Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) is a consumer products company whose products are marketed in over 200 countries and territories throughout the world. It operates in two segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Oral Care business products include Colgate Total, Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief, Colgate Max Fresh, Colgate Optic White, and Colgate Luminous White toothpastes, Colgate 360° manual toothbrushes and Colgate and Colgate Plax mouth rinses. Colgate's Oral Care business also includes dental floss and pharmaceutical products for dentists and oral health professionals. Its Personal Care products also include Palmolive, Softsoap and Sanex brand shower gels, Palmolive, Irish Spring, and Protex bar soaps and Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick and Sanex deodorants and antiperspirants. It sells liquid hand soap under the Palmolive, Protex and Softsoap brands. Colgate, through its Hill's Pet Nutrition segment (Hill's), manufactures pet nutrition products for dogs and cats.

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Akzo Nobel NV is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture and sale of coating and paint products. engages in the production and marketing of paints and coatings. It operates through the following segments: Decorative Paintings, Performance Paintings, and Corporate and Others. The Decorative Paints segment manufactures and supplies a range of interior and exterior decoration and protection products for professional and do-it-yourself markets. The Performance Coatings segment produces automotive and aerospace; industrial; marine and protective; and powder coatings. The company was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The Forsyth Institute is an American private company located in Cambridge, MA, that provides dental care services. The firm was founded in 1910. Wenyuan Shi is currently the CEO of the company.\nThe company says this about itself: Founded in 1910, the Forsyth Institute is the only independent research organization in the United States dedicated to understanding the important connections between oral health and overall wellness. Forsyth is a not-for-profit organization that is also committed to treating underserved populations in local communities and on a national and global scale.

Manufactures pharmaceuticals

Part of Einhorn Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Heraeus Medical GmbH is a company headquartered in Wehrheim, Germany, that produces bone cement for joint fixation. Rolft Wetzel and Jan Rinnert are the current co-CEOs of the firm.

Glycom is a Danish company with more than 150 employees that pioneered the development and commercialization of HMOs for Early Life Nutrition applications. The company operates a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Esbjerg (Denmark) and is the only fully-integrated HMO provider in the world with its own product development, preclinical and clinical development, regulatory and large-scale production with an exciting innovation roadmap for next-generation HMOs.

Manufactures pharmaceuticals for cardiovascular treatment, central nervous system, internal medicine drugs and oncology treatment

Danisco Sweeteners Oy, a subsidiary of International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., is a Finnish company located in Kotka. The firm prepares sugar extracts.

Kosan Biosciences Incorporated, a cancer therapeutics company, focuses on developing various classes of anticancer agents through clinical development. Its product KOS-953, a Hsp90 inhibitor is in Phase III clinical trial in combination with Velcade for multiple myeloma, as well as in Phase II clinical trial in combination with Herceptin for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. The company's product portfolio also includes KOS-1584, an epothilone anticancer product candidate evaluated in dose-escalating Phase I clinical trial in patients with solid tumors; KOS-1803, a preclinical stage product for cancer; KOS-2187, a potent motilin receptor agonist that is in Phase I clinical testing for the treatment of GERD. In addition, Kosan Biosciences develops KOS-2464, a preclinical stage product for cancer. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Hayward, California. As of June 25, 2008, Kosan Biosciences Incorporated operates as a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Firmenich SA produces and distributes perfumes and flavors. It offers fine fragrances and ingredients, and body, oral and home care products. The firm provides flavors for beverages, sweet goods, and savory foods. It serves food, beauty, household, fabric care products, and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded by Matin Naef and Philippe Chuit on November 1, 1895 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Tate & Lyle Plc engages in the provision of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries. It operates through the following business segments: Food & Beverage Solutions and Sucralose, and Primary Products. The Food & Beverage Solutions and Sucralose segment provides conclusion for customers that meet consumer demand for healthier food and drink. The Primary Products segment offers meal and industrial commodities for customers in the North American market. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Sanofi A/S engages in the production of prescription drugs as well as participates in clinical trials of present and future products. It specializes in diabetes, oncology, multiple sclerosis, rare disease and cardio vascular illnesses. The company is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

GeneChem Inc. is specialized in the development of health-related substances such as functional oligosaccharides, new bio-medicines, and gene therapy products, on the basis of the *omics technologies including nucleic acid chemistry, phosphate chemistry, and transglycosylation technology. Currently, GeneChem Inc. is the only company capable of manufacturing high purity 3'-sialyllactose (3'-SL) and 6'-sialyllactose (6'-SL) in bulk scale. GeneChem Inc. also manufactures AquaGG® (glyceryl glucoside) of high purity for cosmetic applications.

Ethyl Corporation provides chemical manufacturing and supply solutions to enhance the performance of products across diverse industries. Their more than 90 years of experience in chemical manufacturing allows Ethyl to respond to unique customer needs and gives us the ability to deliver market solutions when you need them most. Dating back to 1921, when Charles Kettering first discovered a solution to engine “knock,” and formed General Motors Chemical Corporation, to 1924 when the company became known as Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, and finally Ethyl Corporation in 1942, the company continues to focus on chemical manufacturing and distributing.

Bayer AG engages in the development, manufacture and distribution of products in the areas of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, Crop Science, Animal Health and Covestro. The Pharmaceuticals segment engages in the development, production and marketing of prescription products for cardiology and women's health care; specialty therapeutics in the areas of oncology, hematology and ophthalmology; diagnostic imaging equipment and the necessary contrast agents. The Consumer Health segment manufactures and markets products in the dermatology, dietary supplement, analgesic, gastrointestinal, cold, allergy, sinus and flu, foot care and sun protection categories. The CropScience segment includes seeds and plant traits, crop protection and nonagricultural pest control. The Animal Health segment offers prescription and nonprescription veterinary products. The Covestro segment provides raw materials for polyurethanes; polycarbonate granules and sheets; raw materials for coatings, adhesives and sealants; and by-products of polyether production and of chlorine production and use. The company was founded by Friedrich Bayer and Johann Friedrich Westkott on August 1, 1863 and is headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany.

Albemarle Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of chemicals for consumer electronics, petroleum refining, utilities, packaging, construction, transportation, pharmaceuticals, crop production, food-safety, and custom chemistry services. It operates through the following business segments: Lithium, Bromine, Catalysts, and All Other. The Lithium segment develops and manufactures basic lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and value-added lithium specialties and reagents. The Bromine segment consists of bromine and bromine-based businesses including products used in fire safety solutions and other specialty chemicals applications. The Catalysts segment contains two product lines: clean fuel technologies, which are primarily composed of hydro processing catalysts, and heavy oil upgrading that is composed of fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives. The All Other segment includes the FCS business. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.