The following list shows interesting companies that belong to the chemical industry. The list is separate by country. Across the globe, the most important regions for the chemical company are North America, Asia Pacific as well as Europe. The strongest countries in this industry sector are the United States of America, China, Germany, South Korea, and Japan.
What is the chemical industry?
The chemical industry is a branch that deals with the manufacturing of chemical products, which are necessary substances and raw products for many other markets in the worldwide economy. Therefore, the chemical industry is at the very beginning of the supply and value chain for many daily products. Seamlessly, the chemical industry is a very broad industry and includes the production of oil and gas at the beginning of the value chain as well as the production of specialties and fine chemicals which are used as additives or, by taking the pharmaceutical industry into account, the production of medicine as well.
Although the industry is so diverse, there are defined factors that affect the industry as all the others. The companies are exposed to volatile commodity prices, stringent regulations to ensure sustainability and environmental security, rapid innovation to keep track of the changing environment, and managing all operational and manufacturing processes. Nevertheless, companies in the chemical industry have successfully tackled all these challenges for a long period already and create massive revenues for themselves. The chemical industry is in many countries one of the largest sectors of the local economy.
Companies in Germany
The chemical industry is very strong in Germany and many companies are active on a global level. Most of the companies in the chemical industry are located along the Rhine river in Germany. For example, cities like Cologne, Leverkusen, Düsseldorf, or Oberhausen. Other locations are Ludwigshafen or Hamburg. Nevertheless, companies from the chemical industry are also in other regions across the country located in different places. Below we have listed for you some of them alphabetically.
- Altana
- BASF
- Bayer
- Beiersdorf
- Biesterfeld
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Budenheim
- CarboTech
- Chemische Fabrik Kalk
- Chemische Werke Kluthe
- Covestro
- Evonik Industries
- Fresenius
- Henkel
- Lanxess
- Linde
- Merck KGaA
- Messer Group
- Münzing
- Symrise
- Styrolution
- Wacker
Companies in the US
- Albemarle
- Ashland
- Air Products & Chemicals
- Cabot Corporation
- Calgon Carbon
- Cargill
- Castrol
- Celanese
- Chemours
- Chemtura
- Chevron Corporation
- Church & Dwight
- Dow
- DuPont
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Ecolab
- ExxonMobil
- Hexion
- Huntsman Corporation
- Innospec
- PPG Industries
- Praxair
- S. C. Johnson & Son
- Sigma-Aldrich
- Solenis
- Westlake Chemical
