List of Chemical Suppliers in Netherlands

Stork N.V.

At the end of 2006 Stork had approximately 12,700 employees, of whom 10,000 in the Netherlands. At present Stork has 4 groups: Aerospace, Food Systems, Technical Services, Prints There are about 50 operating companies. Stork achieved a turnover of € 2 billion in 2006 worldwide The nett result 2006: € 150 million.

Stork will be focusing on the three pillars: Aerospace, Food Systems and Technical Services. Prints will be divested in 2007, as new ownership will be better positioned to unlock their potential. Stork will build on the three remaining pillars through autonomous growth and through selective acquisitions. The focus will be on productivity improvements by using lean manufacturing. The market and technology leadership positions Stork holds will be further built upon, aimed at gaining market share through the introduction of innovative solutions that create value for the blue-chip customer base.

Plasticon Europe BV

Provide worldwide industries with corrosion resistant solutions for storage and processing with curved composite products and related services

Tauw Group BV

Tauw Group BV is an international consulting and engineering bureau, which is active in six European countries and has over 1,100 employees working from local offices. Tauw will be contributing to sustainable environmental quality. The activities consist of measuring, consulting, designing and realizing projects that are focused on the organization, improvement and maintenance of the physical area, the environment and the infrastructure.

Tauw has been contributing to the stimulation of the realization and creation of solutions for the problems of pesticides and POPs.

Air Products Chemicals Europe B.V.

Air Products serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. Air Products has annual revenues of $10 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 22,000 employees around the globe.

AGC Chemicals Europe

AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd. is responsible for the marketing of Fluon® PTFE, Fluon®ETFE (including colour concentrates for ETFE & FEP), Fluon® LM-ETFE, Fluon® PFA, Aflas®, Fluon® ETFE film, F-Clean®, Asahi Guard®, Lumiflon®, Silica, Solvents, Lucina® , CytopTM and Fine Chemicals in Europe. Head Office & Production is located in Thornton Cleveleys, UK and the Commercial Centre is located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PalmSens BV

Electrochemical interfaces

At PalmSens, we are committed to making electrochemistry simpler, more portable, and more accessible to novice and advanced researchers and entrepreneurs.

Interscience BV

Interscience is a Benelux based, ISO9001 accredited, specialist manufacturer of gas-analyser instrumentation, with over 30 years of experience in gas monitoring and analyser sampling systems. The CompactGC™ is a flexible new GC solution designed to automate and enhance the measurement of gas-samples at any site.

Key markets served by Interscience CompactGC™ technology include:

* natural gas * refining * specialties * fuel cells * workspace monitoring * oil and gas exploration * fermentation gases

With service centres in Breda (Netherlands) and Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), all CompactGC’s are fully supported by our highly trained staff.

Whatever the application, we have a wealth of technical expertise and detailed applications support available. Let us help you designing your own CompactGC™ system specifically customized for your applications or you can select one of the pre-configured systems (optimized for natural gas analysis, refinery gas analysis or fuel cell applications).

Showa International B.V.

SHOWA stands for the highest degree of hand protection and innovation. Our technology has forever changed our industry, what our hands are capable of and the impact we make on our environment.

We pioneer the quality, performance and protection to give ordinary hands extraordinary abilities.

PERFECT BALLANCE

Showa means “finding a balance between different elements” in Japanese. This principle is much more than just a formula. It is at the heart of our approach and requires full control of all stages. Showa continues to innovate to provide each wearer with a product that matches expectations. This autonomy, impervious to competitor methods and concepts, is based on constantly surpassing what has been done before ensuring that everyone enjoys comfort and optimum safety.

SURPASS EXCELLENCE

Showa fully controls its industrial ecosystem and has a decisive advantage over other companies. Beyond its design and production process, Showa also designs and makes its knitting machines and yarns. Another major point is that the company also makes its own hand formers to achieve the perfect ergonomics of a glove that naturally fits a hand’s anatomy.

All the production sites established around the world use advanced industrial techniques and provide a seamless supply of all models. As the pioneer in this field, Showa was the first glove manufacturer to implement a fully automated plant operating 24 hours a day. All of our production sites around the world are ISO 9001 certified and embrace our relentless pursuit of excellence.

ALWAYS A GLOVE AHEAD

Each time Showa develops a new concept, it improves wearer comfort and safety. This ability to anticipate needs and provide solutions that eventually become benchmarks is based on unrivalled technological expertise and is fully autonomous. This independence extends to developing our own hand formers, yarns, coatings, polymers and unique manufacturing process through inspection and packaging to give us 100% quality control at every level.

Over 100 researchers, designers and engineers devote all their energy to developing new models in close synergy with production sites. Each project follows a number of steps within parameters that are inseparable from design and production. Once the prototype is developed, it is tested under real conditions on our customers’ sites. Subsequently the product might be modified and then validated by our technicians to be finally put into production. The active cooperation of all these actors in this cycle demonstrates our commitment to constantly seeking perfection.

The performance of our gloves is based on both our expertise in formulating and combining fibers and materials and the exclusive design of our models that respect the anatomy of the hand. At an equivalent level of protection, it will always be the Showa glove that provides the most comfort and ease in movement. In addition, it preserves the wearer’s health, improves their productivity, and will cost less to the company.