Burton M. Joyce

IPSCO, Inc. produces steel mill products (coil and discrete plate) and fabricated products that include energy tubulars and cut-to-length products (tube, hollow structural, hot-rolled coil, plate, sheet and slab steel). The company has manufacturing and scrap-processing facilities in Canada and the US (mostly in western Canada and the midwestern US). The company's plants produce around 3.5 million tons of steel annually. Its markets include the oil and natural gas, manufacturing, agricultural and transportation industries in Canada and the US. The company was incorporated in 1956 under the name of Prairie Pipe Ltd. and in 1984, the company changed its name to IPSCO, Inc. The company is located in Regina, Canada

Hercules, Inc. used to manufacture and market specialty chemicals. It operated through two segments, Performance Products segment and Additives segment. The company was founded in 1912 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Terra Industries, Inc. engages in manufacturing and marketing of nitrogen products. It produces anhydrous ammonia, urea ammonium nitrate solutions, ammonium nitrate and urea for use in nitrogen fertilizers. The company also makes nitric acid and dinitrogen tetroxide for use in industrial applications. It was founded in 1964 and is located in Sioux City, IA.

LANXESS Solutions US, Inc. developed engineered industrial specialty chemicals. It operated through the following segments: Industrial Engineered Products and Industrial Performance Products. The Industrial Engineered Products segment provided engineered specialty chemicals used in agriculture, automotive, building and construction, electronics, fine chemicals, insulation, mercury control, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, plastics and solar energy applications. The Industrial Performance Products segment offered synthetic base stocks, additive components, finished synthetic lubricants and specialty greases. The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Terra Nitrogen Co. LP was engaged in the manufacture of nitrogen fertilizer products. Its products included anhydrous ammonia, granular urea, and urea ammonium nitrate solutions. The company was founded on February 23, 1990 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

United Technologies Corp. engages in the provision of products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. It operates through the following business segments: Otis; Carrier; Pratt and Whitney; and Collins Aerospace Systems. The Otis segment designs, manufactures, sells, and installs elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and service. The Carrier segment provides heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration solutions. The Pratt and Whitney segment includes aircraft engines for the commercial, military, business jet, and general aviation markets. The Collins Aerospace Systems segment offers technologically advanced aerospace products and aftermarket service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, regional, business and general aviation markets, military, space and undersea operations. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

Essex Corp., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector, is a provider of signal processing services and products and optoelectronic imaging for government intelligent and defense customers. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.