can Be Very Difficult For The Metal To Sustain Its Durability And Strength. For This Reason We Use Titanium, It’s Lightweight But It Can Perform Extremely Well In Extreme Conditions Whether It’s Extremely Hot Or Cold. Today Titanium Dioxide Is Used To Whiten A Large Range Of Products. The Reason For This Is Titanium Dioxide Absorbs Ultraviolet Rays And Reflects 96% Of Light In Turn Making Whites Whiter And It’s Also Used In Sunscreen.

Iron Ore:

Iron Ore Is The Primary Material To Make Steel, Steel Has Been Used Since The 11Th Century Bc For Knives. Now For Bridges, Cars, Everything You Can Imagine Is Building With Steel. It Is Forecasted Steel Usage Is Going To Grow 1% To 2% Per Year Over The Next Decade. With Rio Tinto China’s Portside Customers Will Be Able To Order This Iron Ore As Easily As A Touch Of A Button With Their New Mobile App.

Aluminum:

This Metal Is Found In Basically Everything From Your Phone, To Jet Engines, To Cars. Aluminum Is Also Infinitely Recyclable. The Uses For Aluminum Is Just Now Starting To Show The Importance In Our Everyday Lives For Example In 2015 177Kg Were Used Per Vehicle However It Is Estimated That In 2025 227 Kg Will Be Used Per Vehicle By Doing This It Will Also Create A 10% Reduction In The Weight Of The Vehicle Increasing The Fuel Efficiency By 7%. Aluminum Is Also One Of The Most Abundant Metals On The Earth’s Crust.

Copper:

Copper Is A Great Conductor. It Is Tough But Malleable And Recyclable. Global Demand For Copper Is Set To Grow 1.5% To 2.5% Per Year The Demand Is Growing From Electrification And Increase Requirements For Renewable Energy. 

Borates:

This Mineral Is Essential To Plant Growth So It’s Used In Fertilizers, Just Recently Realized This Mineral Can Be Used For Heat Resistant Glass In Smartphones Materials For Renewable Energy For Both Wind And Solar Projects And Fiberglass Insulation. Rio Tinto Operates One Of The Largest Deposits In The World With Their California Mojave Desert Mine Supplies Approximately 30% Of Global Demand.

Diamonds:

A Diamond Might Be A Girl’s Best Friend But Is Also Used For Industrial Purposes. Diamonds Have Been Around The Earth’s Mantle For 123 Billion Years They Found Their Way To The Surface After Volcanic Eruptions 3 To 400 Million Years Ago. 

Salt:

Salt Is Used For Much More Than Eating It Is Used In The Chemical Industry For Glass, Paper, Plastic, Textiles, Soaps, And Even Detergents. The Process Of Salt Mining At Rio Tinto Differs From Those Around The World. Rio Does Not Mine The Salt They Extract The Salt From Seawater And The Evaporation Of The Water So It Is Pure Sea Salt. At Their Salt Mine They Produced 5 Million Tonnes Of Salt Each Year. The Salt Operations Are In Western Australia And Is The Largest Exporter Of Seabourn Salt. 

They Are Located In Nine Different Countries Through North And South America They Are Serving Customers In More Than 40 Different Countries. With 13,000 Employees, 3 Million Metric Tons Of Microessentials Are Shipped Each Year Worldwide Contributions Of 12 Million Dollars In Different Foundations Around The World .

They’ve Increased Adoption Of The 4R Nutrient Stewardship Practices On More Than 6 Million Acres In North America. Some Of Their Products Are Susterra, Aspire, K-Mag, Pegasus And Microessentials.

Susterra: 

Is The Next Generation It’s Built With 15% Recycled Organic Matter Is The First Of Its Kind Of Phosphate Fertilizer And It’s Designed To Help Growers Sustainably Achieve Maximum Yield And Roi.

Microessentials:

A Crop Nutrition That Is Proof To Perform It Is A Patent Fusion Technology That Provides Uniform Nutrient Distribution Of Phosphorus Sulfur And Even Zinc While Providing Increase Nutrient Uptake.

Aspire:

With The Power Of Boron They Have Been Able To Harness A New Innovative Power While Using Potassium And Boron.

K-Mag:

With A Unique Mineral Found Only In Few Locations Around The World Kmag Features Crop Friendly Potassium Magnesium And Sulfur.

Pegasus:

Pure White Potash Provides Lower Insolubles And Impurities For More Uniform Blending And Application.

One Of The Largest Plastic Chemicals And Refining Companies In The World.

 Their Mission Is To Consistently Deliver Industry-Leading Performance By Safely And Reliably Delivering High-Quality Products To Consumers, Being Responsible, And Being A Good Neighbor In The Communities They Operate, And Being The Company Of Choice For Employees And Shareholders.

Among Other Expansion Products This Company Has Embarked In Over The Last 10 Years. In 2017 They Started The Construction Of Their First Commercial Hyperzone Polyethylene Plant. This Plant Is Located In Texas And Will Be Able To Produce 1.1 Billion Pounds Of High-Density Polyethylene Annually. 

The Company Is A Dutch Domicile Multinational Chemical Company With American And British Roots Which Is Incorporated In The Netherlands I’m Guessing For Better Tax Reasons But Their Us Headquarters Is In Houston Texas 

 The Company Produces Ethylene, Propylene, Polyolefins, And Oxyfuels And Is Also The Largest Licensor Of Polyethylene And Polypropylene Technologies

International Paper Is One Of The Largest Paper Companies In The World What Is Admiral About This Company Is Their Desire To Plant More Forest Then They Cut Every Year. They Employ Around 50,000 People With Headquarters In Memphis Tennessee. When We Discuss Paper Products We Have To Think A Little More Than Basic Paper That You Write On. So What International Paper Makes Are Cellulose Fibers, Correlated Packaging Products, Coated Paperboard, Papers And Recycled Containerboard.

Coated Paperboard:

 When You Think Of This Think Of Your Cologne Boxes Your Soap Boxes Products Things Consumers Everyday Use.

Correlated Packaging:

 These Are Your Packaging Boxes Your Shipping Boxes So If You’re Moving To A New House Or A New Apartment And You Go To U-Haul To Buy Some Boxes Then International Paper Might Have Been The Company That Made That Box.

Cellulose Fibers:

 These Are The Fibers That Go Into Paper Towel Rolls, Toilet Paper, Baby Care, Feminine Care, Medical Care, Nonwovens, Pet Care, And Textiles

Papers:

 This Is Your Typical Computer Paper, Stickers, Digital Printer Papers, Office Papers, Offset Printing Papers, The Papers That Go Into Magazines, The Papers That Go Into Books And The Papers That You Sketch Your Favorite Drawing On International Paper Creates Those Products As Well

 Recycled Containerboard: 

With This They Have The Prime Duo Top Quality Test Liner Versatility To Be Used As Floating To Reduce Supply Chain Complexity They Have The Prime Flute With These Are Just Enormous Rolls Of Paper So When You’re Dealing With International Paper They Deal With Every Type Of Paper Product Imaginable.

Ecolab Is In A Plethora Of Different Businesses Ranging From: Buildings And Facilities, Chemical Processing, Commercial Laundries, Food And Beverage Processing, Food Service, Health Care Facilities, Hospitality, Life Sciences, Retail, Refining Fuel Additives And Petrochemical, Pulp And Paper, Primary Metals, Power Generation, Mining And Mineral Processing, Manufacturing And Transportation.

A Great Thing About This Company Is Its Desire To Help With Cleaning And Treating Water. If You Go To Their Homepage You Can See They Take Much Pride In Their Conservation Of Water With Amazing Numbers. The Amount Of Water They Have Saved Is Equivalent To The Yearly Drinking Needs Of More Than 700 Million People. 

If You Work In The Restaurant Business You Might Be Familiar With Some Of Their Products Solidsense Dispensing Systems No Rinse Drain And Floor Cleaner And Sanitizer Or Regular Hand Hygiene Food Retail They Make Our Hand Cleaning Habits Safe Simple And Efficient.

36,000 Employees With 109 Manufacturing Sites Operating In 31 Different Countries.

The Portion Of Science Which Dow Brings To Corteva Is As Follows Since 2019 Agrosciences Sells Seeds Commercially Under The Following Brands: Mycogen (Grain Corn, Silage Corn, Sunflowers, Alfalfa, And Sorghum), Atlas (Soybean), Phytogen (Cotton) And Hyland Seeds In Canada (Corn, Soybean, Alfalfa, Navy Beans And Wheat)

A Few Interesting But Random Facts Dow Chemical Was One Of Several Manufacturers Who Produced Napalm For The United States Military During Vietnam. From 1951 To 75. Dow Managed The Rocky Flats Plant A Nuclear Weapons Production Facility.

It Looks Like Before The Merger With Dupont, Dow Had Begun To Lose Public Opinion So Restructuring With Dupont Gave Their Name Credibility Again.

Dupont De Nemours Commonly Known As Solely Dupont Is The 35Th Largest Company In The United States. In 2017 It Closed A Deal And Became The Largest Chemical Company In The United States It Merged With Dow Inc And Corteva. 18 Months After The Acquisition Of Those Two Companies They Split The Company Into Three Publicly Traded Companies That Focus On Three Different Industries

 Where Corteva Focuses On Agriculture Dow Specializes On Material Science And Dupont Is Specialty Products. 

Corteva Agriscience Brings Both Chemical Companies Research And Development Together Through Seed And Crop Protection With An Estimated Annual Revenue Of 16 Billion Dollars.

Dow Which Consists Of Dupont’s Performance Materials With Dows Performance Plastics Materials And Chemicals Brings An Estimated 51 Billion Annually

The Mothership Called Dupont Includes Nutrition And Health, Industrial Biosciences, Safety And Protection, Electronics, And Communication Brings An Estimated 11 Billion Annually. 

Basf Is A German Company Who Specializes In Diversified Chemicals They Operate Through Different Segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition, Care And Agricultural Solutions.

They Pay A Healthy 5% Dividend With The Market Cap Of 72 Billion Dollars. They Are The Second Largest Producer And Marketer Of Chemicals And Related Products In North America

75% Of Basf Shares Are Held By Institutional Investors With Blackrock Holding More Than 5%.

A Further Breakdown Of Their Business Segments Are Chemicals: Plastics, Engineering Plastics, Styrenics, Polyurethane, Foams, Polyamides And Intermediates, Biodegradable Plastics, Performance Products, Functional Solutions, Agriculture Which Includes: Fungicides Herbicides And Insecticides And Seed Treatment Products Biotechnology And Oil And Gas.