Chemicals are made from a variety of raw materials
including oil and plants to manufacture drugs, food additives, plastics,
fertilizer, acids, explosives, textiles and other products.
The largest 50
chemical manufacturers by country are spread around the planet. The US has 8 of
these companies.
Below are the companies, their headquarters countries and
their 2017 sales.
BASF,
Germany, $69B
DowDupont,
US, $62B
Sinopec,
China, $55B
SABIC,
Saudi Arabia, $37B
Ineos,
UK, $35B
Formosa
Plastics, Taiwan, $32B
ExxonMobil,
US, $29B
LyondellBasell,
Netherlands, $28B
Mitsubishi
Chemical, Japan, $26B
LG Chem,
South Korea, $23B
Air
Liquide, France, $23B
Reliance
Industries, India, $18B
DuPont, US, $17B
Linde
Group, Germany, $17B
Toray
Industries, Japan, $17B
AkzoNobel,
Netherlands, $16B
Evonnik,
Germany, $16B
Covestro,
Germany, $16B
Braskem,
Brazil, $16B
PPG
Industries, US, $15B
Sumitomo
Chemical, Japan, $15B
Lotte
Chemical, South Korea, $14B
Shin-Etsu,
Japan, $13B
Solvay,
Belgium, $12B
Mitsui
Chemical, Japan, $12B
Praxair, US $12B
Yara
Intl. Norway, $11B
Lanxess,
Germany, $11B
Bayer,
Germany, $11B
DSM,
Netherlands, $10B
Asahi
Kasei, Japan, $10B
Eastman
Chemical, US $10B
Arkema,
France, $9B
Syngenta,
Switzerland, 49B
Chevron
Phillips Chemical, US, $9B
Borealis,
Austria, $9B
Indorama
Ventures, Thailand, $8B
Huntsman,
US $8B
Air
Products & Chemicals, US, $8B
Ecolab, US $8B
Westlake
Chemical, US, $8B
Wanhua
Group, China, $8B
Sasol,
South Africa, $8B
Mosaic, US, $8B
PTT
Global Chemical, Thailand, $7B
Tosoh,
Japan, $7B
DIC, Japan, $7B
Hanwha
Chemical, South Korea $6B
Clariant,
Switzerland, $6B
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