Allan Rothwell

AVINTIV Specialty Materials, Inc. engaged in the manufacture of nonwovens for the hygiene, wipes, and medical and industrial markets. Its products included disinfectant wipes, surgical gowns and drapes, face masks, and medical filtration. The company was founded on June 16, 1994 and it was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

OMNOVA Solutions, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and decorative products. It provides engineered surfaces for various commercial, industrial, and residential end uses. The company operates through the Specialty Solutions and Performance Materials segments. The Specialty Solutions segment develops, designs, produces, and markets a broad line of specialty products for use in coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, laminates, films, nonwovens, and oil & gas products. The Performance Materials segment serves mature markets including plastics, paper, carpet and coated fabrics with a broad range of polymers based primarily on styrene butadiene (SB), styrene butadiene acrylonitrile (SBA), styrene butadiene vinyl pyridine, high styrene pigments, polyvinyl acetate, acrylic, styrene acrylic, calcium stearate, glyoxal, and bio-based chemistries. The company was founded on October 1, 1999 and is headquartered in Beachwood, OH.

Voridian Co. manufactures and markets polyester products. It manufactures polyethylene terephthalate for packaging food, nutrition, pharmaceutical products, water, milk, carbonated soft drinks and other beverages. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Kingsport, TN