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Top World Chemical Companies

Rank 2000 Company Chemical Sales 2000 billion Change From 1999 Chemical Sales as % of Total Sales [Pg.22]

You should be somewhat familiar with the general production totals. More plastics are made each year, about 72 billion lb, than fibers or elastomers. The largest volume plastic is polyethylene, with combined low-, linear low-, and high-density types amounting to 30 billion lb. Linear low-density polyethylene is the rising star. These three polyethylenes serve different applications because of their different properties. The largest fiber market is polyester at 3.9 billion lb, but polyolefin is a close second and has had a rapid rise in production. The largest synthetic elastomer is styrene-butadiene at 1.9 billion lb. [Pg.23]

Chemical and Engineering News annually publishes a list of the top 75 chemical producers based on the amount of chemical sales, not total sales for the entire company. Table 1.17 lists the top 25 companies. Notice that, although many companies have 100% chemical sales, others are diversified and some, especially the petroleum companies, have a very small percentage of chemical sales vs. total sales. [Pg.23]

Netherlands, 3 Switzerland, 3 and one each for Belgium, Canada, China, India, Italy, Norway, Taiwan, and Saudi Arabia. [Pg.23]

The order of treatment of these chemicals is difficult to decide. Should it be alphabetical, according to the amount produced, according to important uses, etc. We have chosen here an order that is dependent on raw material, which is summarized in Fig. 2.1. The most important, largest volume, basic [Pg.24]


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