Chemical industry

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The chemical industry refers to an industry involved in the production of chemicals. The industry includes petrochemicals, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, paints, and oleochemicals. Chemical processes are used, including chemical reactions to form new substances, separations based on properties such as solubility or ionic charge, and distillations, in addition to transformations by heating and other methods.

Chemical industries are involved in the processing of raw materials obtained by mining, and agriculture among other supply sources, into materials and substances and chemical compounds that are end products, or are used in other industries.

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The biggest companies in chemical industry are listed below, with business volume in billions of Euros

• Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik (BASF)(D) 28 (formerly IG-Farben)
• Dow Chemical (USA) 27
• DuPont (USA) 24
• Bayer (D) 20 (formerly IG-Farben)
• ExxonMobil Chemicals (USA) 20 (formerly Standard Oil)
• Total (F) 20
• BP Chemicals (GB) 13
• Mitsubishi Chemicals (J) 12
• Deutsche Gold- und Silber-Scheide-Anstalt (DEGUSSA)(D) 11(formerly IG-Farben)
• Shell Chemicals (NL/GB) 11
• Monsanto
• Merck KGaA (D) 8

The 2005 the Top 30 chemical companies in the world (revenue) according to a study by Pharmaceutical Business Review^{[citation needed]}were:

• Mahendra Dyes And Chemicals,New Delhi.India
• Air Liquide SA
• Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
• Akzo Nobel N.V.
• Asahi Kasei Corporation
• Avery Dennison Corporation
• BASF Aktiengesellschaft
• Bayer AG
• BOC Group, The
• Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc.
• Dow Chemical Company, The
• DSM N.V.
• E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company
• Ecolab Inc.
• Formosa Petrochemical Corporation
• Formosa Plastics Corporation
• ICI plc
• Linde AG
• Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
• Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
• Monsanto Company
• Nan Ya Plastic Corporation
• Nitto Denko Corporation
• PPG Industries, Inc.
• Praxair, Inc.
• Rohm and Haas Company
• Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
• Solvay Group
• Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
• Syngenta AG
• Toray Industries, Inc.

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