National is a global company with manufacturing plants, laboratories, sales offices and technical service centers located in every economic region of the world. Its products are not visible to the general public, but they are ubiquitous in the foods we eat, the clothes we wear, the packaging that protects our purchases, the books we read and the many electronic products on which we rely. Based primarily on natural and synthetic polymer chemistry, they adhere, bind, thicken, encapsulate, protect, conduct, strengthen, lubricate, texturize or otherwise enhance thousands of products in dozens of industries.