Reema Puri

Cognis Corp. manufactures and supplies natural-sourced chemicals and nutritional ingredients. It provides solutions for other industries, such as coatings and inks, lubricants, textiles and plastics, as well as agriculture and mining. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

National Starch, a subsidiary of AkzoNobel, is the leading global supplier of specialty starches with a principal focus on supplying the food industry. They also serve the papermaking market and supply high-value industrial starch technology for a variety of other consumer and industrial products and processes. The company employs 2,250 people and has operations in 30 countries. National Starch's goal as a business is to be the partner of choice as it seeks to harness the power of innovation in specialty starches for the next generation of food products. In addition, the company seeks to grow selectively within niche segments of papermaking and applications for natural polymers in industrial applications. With roots extending back to 1895, their people are innovators in starch science with a record of breakthroughs in specialty starches extending back to the very foundations of the industry and continuing today. Their ongoing investments in research and development are aimed at ever deepening their understanding and broadening their capabilities in specialty starch. Innovation in key growth platforms in response to consumer trends and demographic changes, combined with differential management of traditional modified starches, are focal points. National Starch operates a highly flexible global manufacturing network which can service both local and multinational specialty starch customers with products manufactured from a variety of starch sources. They actively pursue a sustainability improvement agenda commensurate with customer expectations and including world-class levels for safety, health and environment.

The Chemical Co. manufactures and distributes specialty and commodity chemicals from resins and polymers to acids and flame retardants. Its chemicals are used in the cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, petroleum, plastics, and food and paper industries. Its services include manufacturing, blending, customer product research, and contract packaging. The company is headquartered in Jamestown, RI.

InnoPharma, Inc. provides pharma drugs. The firm is a developer of sterile generic and specialty pharmaceutical products. It works with manufacturing and clinical research organizations worldwide for commercialization of its developed products. The company was founded by Navneet Puri and Sriram J. Ramanathan in 2005 and is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ.