Andrew M. Harris

Dow Silicones Corp. engages in the provision of silicones products and solutions. Its silicon-based materials are used in products and applications of sectors including electronics, automotive, construction, textiles, and healthcare. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Midland, MI.

Roquette Frères SA manufactures and produces plant based-ingredients such as protein, fiber, polyols, starches, cereal sugars, cyclodextrins, and organic acids. It serves to pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, nutrition, animal nutrition, and industrial sectors. The company was founded by Dominique Roquette and Germain Roquette in 1933 and is headquartered in Lestrem, France.

NuSil Technology LLC manufactures silicone compounds for healthcare, aerospace, electronics, photonics and other applications. The firm offers engineering products, such as adhesives and sealants, conformal coatings, electrically conductive materials, fluids and greases, foams, gels, glob top, molding materials, optically clear materials, potting and encapsulating, primers and silicone resins. It provides healthcare products, including adhesives, fluids and greases, gels and high-consistency elastomers. The company was founded by Richard Allen Compton in 1979 and is headquartered in Carpinteria, CA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Avantor Performance Materials LLC manufactures and markets chemicals for the biopharmaceutical industry. The firm’s products include acids, amino acids, denaturants, excipients, molecular biology products, salts, stains and dynes, sugars and biological buffers and reagents. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Center Valley, PA.

Part of Vantage Specialty Chemicals Holdings, Inc., Lambent Technologies Corp. is a company that manufactures and supplies chemicals. The company is based in Gurnee, IL.