Chemical Industry
Top Chemical Companies in the World |
| Ranking | Chemical Companies | Head Office | Country | Chemical Sales(in $Billions Est. 2007) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BASF SE | Ludwigshafen | Germany | 65.3 |
| 2 | Dow Chemical | Midland | United States | 53.5 |
| 3 | INEOS | Lyndhurst | UK | 43.6 |
| 4 | LyondellBasell | Houston | United States | 42.8 |
| 5 | Formosa Plastics | Taiwan | Taiwan | 31.9 |
| 6 | DuPont | Wilmington | United States | 28.5 |
| 7 | Saudi Basic Industries Corporation | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 26.4 |
| 8 | Bayer | Leverkusen | Germany | 24.2 |
| 9 | Mitsubishi Chemical | Tokyo | Japan | 22.2 |
| 10 | Akzo Nobel/Imperial Chemical Industries(ICI) | Amsterdam/London | 19.9 | |
| 11 | Air Liquide | Paris | France | 16.3 |
| 12 | Sumitomo Chemical | Tokyo | Japan | 15.2 |
| 13 | Evonik Industries | Essen | Germany | 15 |
| 14 | Mitsui Chemicals | Tokyo | Japan | 14.3 |
| 15 | Asahi Kasei | Tokyo | Japan | 13.8 |
| 16 | Toray Industries | Tokyo | Japan | 13.1 |
| 17 | Chevron Phillips | The Woodlands | United States | 12.5 |
| 18 | DSM NV | Heerlen | Netherlands | 12.1 |
| 19 | PPG Industries | Pittsburgh | United States | 11.2 |
| 20 | Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. | Tokyo | Japan | 11.1 |
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