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Companies manufacturing plant matter-based products	Structure & Focus
Acadian Seaplants Ltd. Acadian Seaplants Limited manufactures products from harvested and cultivated seaweed. The products include organic chemicals, food ingredients, feed and fertilizer supplements, and sea vegetables.	Aquaculture Company
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies (AERT) AERT manufactures 100% recycled-content composite lumber products, combining waste wood fiber with recycled polyethylene HDPE and LDPE plastics, with plants in Arkansas and Texas. Their main products are LifeCycle and ChoiceDek (used for decking) and MoistureShield (used in door and window manufacturing).	Company Composites Wood Wastes
Ag Environmental Products Ag Environmental Products, LLC (AEP) is a subsidiary of Ag Processing Inc.(AGP), formed to research, develop and market products derived from soybean oil, such as their SoyGold line of industrial cleaning solvents.	Company Degreasers & Strippers Industrial Cleaning Solvents Soybeans
Agri Partners International, Inc A Canadian company which works to identify and form useful relationships in agribusiness. Its flagship partnership, API Grain Processors, fractionates wheat, making food products and ethanol.	Agrochemicals Company Corn Fuels
Agro Management Group, Inc. Agro Management developed the first ever renewable, biodegradable motor oil, called AMG 2000, derived from canola and other vegetable oils as a replacement for petroleum oil in automotive engines. AMG also markets other vegetable oil-based lubricants including two-cycle engine oil, dust suppressant, and drip oil. Featured as a Company on the Cutting Edge.	Company Fuels Lubricants Miscellaneous Oilseeds Soybeans
Agro-Tech Communications An information technology business specializing in the dissemination of technologies concerning the industrial utilization of agricultural materials, as well as new production techniques and the introduction of alternative crops. Agro-Tech also publishes "AG Fiber Technology News", a bi-weekly electronic newsletter highlighting industrial uses of agricultural materials.	Agricultural Residues Company
Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc. Akzo Nobel manufactuers polymer additives derived from erucic acid, found in rapeseed or crambe oil.	Company Plastics Rapeseed/Crambe
Albemarle Corporation Albemarle is a major producer of specialty and fine chemicals, including, polymers, cleaning and additives, agricultural, pharmaceuticals and bulk actives, catalysts, brominated flame retardants, bromine, chlorine and potassium.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Plastics Specialty Chemicals
Alcell Technologies Inc. Alcell produces paper and specialty products from non-wood sources. The company has developed a solvent extraction process that has been tested on a number of fibers including kenaf, flax, hemp, citrus peel and others. The process uses no sulfur and is environmentally benign. Alcell also produces specialty chemicals, dye dispersants, lubricants, antioxidants and others.	Company Specialty Chemicals
Alchem Ltd. Alchem converts 4 million bushels of corn into 10 million gallons of ethanol and 34,000 tons of dry distillers grain each year.	Company Fuels
Al-Corn Al-Corn, a cooperatively-owned ethanol plant produces 15 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol annually.	Company Cooperative Corn Fuels
Alden & Ott Alden & Ott's sheet-fed and forms inks are exclusively soybean oil and their heat-set soy inks are about 20-25% soy-derived. Also, Alden & Ott has developed color pigments free of heavy metals.	Company Inks Pigments/Dyes Soybeans
All Paper Recycling, Inc. Manufacturers of ShetkaBoard and ShetkaStone; composite materials made entirely from waste paper that are transformed into a variety of construction materials and office products.	Building Materials Company Composites Paper
Alnor Oil Company, Inc. Major supplier of vegetable oils, including castor, lauric, soybean and other drying oils.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Specialty Chemicals
Alterna Applied Research Laboratories Makes hemp hair care products. Funded the first hemp plot in the United States in 50 years. The test plot will be in Hawaii, pending a permit by the DEA. The plot has been approved by the Hawaii legislature and Governor Ben Cayetano.	Company Hemp Personal Care Products
Altus Biologics, Inc. Altus Biologics Inc. develops high-performance industrial catalysts based on a novel and proprietary technology for stabilizing enzymes. Industrial applications include: the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, fine and specialty chemicals, the destruction of chemical warfare agents, and as a key component of commercial detergent products.	Company Enzymes Household Cleaning Solvents Specialty Chemicals
Amerchol Corporation A subsidiary of Union Carbide, Amerchol makes and sells a wide range of hair and skin care products based on lanolin, glucose or cellulose chemistry. Cremerol, a recent addition to Amerchol's line, is a milk-based product that uses milk fat as an emollient in personal care products.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Personal Care Products
American Excelsior Company American Excelsior manufactures and distributes an extruded loosefill packaging material, called Eco-Flow, composed primarily of wheat starch.	Company Composites
American Ingredients Company-PATCO PATCO manufactures a line of lactic acid-based neutralizers used in plastics manufacturing.	Company Corn Plastics
Anderson Chemical Co. Manufacturer of naturally-derived enzymes used in the detergent industry.	Company Enzymes Household Cleaning Solvents
API Grain Processors API Grain Processors, a joint venture between Edmonton Pipe Industry Trust Fund and AgriPartners International Inc., manufactures 5.5 million gallons of ethanol annually. API also manufactures bakery flour, vital wheat gluten and livestock feed.	Company Fuels
Aquaterre Inc. Aquaterre produces products for the horticulture industry from renewable, natural, marine-based sources. The company's products include biological fertilizer and liquid seaweed.	Aquaculture Company
Aquinas Technologies Group Aquinas developed a premium windshield washer fluid and antifreeze made from corn derived ethanol.	Antifreeze Company Corn
Arbokem Arbokem manufactures and sells environmentally friendly paper products. Downtown Paper is made from a combination of both agri-pulp (primarily wheat straw) and post consumer waste paper .	Agricultural Residues Company Paper
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) ADM is the nation's largest producer of ethanol from corn, generating approximately 750 million gallons per year.	Company Corn Fuels
Architectural Forest Enterprises Architectural Forest Enterprises manufactures EcoColors™ panels from agricultural straw. The panels are bound with formaldehyde-free glue and finished with nontoxic dyes and sealants that are cured with ultraviolet light. EcoColors™ are available in 10 colors and in thicknesses of 3/8", 1/2", 3/4", and 1-1/8". The panels can be used for walls and ceilings, cabinet faces and interiors, work surfaces, other furniture components.	Agricultural Residues Building Materials Company
Arizona Fibers Marketing Arizona Fibers is a grower and processor of kenaf for commercial uses including papermaking, construction materials and composites.	Building Materials Company Composites Kenaf Paper
Arkenol Inc Arkenol is a technology and project development company that focuses on the construction and operation of biorefineries on a worldwide basis to produce a variety of biobased chemicals and transportation fuels. These biorefineries utilize a proprietary technology, called concentrated acid hydrolysis, that converts various forms of biomass into simple sugars, which can then be used to produce high-value chemicals and transportation fuels.	Agricultural Residues Company Fuels Specialty Chemicals Wood Wastes
AVEDA Corporation Aveda Corporation, a global leader in the manufacture of environmentally preferable personal care products, is committed to sustaining the Earth by striving to offer the highest quality, healthy consumer services and products created from organically grown plants and other renewable sources for wellness.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Personal Care Products
Bariod Drilling Fluids Baroid manufactures environmentally friendly drilling fluids from vegetable oil esters.	Company Machining Fluids Miscellaneous Oilseeds
Bear Insulation Ltd. Bear Insulation Limited extracts fiber from oilseed flax for use in non woven materials.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds
Bercan Environmental Resources Inc. Bercan uses microbes in its waste treatment processes. The company produces cleaning products that replace chemical cleaners for commercial, insitutional, domestic and environmental use.	Company Waste Treatment/Remediation
BioChem Systems BioChem manufactures terpene-based cleaners under the tradename Bio T®. Their products can be used for industrial, institutional, automotive and aerospace cleaning applications.	Company Degreasers & Strippers Industrial Cleaning Solvents Institutional Cleaning Solvents Terpenes
Biocorp Makes biodegradable, compostable plastic bags, utensils, plates, and cups. The plastics are composed primarily of renewable resources like corn starch. Featured as a Company on the Cutting Edge.	Agrochemicals Company Composites Composting Corn Plastics
BioFab, LLC Biofab manufactures Pacific Gold Board, a straw-based building material used for ceilings, interior walls, doors, etc. Biofab also sells coffins made from rice straw.	Agricultural Residues Building Materials Company
Biofine Inc. Biofine developed a technology that converts waste paper sludge to levulinic acid, a high-value chemical feedstock for polymers. Biofine is a joint venture with BioMetics, a biotechnology company.	Company Specialty Chemicals Wood Wastes
BioForce Enviro-Tech, Inc. BioForce manufactures a complete line of vegetable-based industrial, commercial, and consumer cleaning products.	Company Degreasers & Strippers Household Cleaning Solvents Industrial Cleaning Solvents Institutional Cleaning Solvents
BioMaxx Systems Inc. BioMaxx Systems Inc corporate mandate is to promote clean, efficient and safe energy alternatives and to reduce emissions and control greenhouse gas emissions for the Global alternative fuel markets.	Agricultural Residues Agrochemicals Company Corn Fuels Specialty Chemicals Waste Treatment/Remediation Wood Wastes
Bioriginal Food and Science Corp. Bioriginal Food and Science Corporation manufactures crop oils containing gamma linolenic acid (GLA). GLA is derived from such sources as borage, flax and evening primrose. The acid is used in cosmetic, skin care and nutritional products.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Personal Care Products
BioShield Paint Company BioShield Paint Company manufactures and markets a full line of environmentally friendly paints, stains, thinners and waxes. These products are made from natural renewable materials such as linseed, soybean, and orange peel oils.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings
Blandin Paper Company Blandin, recently purchased by UPM-Kymmene (Finland), has been actively involved in pulping trials for paper made with agricultural fibers.	Agricultural Residues Company Paper
Body Shop The Body Shop is a skin and hair care manufacturer and retailer operating in 47 countries. The Body Shop has created a market sector for naturally-based products, from Vitamin E Cream to Tea Tree Oil, from Banana Shampoo to Aloe Vera Lotion, and most recently to products made from hemp oil.	Company Hemp Miscellaneous Oilseeds Personal Care Products
Broin Enterprises, Inc. This dry mill ethanol plant produces 7 million gallons of corn-derived fuel per year and sells DDGS and CO2 as co-products.	Company Corn Fuels
Bruning Grain & Feed Bruning Grain & Feed is an independent grain elevator that has expanded into value-added soybean processing. The company manufactures and markets Soy Bio-Drip, a biodegradable drip oil for irrigation wells.	Company Lubricants Soybeans
Canadian Kelp Resources, Ltd. Canadian Kelp Resources, Limited, produces a line of health food sea vegetables and kelp raw materials for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.	Aquaculture Company Personal Care Products
Candleworks, Inc. Candleworks is a manufacturer of soybean-based waxes as a sustainable alternative to the use of non-renewable petroleum waxes.	Company Fuels Soybeans
CanFibre Group CanFibre, a subsidiary of Kafus Environmental Industries, manufactures AllGreen" MDF, a formaldehyde-free medium density fiberboard made entirely from urban wood waste.	Building Materials Company Wood Wastes
Cargill, Inc Cargill's Technical Oils Division is a producer of Dilulin, a linseed oil-based additive for paint and coatings.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings
Cargill, Inc. Cargill is a producer of more than 100 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol per year.	Company Corn Fuels
Cargill, Inc.-EcoPLA Business Unit Cargill partnered with Dow Chemical to form a new company, Cargill Dow Polymers, to develop and market polylactic acid (PLA) polymers, under the trade name EcoPLA. Cargill's EcoPLA degradable plastics are made from natural lactic acid (produced from sugars from corn, potatoes, sugar beets and milk) and are converted into packaging, film and other fibers.	Company Corn Plastics
Castor Oil, Inc. Castor Oil, Inc. is a producer of castor oil and markets the raw oil to companies for industrial uses.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings
CCT Corporation CCT is a producer of biobased insecticides, fungicides and nematicides.	Agrochemicals Company
CelPril CelPril is a manufacturer of biodegradable seed coatings.	Agrochemicals Company
CENEX/Land O' Lakes Agronomy Cenex Harvest States - Land O'Lakes is a partnership of agricultural cooperatives involved in marketing and value-added processing, such as producing soybean oil surfactants.	Agrochemicals Company Soybeans
Cerestar USA, Inc. - American Maize Products Cerestar manufactures and markets products derived from corn, such as biopolymers, cyclodextrins and industrial starches.	Company Corn Plastics
Chief Ethanol Fuels Chief Ethanol Fuels is one of Nebraska's largest ethanol producers, making 38 million gallons a year. The by-products of ethanol production include distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and other livestock feeds used in the dairy and livestock industries. Chief Ethanol Fuels currently produces more than 200,000 tons of these feeds per year.	Company Corn Fuels
Clariant Corporation Clariant is a global specialty chemicals company, headquartered in Switzerland, that specializes in pigments and additives, masterbatches, surfactants, fine chemicals, and cellulose ethers and polymerisates.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Pigments/Dyes Specialty Chemicals
Coast Enzymes Coast Enzymes sells a line of cleaning products that contains naturally-occurring bacteria, specifically useful in controlling grease and cleaning drains.	Company Enzymes Household Cleaning Solvents Industrial Cleaning Solvents
Color Trends Inc. Color Trends, a Natural Dye Company based in Seattle, is producing natural colorants which are changing the scale on which natural dyes are being used. Their mission involves providing industry with dyes which are practical on a large scale and which are evironmentally safe, as well as helping to support the continuation of rural agricultural communities wordwide.	Company Pigments/Dyes Textiles
Compak Forestburg, Inc. Compak Canada manufactures WestGrain, a wheat straw-based fiberboard, at its Forestburg plant. The plant has an annual capacity of 18 million square board feet. The board meets industry standards for particleboard and can be used for furniture, cabinets, moldings, door panels, etc.	Agricultural Residues Building Materials Company
Composite Technology Resources, Ltd. Manufactures Nexwood, a decking lumber material composed of 60% recycled plastic and 40% rice hulls. Because of Nexwood's plastic content, it requires little staining, painting, or treating; it resists rot and moisture absorbtion. The rice hull content gives it a more wood-like look than pure plastic decking material. It is available in standard lumber dimensions.	Agricultural Residues Building Materials Company Composites Rice
Control Chemical Control Chemical markets the Matex brand name line of vegetable oil-based rock drilling tool lubricants.	Company Lubricants Miscellaneous Oilseeds
Convertech Group Limited Convertech, a New Zealand based company, has developed a process using a continuous steam auto-hydrolysis technique to convert plant materials from various sources (like straw or forestry waste or new annual plant crops) into a range of biochemical co-products with a minimum expenditure in energy.	Agricultural Residues Company Specialty Chemicals
Cortec Corporation Cortec, in cooperation with its subsidiary Rawn America, markets four soy methyl ester-based products under the EcoLine(TM) name. Products include cleaner/degreaser, all purpose lubricant, long term rust preventative, and cutting fluid.	Company Degreasers & Strippers Industrial Cleaning Solvents Lubricants Soybeans
Crane & Company Crane & Company manufactures Continuum(R), a line of tree free printing and writing papers made from hemp, kenaf, recovered cotton and recycled currency.	Company Paper
Croda Inc. Croda Universal is the US Division of Croda International, one of the world's leading producers of oleochemicals. The vast majority of Croda's products are based on natural oils and fats. Some of the applications for their products include: additives for metalworking fluids, adjuvants for agrochemical formulations, additives for the softening of paper tissues, and surfactants for numerous industrial applications.	Agrochemicals Company Industrial Cleaning Solvents Machining Fluids Miscellaneous Oilseeds
CytoCulture Environmental Biotechnology A biotech company which produces a soy-based cleanup process for oil spills called Cytosol and provides laboratory and consulting services to address waste remediation and other concerns.	Company Fuels Soybeans Specialty Chemicals Waste Treatment/Remediation
Dasun Company Dasun Company produces and markets a wide range of natural products, including biological enzyme-based drain cleaners.	Company Enzymes Household Cleaning Solvents
Desert Whale Jojoba Co Desert Whale Jojoba Company has been successfully producing and promoting natural oils internationally since the early seventies. As a natural, renewable resource and a viable alternative to sperm whale oil, jojoba's unique qualities have guaranteed its preeminent position in the cosmetics industry.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Personal Care Products
DesignTex, Inc. DesignTex is one of the natiion's largest producers of fabrics, wall coverings and draperies. They have a line of textiles made from wool and ramie, used for upholstery.	Company Textiles
Diversified Energy Company DENCO is a producer of corn-derived ethanol, with a capacity of 8 million gallons per year.	Company Fuels
Domtar Domtar manufactures Domtar Weeds, a line of high quality papers made of 15 percent hemp and 85 percent sugar cane bagasse.	Agricultural Residues Company Hemp Paper
Donlar Corporation Donlar Corporation is the world leader in the research, manufacture and customer application of polyaspartates, a new class of environmentally friendly polymers. Polyaspartates are biodegradable, non-toxic polycarboxylates that have uses in a variety of industrial and agricultural applications including the replacement of non-biodegradable polyacrylates in detergents, industrial water treatment, pigment dispersants and oil production.	Company Industrial Cleaning Solvents Pigments/Dyes Plastics
DuPont Agricultural Products DuPont Agricultural Products offers a wide range of products to control weeds, insects, plant diseases and other pests, as well as services to help farmers successfully grow cereals crops, citrus, corn, cotton, fruits and nuts, potatoes, rice, soybeans, sugar beets and vegetables.	Agrochemicals Company
Durafibre Inc. Durafibre, a company jointly owned by Cargill Ltd., the Government of Saskatchewan, and Sask-Can Fibre Inc., produces fibers from flax straw for use in the automotive, geotextiles, nonwooden, composite and pulp and paper industries.	Agricultural Residues Company Composites Cooperative Flax
Earthgro Incorporated Earthgro's potting mix is made from yard wastes. Tree bark and animal manure treated with a microorganism are added to create a disease suppressive potting mix to attack root rot.	Company Composting Wood Wastes
EarthShell Corporation EarthShell manufactures biodegradable, compostable foodservice packaging from limestone, potato starch, and cellulose fiber. The EarthShell hinged-lid sandwich container has received Green Seal certification.	Agrochemicals Company Composites Composting
Eastman Chemical Company Eastman Chemical produces a wide variety of commodity and specialty chemicals, with a special interest in cellulose-based biodegradable polymers (made from cellulose acetate).	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Plastics Specialty Chemicals
Eco Bella Botanicals Eco Bella is a producer of naturally-derived personal care products, primarily cosmetics.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Personal Care Products
Eco Design Co. Eco Design is a retail company that markets naturally-derived products through its catalog, The Natural Choice, which includes household cleaning products, clothing, paper, paints among others.	Company Household Cleaning Solvents Paints & Coatings Paper Personal Care Products Textiles
Eco-Fibre Canada, Inc. Eco-Fibre converts pre-consumer cotton waste (from the cotton refining process) into 100% reclaimed products such as quality yarns for basic apparel items such as shirts, baseball caps, shorts and sweats, as well as bulk fabric for manufacturers.	Agricultural Residues Company Textiles
Ecogen Ecogen is engaged in developing and marketing biopesticides and biofungicides for agricultural and related markets, including sprayable biorational pesticides, post-harvest fungus control agents and pheromones.	Agrochemicals Company
Ecosource Paper, Inc. Ecosource sells alternative fiber-based paper and envelopes that are 40 percent hemp, 40 percent flax, and 20 percent cotton. They are acid- and chlorine-free, and can be recycled up to eight times.	Company Flax Hemp Paper
Elf Atochem Elf Atochem is a manufacturer of resins for paints and coatings. Their Rilsan line of resins are made from castor beans and used in powder coatings.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings
EnPac EnPac, a joint venture of DuPont and ConAgra, markets a biodegradable plastic film called MaterBi, which is made from corn starch.	Company Corn Plastics
Ensyn Technologies Ensyn has developed a rapid thermal process (RTP) to convert biomass into useful fuels (bio-oil) and valuable by-products such as charcoal and commercial bio-oil.	Agricultural Residues Company Fuels
Environmental Biotech, Inc. A leader in waste bioremediation, EBI developed bacteria-based technology that eats grease, oil, sugar, starch and gelatin. EBI has over 60 licensed franchisees in the U.S.	Company Waste Treatment/Remediation
Environmental Dust Control, Inc. EDC manufactures a dust suppressant from soybean oil soapstock. This can be used on roads, parking lots, campgrounds, etc.	Company Dust Suppressants Soybeans
Environmental Solutions, Inc ESI transforms biosolids into both compost and erosion control blocks.	Agricultural Residues Company Composting Wood Wastes
ESE Alcohol Inc. ESE Alcohol is a producer of corn-derived ethanol with 2005 production of 1.5 million gallons.	Company Corn Fuels
Ethanol 2000 Ethanol 2000, a joint venture between Southwest Minnesota Agrifuels Cooperative (SMAC) and private investors, converts 5.5 million bushels of corn into 15 million gallons of ethanol each year.	Company Corn Fuels
Fanning Corporation Fanning markets naturally derived products (made from meadowfoam oil) used in cosmetics, lubricants, inks and coatings.	Company Inks Machining Fluids Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings Personal Care Products
Fiber Options Paper Company A retailer of tree-free paper, including hemp, kenaf, organic cotton, bamboo, and recycled paper.	Company Hemp Kenaf Paper
Fibreworks Corporation Fibreworks is a manufacturer of floor and wall coverings made from natural fibers, such as sisal, jute, coir and seagrass.	Agricultural Residues Building Materials Company
Fibrex Québec Inc. / Fibrex Canada Inc. Fibrex is a producer of high-grade flax and hemp fibre for textiles and industrial use.	Company
Findlay Industries Findlay manufactures natural fiber-based composites used in automotive applications. The product line, called Findlay-Form®, is used to make door panels and headliners. The natural fibers used include jute, sisal and kenaf.	Agricultural Residues Company Composites
Flint Ink Flint Ink manufactures a full line of vegetable based inks for the offset and lithographic printing industries. The company also markets Prifer 3303+ or The Ink Eater(TM), a vegetable oil-based press wash developed by Unichema International.	Company Inks Soybeans
Franmar Chemical, Inc. Franmar manufactures a variety of corn and soybean oil-based products including industrial cleaning products, household cleaning products, odorants, and a line of cleaners designed specifically for the screen printing industry.	Company Household Cleaning Solvents Industrial Cleaning Solvents Institutional Cleaning Solvents Soybeans
Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc FP International is a producer of recycled-content polystyrene loosefill and starch-based loosefill packaging materials. Their FLO-PAK BIO 8 loosefill is made from corn, wheat or potato starch.	Agricultural Residues Company Corn Plastics
Gaylord Chemical Corp. Gaylord Chemical is the largest producer of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in the world, an industrial solvent derived from sulfite lignin.	Company Degreasers & Strippers Industrial Cleaning Solvents Wood Wastes
Gemtek Products Gemtek produces grain and fruit derived cleaners and degreasers formulated for a variety of cleaning applications, including both industrial and household uses. Products include a line of anti-allergen household cleaners. In addition, Gemtek markets the SafeLube (R) line of vegetable oil-based industrial lubricants. Featured as a Company on the Cutting Edge.	Company Degreasers & Strippers Household Cleaning Solvents Industrial Cleaning Solvents Lubricants Miscellaneous Oilseeds
Genencor International Genencor International is one of the world's largest industrial biotechnology firms. Its patented enzyme technology has industrial applications in areas such as textile finishing, detergents and grain processing.	Company Enzymes Textiles
Glacial Lakes Energy LLC Ethanol production facility	Company Cooperative Corn Fuels
Gopher State Ethanol Company Gopher State Ethanol, America's first urban ethanol facility plans to produce 15 million gallons per year of corn-derived ethanol and 120 tons per day of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2).	Company
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Great Lakes Chemical produces an array of specialty and fine chemicals for pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, precision solvents, foundry resins, fibers and plastics. Great Lakes is the largest manufactuer of furfural and furfuryl alcohol from agricultural wastes.	Agricultural Residues Agrochemicals Company Industrial Cleaning Solvents Specialty Chemicals
Green Field Paper Company Green Field Paper Company manufactures tree-free paper from industrial hemp, organic cotton and post-consumer waste.	Company Hemp Paper
Greenland Corporation Greenland Corporation has developed a line of hydraulic fluids, gear oils, and other lubricants derived from canola oil. These lubricants are marketed under the name Greenplus (TM).	Company Lubricants Miscellaneous Oilseeds
Greenwood Cotton Insulation Products, Inc. Greenwood Cotton makes their insulation from recycled textile waste, and therefore diverting the materials from being landfilled.	Agricultural Residues Company Textiles
Griffin Industries Inc Griffin Industries processes spent vegetable oils (recycled restaurant grease - 85% soybean oil) and recycled biomass feedstocks to produce high quality biodiesel in the United States. Griffin supplies biodiesel to the motor fuel industry, regulated motor vehicle fleets, and other diesel fuel/middle distillate market segments. Biodiesel is manufactured by Griffin Industries, under the trade name Bio G-3000TM.	Agrochemicals Company Fuels Miscellaneous Oilseeds Soybeans Specialty Chemicals
Hawaiian DuraGreen Inc. Hawaiian DuraGreen manufactures panelboard made from bagasse and PMDI, a formaldehyde-free resin. Annually, the company has the capacity to turn 32,000 tons of bagasse into 20 million square feet of panelboard at its facility on the island of Maui.	Agricultural Residues Building Materials Company
Heartland Corn Products Heartland Corn Products is farmer-owned cooperative that produces 16 million gallons per year of corn-derived ethanol.	Company Corn Fuels
Heartland Grain Fuels, L.P. Heartland Grain Fuels is a cooperatively-owned producer of 8 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol per year.	Company Corn Fuels
Hemp Textiles International Hemp Textiles International Corporation (HTI) develops, manufactures, and sells wholesale hemp textile products based on their exclusive Cantiva brand hemp fiber. The HTI product line includes hemp textile fibers, yarns, fabrics, and other consumer products.	Company Hemp Textiles
Hempline, Inc. Hempline is Canada's leading producer of high-quality hemp fiber for textiles. The company began production in June 1998, at its Delaware, Ontario facility; the first state-of-the-art hemp fiber separation line to produce premium fibre in North America since the 1950s.	Company Hemp Textiles
Henneberry Marketing, Ltd. Henneberry Marketing, Ltd. manufactures and markets soy, corn and cottonseed oil-based lotions and solvents. The Soft Day" line of lotions includes a sunscreen and a moisturizer, and the Soy Mark" line includes an industrial solvent and degreaser.	Company Corn Degreasers & Strippers Industrial Cleaning Solvents Personal Care Products Soybeans
Hercules Incorporated Hercules Inc. is a global manufacturer of chemical specialty products used in a variety of home, office, and industrial products. Of particular interest is their cellulose-derived water soluble polymers used in water based paints, personal care products, and other industrial uses.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings Personal Care Products Plastics
High Plains Corporation High Plains is the seventh largest U.S. ethanol producer. They operate three state-of-the-art facilities in Kansas, Nebraska and New Mexico. They convert grain into ethanol--both fuel-grade and industrial-grade. They also produce dried distiller's grain and solubles, which is marketed as livestock feed. In addition, they capture and market carbon dioxide gas.	Company Fuels Specialty Chemicals
Hobbs Bonded Fibers Hobbs manufactures Wool-Zorb, an absorbent made for oil spill clean up. The product is made from low grade wool and is currently being distributed by U.S.A. Absorbents. The wool pads can be composted and the hydrocarbons are remediated.	Absorbents Company Waste Treatment/Remediation
Hopton Technologies Hopton Technologies manufactures GlueMate(TM), a soy protein-based gel used in the PRF/Soy 2000 adhesive system. This adhesive system is used finger jointing both dry and green lumber. For more information about PRF/Soy 2000, contact Jerry Scheid at 541-773-1450 or jscheid@ccountry.net.	Adhesives Building Materials Company Soybeans
Hydro Safe Oil Division, Inc. Hydro Safe manufactures three grades of canola oil-based hydraulic fluid. These biodegradable, non-toxic, and user-friendly hydraulic oils have a range of applications, including hydraulic elevators, mobile hydraulic equipment, and lift bridges.	Company Lubricants Miscellaneous Oilseeds
ICI Americas ICI Americas is the parent company to National Starch and Chemical (maker of industrial starches and adhesives), Unichema (global leader in oleochemicals), and Crosfield (producer of silicates). ICI also has divisions in paints and industrial coatings, acrylics, polyurethanes, and industrial chemicals. ICI is particularly involved in biopolymers, such as Biopol.	Adhesives Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings Plastics
Industrial Oil Products IOP is a major supplier of specialty vegetable oils for industrial uses in coatings, inks, adhesives and building materials industries. IOP is affliated with the American Tung Oil Corporation, which is reviving domestic production of tung oil. IOP also specializes in oiticica, rapeseed and castor oils.	Adhesives Company Inks Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings
Inland Technologies Inland manufactures terpene-based industrial solvents, as alternatives to toxic, petroleum-based solvents, particularly for cleaning and degreasing applications in a variety of industries. The terpenes are derived from citrus fruits.	Company Degreasers & Strippers Industrial Cleaning Solvents Terpenes
Insul Holz-Beton International, Inc. IHBI manufactures Faswall, a wood-concrete product made from waste wood. Faswall is used in wallforms, sound-absorbtive panels, roof tiles and other outdoor products. IHBI has licensed the Faswall technology to K-X Industries, Inc. of Windsor, SC.	Building Materials Company Wood Wastes
Integro Ventures, Inc. Integro Ventures manufactures and supplies bio-based commercial cleaning solutions under the Integro Bay(TM) label. The product line focuses on flooring – offering plant-based alternatives for stripping, cleaning, sealing, finishing, and restoring.	Company Degreasers & Strippers Household Cleaning Solvents Institutional Cleaning Solvents Paints & Coatings
Interbio Polybac InterBio, a world leader in environmental biotechnology, develops and distributes formulated microbial products for industrial and municipal wastewater treatment, food service, aquaculture, bioremediation, and institutional markets.	Aquaculture Company Personal Care Products Waste Treatment/Remediation
Interface Research Corp. Interface is the third largest carpet manufacturer in the world. The company strives to use renewable and recycled materials in their products, including natural fibers.	Company Textiles
International Flora Technologies Floratech is a manufacturing company that processes exotic vegetable oils for cosmetic, personal care and industrial uses. The oils used include jojoba, lesquerella, vernonia, chia, and sunflower.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Personal Care Products
International Lubricants, Inc. International Lubricants, Inc. (ILI) manufactures and markets a wide variety of biodegradable, vegetable oil-based automotive engine and transmission lubricants, industrial lubricants and chemical additives, under the Lubegard tradename.	Company Lubricants Miscellaneous Oilseeds
INX International Ink Co. INX is the third largest producer of ink in North America, the world's largest producer of ink for metal decorating, and the industry leader in water-based flexographic inks. EcoPure is INX's line of soy-based inks.	Company Inks Soybeans
Iogen Corporation Iogen Corporation is an industrial manufacturer of enzyme products for the pulp and paper, textiles and animal feed industries, and is a leading developer of technology to make clean fuels from natural fiber (such as cellulose to ethanol technology).	Company Enzymes Fuels Paper Textiles
Isobord Enterprises, Inc. Isobord Enterprises, Inc. manufactures several engineered wheat strawboard products. These include shelving board, storage system panels, flooring underlay panels, and its trade name panel, ISOBORD™, which competes with wood-based particleboard in cabinet and furniture applications. Their facility’s annual capacity is 144 million square feet (3/4" basis), requiring up to 200,000 tons of wheat straw. Isobord purchases its wheat straw from a local farmer-owned cooperative.	Agricultural Residues Building Materials Company
J. R. Simplot The J.R. Simplot Company is a privately held agribusiness corporation with headquarters in Boise, Idaho. Annual revenues are approximately $2.8 billion, derived principally from food processing, fertilizer manufacturing, agriculture, and related businesses. Simplot also manufactures approximately 6 million gallons of ethanol per year, derived from potato waste.	Agricultural Residues Agrochemicals Company Fuels
Johnson Corrugated Products Corporation Johnson Corporation manufactures BioFoam, a 100% starch-based loosefill packaging material.	Company Corn Plastics
Kenex, Ltd. Kenex Ltd. is a privately-owned and operated Canadian company which was set up specifically for research, production and processing of industrial hemp in South Western Ontario. Kenex is the largest producer of hemp grain in Canada and its processing line tranforms the raw hemp into fiber products and core materials. Featured as a Company on the Cutting Edge.	Absorbents Building Materials Company Composites Hemp Paper Textiles
KenGro Corporation KenGro grows and processes approximately 5,000 tons of kenaf annually. The company manufactures animal bedding and industrial absorbents, and supplies separated bast fiber as a raw material for pulp and paper processors.	Absorbents Company Kenaf Paper
Kohl & Madden A division of Sun Chemical, Kohl & Madden manufactures a variety of inks for the printing industry, including soybean-based inks.	Company Inks Soybeans
KP Products KP Products produces 100% tree-free and chlorine-free printing papers from kenaf fiber.	Company Kenaf Paper
KRP Enterprises, Incorporated KRP Enterprises developed a technology that utilizes vegetable oils to suppress grain dust.	Agrochemicals Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds
Kyzen Kyzen is a provider of non-ozone depleting chemistries and processes for precision cleaning applications in high-technology manufacturing environments. Kyzen has a line of cleaning solvents based on an environmentally derived non-linear alcohols, produced from natural organic material or biomass like spent rice hulls and corn cobs.	Agricultural Residues Company Industrial Cleaning Solvents
La Chanvriere de l'Aube LCDA manufactures hemp-based concrete and insulating materials and markets them to the European market.	Building Materials Company Hemp
Larex, Inc. Larex manufactures and sells a water-soluble polymer called arabinogalactan (AG),a polysaccharide extracted from larch trees. AG can be used in a variety of applications, including printing, coatings, and personal care.	Agrochemicals Company Inks Paints & Coatings Wood Wastes
Leahy-Wolf Company Leahy-Wolf manufactures a concrete release agent, called Bio-Formª, that is derived from rapeseed oil.	Agrochemicals Company Rapeseed/Crambe
Living Tree Paper Company Living Tree Paper Company markets American-milled, tree-free paper products. Paper lines include Vanguard Hemp", Eco-blend, and Recycled Plus, which are made from a blend of hemp and post-consumer waste paper, and are all clorine-free, acid-free and recyclable.	Alfalfa Company Composites Flax Hemp Paper
Livos Phytochemistry Inc. Livos Phytochemistry Inc. is the North American distributor for Livos brand natural wood finishing products made in Germany. Livos produces interior and exterior wood stains, enamels, waxes and primers made from cold pressed pesticide-free linseed oil. Livos also manufactures Kunos (TM), a non-polyurethane wood finishing product made from orange peel oil, tree sap and linseed oil.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings
Mamco International Mamco manufactures d-limonene based cleaners used primarily in industries such as aerospace and electronics. They also make press washes. Their products have been awarded the GreenSeal and have passed the Santa Monica cleaning products review.	Company Industrial Cleaning Solvents
McWhorter Technologies McWhorter Technologies, Inc. headquartered in Carpentersville, Illinois is one of the leadingmanufacturers of resins and a significant supplier of colorants used in the paint and coatings industry in the United States and Europe, and is also a manufacturer of resins used in the reinforced fiberglass plastics industry. McWhorter has a line of alkyd resins derived from vegetable oils that are used in waterborne coatings.	Agrochemicals Company Paints & Coatings
Meadowood Industries, Inc. Meadowood manufactures a tree-free alternative to wood that is made from ryegrass straw and can be used for interior paneling, furniture, cabinets and bulletin boards.	Agricultural Residues Building Materials Company
Metabolix, Inc. Metabolix Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company that produces a class of natural plastics known as PHAs. PHA plastics are derived from renewable resources (plant crops or engineered bacteria) and are recyclable, hydrolyzable, and biodegradable. PHA plastics have a wide range of applications, ranging from compostable packaging to medical devices, and offer price and performance competitive with petroleum-based plastics.	Company Plastics
Midwest Grain Products, Inc. Midwest Grain Products, Inc. is a fully integrated producer of natural ingredients and alcoholproducts, including biodegradable starch-based plastics, used in adhesives coatings, and films (including liners for cardboard boxes). Midwest also produces 108 million gallons of ethanol per year.	Adhesives Company Fuels Plastics
Minnesota Valley Alfalfa Producers MnVAP is an alfalfa cooperative that produces pelletized animal feed. The coop is also exploring additional value-added uses for alfalfa.	Agricultural Residues Alfalfa Company Fuels
Mohawk Oil, Canada Ltd. A set of environmentally-concerned gas stations in western Canada. Sells fuel with an ethanol oxygenate derived from Canadian grain, diesel with emission-control additive, and other alternative fuels. Also sells re-refined lubricants made of waste oil.	Agrochemicals Company Corn Fuels Machining Fluids Waste Treatment/Remediation
National Starch and Chemical Company National Starch and Chemical Company, a subsidiary of ICI Americas, is a leading manufacturer of adhesives, specialty synthetic polymers,electronic engineering materials and specialty food and industrial starches.	Adhesives Company
Natural Absorbent Technology Company (NATCO) NATCO manufactures absorbents made from wheat starch-based polymers, used in vehicle fuel tanks to remove water. They also make seeded biodegradable grass mats for instant lawns.	Absorbents Company
Natural Fiber Composites, Inc. Natural Fiber Composites manufactures a composites made from recycled plastic and waste wood. The product, called Wood-Com¨, is being used in automotive applciations such as door panels, chime boxes, and other parts.	Building Materials Company Composites Plastics Wood Wastes
Natural Fibers Corporation Natural Fibers Corp. manufactures products derived from the milkweed plant. Their main product, called Hypodown¨, is an enhanced hypoallergenic down product used in comforters and pillows.	Building Materials Company
Natural Solutions Corporation Natural Solutions Corp. markets the Ice Ban(R) line of deicers, deicers derived from the residues of ethanol and other fermentation processes. The company also sells Roadbind(TM), a road stabilizer and dust suppressant made from lignin and other materials.	Company Corn Deicers Dust Suppressants Wood Wastes
Natural Soy Products Natural Soy Products manufactures and markets a line of soy-based, petroleum-free products for the concrete and construction industries. Products include a concrete and deck sealer and concrete form oil.	Company Lubricants Soybeans
New Energy Company of Indiana New Energy is a producer of corn-derived ethanol, generating approximately 85 million gallons per year.	Company Corn Fuels
New Leaf Paper New Leaf Paper offers a wide range of recycled office and janitorial paper, including over 400 recycled and tree-free papers.	Agricultural Residues Company Hemp Kenaf Paper Wood Wastes
Norel/Unisource Norel, a division of Unisource, manufactures EnviroFill, a starch-based loosefill packaging material.	Company Corn Plastics
Novo Nordisk of North America, Inc. Headquartered in Denmark, Novo Nordisk is a world leader in insulin and diabetes care and also manufactures and markets a variety of other pharmaceutical products. The company is the world's largest producer of industrial enzyme products. For example, Novozym 342, a cellulose-based enzyme, is used in deinking papers.	Company Enzymes Paper Personal Care Products
NOVON International Inc. NOVON International develops, manufactures and markets bio & photo degradable additives and compounds. The Degra-NOVON product line is used worldwide in the manufacture of compost bags, bin liners, flower pots, agricultural mulch films, and many other products which require degradation characteristics.	Company Composting Plastics Waste Treatment/Remediation
Nurture, Inc. Nurture, Inc. is a specialty chemicals firm producing bio-materials derived from cereal grains and other natural sources. The unique fundamental properties of Nurture make it an ideal medium for the enhancement and delivery of active ingredients in the skin care, food, agrichemical, and environmental remediation markets.	Agrochemicals Company Personal Care Products Waste Treatment/Remediation
OceanAir Environmental Fuel and Glycerin, LLC The largest producer of biodiesel fuel in the United States, OceanAir Environmental also produces methyl esters for separate applications and glycerin. The company manufactures biodiesel primarily from yellow grease, or used cooking oil.	Agrochemicals Company Fuels Miscellaneous Oilseeds Soybeans
Ohio Hempery, Inc. The Ohio Hempery is a supplier of quality products derived from hemp, including clothes, fabric, paper, nutritional oil and skin care products.	Company Hemp Paper Personal Care Products
Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company is a manufacturer of authentic milk-based paints used primarily for restoration projects, interior walls, and furniture.	Company Paints & Coatings
Organic Technologies Organic Technologies is a neutraceutical company that supplies naturally-derived chemicals to the pharmaceutical and food and beverage industry. Organic Technologies also purchased the technology (developed by Enzymol International) to manufacture formaldehyde-free phenolic resins, using a soybean-derived peroxidase enzyme.	Company Enzymes Personal Care Products
Ostermann and Sheiwe Ostermann and Sheiwe, a German company, produces OS Color Hardwax-Oil, a natural wood finish created from vegetable oils and waxes. The Environmental Home Center imports and wholesales the product to North America.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings Soybeans
Pacific Biodiesel Pacific Biodiesel is both a producer of biodiesel fuel and a builder/designer of biodiesel production facilities. Their Maui plant began production on November, 1996 using a catalytic chemical process to produce biodiesel from recyclable cooking oil, and is capable of producing 200,000 gallons of premium biodiesel fuel per year.	Company Fuels Waste Treatment/Remediation
Pacific Northwest Fiber Pacific Northwest Fiber manufactures particleboard from Kentucky bluegrass stubble and wheat straw. Their plant has been operational since August 1999 and will produce 20 million square feet of board annually.	Agricultural Residues Building Materials Company
Parallel Products Parallel Products specializes in the disposal of un-salable starch, sugar and alcohol-bearing by-products. In addition, the company also produces 10 million gallons of ethanol per year, using food and beverage waste as the raw material.	Agricultural Residues Company Fuels Waste Treatment/Remediation
Pekin Energy Company Pekin Energy, a subsidiary of Williams Energy Services, operates a 100 million gallon per year corn wet mill facility in Pekin, IL and a 30 million gallon per year corn dry mill facility at Aurora, NE. The products generated at these facilities include animal feed, distillers solubles and ethanol.	Company Corn Fuels
Petroferm, Inc. Petroferm is a diversified specialty chemical company that manufactures a line of terpene-based solvents (derived from orange oils) used in precision cleaning applications.	Company Industrial Cleaning Solvents Terpenes
Pierce International, Inc. Pierce International (U.S. partner to English-based Stramit Industries, Ltd) manufactures straw-based interior structural (non-load bearing) wall panels called Easiboard and Easiwall.	Building Materials Company
Pinnacle Technology Inc. In conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture's Forest Products Laboratory, this company has developed a wheat straw filler for polypropylene and polyethylene called Agro-Plastic.	Agricultural Residues Agrochemicals Company Plastics
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc Pioneer Hi-Bred provides value enhanced vegetable oils to food processors, oleo-chemical companies, and personal care product manufacturers. They produce high oleic sunflower oil, low linoleosic soybean oil, low saturate soybean oil, and low linolenic canola oil.	Company Personal Care Products
Planet Polymer Technologies, Inc. Planet Polymer Technologies is a speciality chemical company that designs and develops engineered polymer materials that provide environmentally superior attributes and solutions for products designed for the personal hygiene, agrotechnology, and medical disposable markets. The company produces degradable polymeric resins as an alternative to conventional plastics.	Agrochemicals Company Personal Care Products Plastics Specialty Chemicals
PrimeBoard Inc. PrimeBoard produces particleboard from wheat straw. Their product, called Wheatboardª, is used in furniture, kitchen components, store fixtures, and other commercial and residential building applications.	Agricultural Residues Building Materials Company Waste Treatment/Remediation
PRM Energy Systems, Inc. PRM is a manufacturer of biomass gasification systems, which convert waste materials into combustible gases used for drying, processing and electricity.	Agricultural Residues Company Fuels Waste Treatment/Remediation
Process Insight Process Insight provides small to medium size manufacturers with process engineering support, especially in the areas of process optimization, waste reduction, pollution prevention, and biochemical substitution.	Agricultural Residues Company Industrial Cleaning Solvents Institutional Cleaning Solvents Lubricants Specialty Chemicals Waste Treatment/Remediation
PURAC America PURAC America produces lactic acid and lactates, chemicals derived through the fermentation of sugar which have food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and industrial applications . The Purasolv(TM) line of solvents, including ethyl lactate, has applications in degreasing and precision cleaning and in the paint industry as a formulation and cleaning solvent.	Agrochemicals Company Degreasers & Strippers Industrial Cleaning Solvents Paints & Coatings
Pure Energy Corp. Pure Energy develops and commercializes cleaner burning alternative motor fuels. Its P-Series fuel is comprised of a blend of natural gas liquids, ethanol and other biomass derived chemicals (co-solvents). In addition to its alternative fuels, Pure Energy is developing value added chemical by- and -co products associated with its product lines.	Agrochemicals Company Fuels
PureVision Technology, Inc. PureVision is developing a waste recovery process that uses enzymes to produce ethanol from diverse paper-based solid wastes.	Company Enzymes Fuels Paper Waste Treatment/Remediation Wood Wastes
Redwood Candle Company LLC Redwood Candle Company manufactures and markets scented candles from a wax derived from 99.5% soybean oil.	Company Soybeans
Reeve Cattle & Energy Co., Inc. Reeve Cattle & Energy Co. is an integrated farming and ranching operation which produces ethanol (10 million gallons per year) and uses the hot waste water from ethanol production to raise tilapia fish for export and feed the distrillers grain to the company's 28,000-head feedlot herd.	Company Fuels Waste Treatment/Remediation
Renewable Lubricants, Inc. RLI produces a line of lubricants derived from soy, canola, sunflower, and corn oils. Products include hydraulic fluid, high performance motor oil, two-cycle engine oil, bar and chain oil, and others.	Company Corn Lubricants Miscellaneous Oilseeds Soybeans
Resin And Pigments A manufacturer of linseed oil-based resins and pigments.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds Paints & Coatings Pigments/Dyes
Restore Products Restore Products has a commercial and residential product line which includes bio-based products including laundry detergents, dish soaps and household cleaners. Their products utilize vegetable oil-based surfactants, citrus-based solvents and natural enzymes.	Company Enzymes Household Cleaning Solvents
Roal Oy Roal Oy sells sells alcoholic beverages, ethanol, industrial chemicals, starch feed and enzymes to industrial customers. The company also developed a biobleaching system for the pulp and paper industry.	Company Corn Fuels Specialty Chemicals
Rochester Midland Corp Rochester Midland is an international specialty chemicals company. Its EnviroCare line of institutional cleaning products are derived from corn startch, coconut oil and citrus oils.	Agrochemicals Company Corn Degreasers & Strippers Institutional Cleaning Solvents
Rohm & Haas Company ROH manufactures and sells chemical products to industrial companies who use them to make consumer goods. Its products include polymers, resins and monomers, performance chemicals, plastics and agricultural chemicals.	Agrochemicals Company Plastics
Ron Ink Company Inc Ron Ink Company is a printing ink manufacturer than markets a wide variety of soybean-based inks.	Company Pigments/Dyes Soybeans
Schaeffer Manufacturing Company The Schaeffer Manufacturing Company produces "Soyshield," a diesel fuel additive derived from soybeans, and other plant-based motor oils.	Company Machining Fluids Rapeseed/Crambe Soybeans
Sinan Company Sinan is a retailer of natural building materials, such as AUROs natural wall paints, wood finishes, glues and artistic paints. Sinan also markets an Alternatives Catalog, offering a wide variety of naturally derived materials for insulation, cleaning, carpeting, etc.	Adhesives Building Materials Company Household Cleaning Solvents Industrial Cleaning Solvents Institutional Cleaning Solvents Paints & Coatings
Soil Technologies Corp. Soil Technologies Corp. manufactures and markets a wide variety of natural weed control and fertilizer products for home and commercial use. Products are made from natural food oils and other organic sources.	Company Miscellaneous Oilseeds
Southern States Power Company SSPC markets OXyGB-60, a biodiesel product derived from yellow grease (waste vegetable oil used in cooking). The biodiesel is produced in cooperation with NOPEC Corporation.	Company Fuels Miscellaneous Oilseeds
Soy Soft, Inc. Soy Soft, Inc. produces and markets personal care products derived from soybean oil.	Company Personal Care Products Soybeans
StarchTech, Inc. StarchTech manufactures biodegradable Clean Green¨ starch-based loosefill packaging peanuts that dissolve in water. The company also produces starch-based vent plugs used by poultry farmers to prevent fecal contamination and starch-based resins used in injection molding and other manufacturing processes.	Company Plastics
Strandwood Molding, Inc. Strandwood Molding makes molded composite furniture from waste wood, such as seat backs, shells, legs and arm rests..	Company Waste Treatment/Remediation Wood Wastes
Stratco, Inc. Stratco provides engineering design and technology for the petroleum, petrochemical and chemical industries. The company is also involved in the esterification of vegetable oils into fuels, such as soydiesel.	Agrochemicals Company Fuels
Sun Chemical Ink (GPI) Sun Chemical Ink (GPI), a subsidiary of DIC of Tokyo, Japan, manufactures high-quality vegetable-based printing inks and coatings used for commercial-based printing applications.	Company Inks Miscellaneous Oilseeds Soybeans
Superior Natural Oils International (SNOI) SNOI is a manufacturer of high quality functional specialty natural oils and natural lipid products used in the cosmetics and personal care industries.	Company Personal Care Products Specialty Chemicals
Sutherland Associates Sutherland Associates produces 15 million gallons of corn-derived ethanol annually at its Sutherland, Nebraska facility.	Company Corn Fuels
Tall Corn Ethanol LLC Ethanol production facility.	Company Cooperative Corn Fuels
Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Paper Limited TNPL produces newsprint, printing, writing and copier paper from bagasse. The company owns and operates one of the world’s largest bagasse-based paper mills which uses 800,000 tonnes of bagasse to manufacture 180,000 tonnes of newsprint/paper annually.	Agricultural Residues Company Paper
Tarksol Inc. Tarksol Inc. manufactures the a line of industrial cleaning solvents derived from terpenes extracted from pine trees.	Company Degreasers & Strippers Industrial Cleaning Solvents Terpenes
Tate and Lyle Tate & Lyle is a world-leading manufacturer of renewable food and industrial ingredients. All our ingredients are produced from renewable crops, predominantly corn (maize) and sugar cane. We take these renewable crops and transform them through the use of innovative technology into value added ingredients for our food, beverage and industrial customers.	Company Corn Fuels
Tembec Inc. Canadian lumber firm which produces wood along with value-added wood products like resin, alcohol, paper, and specialty pulp products	Building Materials Company Composites Paper Specialty Chemicals Wood Wastes
Terresolve Technologies Terresolve manufactures the EnviroLogic(TM) line of vegetable oil-based lubricants, derived primarily from soy and canola oils. Products include hydraulic fluids, two-cycle engine oil, gear oil, and others.	Company Lubricants Miscellaneous Oilseeds Soybeans
Topical Enhanced Solutions Topical Enhanced Solutions manufactures ethyl lactate- and soy methyl ester-based press cleaners, ethyl lactate-based inks, and hydraulic fluids (for 2-cycle engines).	Agrochemicals Company Corn Inks Institutional Cleaning Solvents Machining Fluids Soybeans
Urethane Soy Systems Company USSC has developed a variety of different bio-based polyurethane foams made from soybean oil. Applications include furniture fill, seat cushions, board stock, and shoe soles.	Company Soybeans
Verdant Verdant is a marketer of natural pest control products for retail, commercial, and agricultural markets. Verdant has developed a mosquito repellent called "Blocker" that is made from soybean and geranium oils.	Company Personal Care Products Soybeans
Vertec Biosolvents Vertec Biosolvents manufactures non-carcinogenic, biodegradable, and SNAP-approved solvents derived from corn and soybeans. The products are sold under the trademarks VERTEC™ and VERTEC GOLD™.	Company Corn Degreasers & Strippers Industrial Cleaning Solvents Soybeans
Wellington Polymer Technology, Inc. Wellington manufactures EnviroShake™, a composite roofing material made from hemp fiber and polymers, designed to simulate cedar shake roofing.	Building Materials Company Composites Hemp Plastics
World Energy Alternatives World Energy Alternatives is the largest primary biodiesel supplier in the United States. The company sells Envirodiesel® B20 and B100 derived from soy and other vegetable oils, and Ethanol E85.	Company Fuels Miscellaneous Oilseeds Soybeans

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