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The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials (oil, natural gas, air, water, metals, and minerals) into more than 70,000 different products. The plastics industry contains some overlap, as some chemical companies produce plastics as well as chemicals.
Various professionals are involved in the chemical industry including chemical engineers, chemists and lab technicians.
Top 10 chemical companies by chemical sales: (Numbers in $Billions)
- BASF - $63.7 - Ludwigshafen, Germany
- Dow Chemical Company - $48.8 - Midland, Michigan, United States
- Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation) - $43.8 - Beijing, China
- SABIC - $34.3 - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Formosa Plastics Corporation - $29.2 - Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
- INEOS - $28.5 - London, United Kingdom
- ExxonMobil Corp. - $28.1 - Irving, Texas, United States
- LyondellBasell - $26.7 - Houston, Texas, United States, and London, United Kingdom
- Mitsubishi Chemical - $24.3 - Tokyo, Japan
- DuPont - $20.7 - Wilmington, Delaware, United States
For medical chemists, please see the Geni project Apothecaries, Pharmacists & Chemists