BASF, followed by Sinopec and Dow are the chemical companies with the highest sales; overall, the industry recorded strong growth following the pandemic slump

Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2021

German Chemical Industry Fears Competition Problems
Delivery times, freight costs, shortages, and rising prices for raw materials and energy hampered companies

Preparing Refineries for the Changing Energy Landscape
Moving away from processing crude oil into fuels and instead aiming to process crude oil into chemicals

Neste Acquires European Rights to Alterra Energy’s Thermochemical Liquefaction Technology
The company operates an industrial-scale plastic waste liquefaction plant in the US

Commercial Scale Battery Recycling Black Mass Plant
BASF to build commercial scale plant in Schwarzheide, Germany

Renewable-Benzene Produced
Neste, Covestro, and SK geo centric create a value chain for methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) from renewable sources in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region

DSM and Firmenich To Merge
DSM is merging with Firmenich in a deal valued at roughly $21 billion

Biocatalyzed Aldol Addition for Industrial Applications
Useful reaction for the synthesis of drug precursors

Less Polluting Marine Fuel
Neste and Nordic Marine Oil are launching a marine fuel in Scandinavia to help the maritime sector reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Concept for Large-Scale Chemistry Research Centers
An opportunity for the transformation of the chemical industry