|
| Consolidation, sales growth mark global Top 50 in 1999 |
| Rank |
|
Total sales |
Chemical sales
|
Chemical operating profits
|
| 1999 |
1998 |
|
1999 ($ millions) |
1999 ($ millions) |
% change 1998-99 |
As % of total sales |
1999 ($ millions) |
% change 1998-99 |
Operating profit margin |
| 1 |
1 |
BASF (Germany) |
$34,689.4 |
$31,250.3 |
4.9% |
90.1% |
$1,350.9 |
-46.0% |
4.3 |
| 2 |
2 |
DuPont (U.S.)b |
29,740.0 |
27,688 .0 |
5.7 |
93.1 |
2961.0 |
-2.2 |
10.7 |
| 3 |
3 |
Bayer (Germany) |
29,106.7 |
20,192.5 |
-9.9 |
69.4 |
3,024.7 |
28.2 |
15.0
|
| 4 |
4 |
Dow Chemical (U.S.) |
18,929.0 |
18,600.0 |
5.0 |
98.3 |
2,732.0 |
7.1 |
14.7 |
| 5 |
8 |
ExxonMobil (U.S.)b |
185,527.0 |
13,777.0 |
31.2 |
7.4 |
1,354.0 |
11.6 |
9.8 |
| 6 |
6 |
ICI (U.K.) |
13,671.5 |
13,671.5 |
-9.0 |
100.0 |
923.9 |
-8.9 |
6.8 |
| 7 |
5 |
Shell (U.K./Netherlands) |
149,706.0 |
12,886.0 |
5.0 |
8.6 |
885.0 |
nm |
6.9 |
| 8 |
19 |
Akzo Nobel (Netherlands) |
15,375.9 |
12,323.5 |
13.9 |
80.1 |
819.3 |
0.9 |
6.6 |
| 9 |
35 |
Degussa-Hüls (Germany)c |
13,157.7 |
10,085.8 |
-6.9 |
76.7 |
544.6 |
-20.2 |
5.4 |
| 10 |
11 |
BP Amoco (U.K.) |
101,180.0 |
9,392.0 |
-3.1 |
9.3 |
1,100.0 |
-3.8 |
11.7 |
| 11 |
28 |
Total (France)c |
42,069.0 |
9,343.6 |
15.1 |
22.2 |
643.5 |
-14.3 |
6.9 |
| 12 |
10 |
Elf Aquitaine (France) |
37,872.8 |
9,272.2 |
0 |
24.5 |
540.2 |
26.7 |
5.8 |
| 13 |
13 |
Sumitomo Chemical (Japan) |
8,342.9 |
8,136.5 |
3.0 |
97.5 |
588.9 |
15.9 |
7.2 |
| 14 |
29 |
Huntsman Corp. (U.S.) |
8,000.0 |
8,000.0 |
53.8 |
100.0 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 15 |
43 |
Mitsui Chemicals (Japan) |
7,762.7 |
7,762.7 |
80.6 |
100.0 |
489.3 |
-4.3 |
6.3 |
| 16 |
18 |
Henkel (Germany) |
12,104.0 |
7,324.6 |
4.7 |
60.5 |
604.1 |
13.9 |
8.2 |
| 17 |
-- |
Aventis (France)d |
21,789.6 |
7,090.2 |
-17.3 |
32.5 |
756.4 |
-21.6 |
10.7 |
| 18 |
14 |
General Electric (U.S.) |
111,951.6 |
6,941.0 |
4.6 |
6.2 |
1,651.0 |
4.2 |
23.8 |
| 19 |
26 |
Solvay (Belgium)e |
7,938.3 |
6,791.9 |
5.9 |
85.6 |
606.2 |
6.6 |
8.9 |
| 20 |
17 |
Dainippon Ink & Chemicals (Japan) |
8,245.2 |
6,696.9 |
-6.3 |
81.2 |
372.2 |
-6.3 |
5.6 |
| 21 |
25 |
Air Liquide (France) |
6,965.6 |
6,617.3 |
8.6 |
95.0 |
996.1 |
10.4 |
15.1 |
| 22 |
12 |
DSM (Netherlands) |
6,747.2 |
6,609.7 |
-0.4 |
98.0 |
529.5 |
-9.1 |
8.0 |
| 23 |
31 |
Mitsubishi Chemical (Japan) |
14,660.0 |
6,472.7 |
14.2 |
44.2 |
345.0 |
118.4 |
5.3 |
| 24 |
15 |
Clariant (Switzerland) |
6,161.6 |
6,161.6 |
-2.9 |
100.0 |
720.3 |
-1.4 |
11.7 |
| 25 |
24 |
Toray Industries (Japan) |
8,695.3 |
6,133.8 |
-2.4 |
70.5 |
207.5 |
-28.1 |
3.4 |
| 26 |
21 |
Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Switzerland) |
5,972.6 |
5,972.6 |
6.5 |
100.0 |
525.9 |
-9.9 |
8.8 |
| 27 |
-- |
Rhodia (France) |
5,887.4 |
5,887.4 |
-0.2 |
100.0 |
435.7 |
22.5 |
7.4 |
| 28 |
23 |
Union Carbide (U.S.) |
5,870.0 |
5,870.0 |
3.7 |
100.0 |
850.0 |
5.9 |
14.5 |
| 29 |
-- |
PPG Industries (U.S.) |
7,760.2 |
5,502.0 |
10.4 |
70.9 |
699.0 |
-21.5 |
12.7 |
| 30 |
-- |
Equistar (U.S.) |
5,436.0 |
5,436.0 |
32.6 |
100.0 |
162.0 |
-42.6 |
3.0 |
| 31 |
44 |
Rohm and Haas (U.S.) |
5,339.0 |
5,339.0 |
43.5 |
100.0 |
582.0 |
-20.7 |
10.9 |
| 32 |
30 |
SABIC (Saudi Arabia) |
5,330.0 |
5,330.0 |
7.9 |
100.0 |
686.8 |
9.3 |
12.9 |
| 33 |
40 |
Monsanto (U.S.) |
9,143.4 |
5,102.0 |
26.5 |
55.8 |
775.0 |
5.2 |
15.2 |
| 34 |
27 |
BOC (U.K.) |
5,358.6 |
4,947.6 |
-5.5 |
92.3 |
730.1 |
-0.2 |
14.8 |
| 35 |
45 |
Norsk Hydro (Norway) |
13,133.8 |
4,726.5 |
-4.8 |
36.0 |
-227.8 |
nm |
-4.8 |
| 36 |
20 |
Novartis (Switzerland) |
21,611.6 |
4,697.1 |
-5.6 |
21.7 |
490.6 |
-32.9 |
10.4 |
| 37 |
22 |
Reliance Industries (India) |
4,654.0 |
4,654.0 |
35.7 |
100.0 |
1,088 .0 |
39.1 |
23.4 |
| 38 |
36 |
Air Products (U.S.) |
5,020.3 |
4,653.8 |
4.7 |
92.7 |
689.5 |
-16.6 |
14.8 |
| 39 |
32 |
Praxair (U.S.) |
4,639.0 |
4,639.0 |
-4.0 |
100.0 |
831.0 |
-2.9 |
17.9 |
| 40 |
-- |
Celanese (Germany)c |
4,600.4 |
4,600.4 |
-0.6 |
100.0 |
40.5 |
-85.8 |
0.9 |
| 41 |
34 |
Eastman Chemical (U.S.) |
4,590.0 |
4,590.0 |
2.4 |
100.0 |
202.0 |
-53.5 |
4.4 |
| 42 |
41 |
Asahi Chemical (Japan) |
10,486.0 |
4,555.0 |
-0.9 |
43.4 |
192.0 |
37.8 |
4.2 |
| 43 |
33 |
ENI (Italy) |
33,325.7 |
4,363.9 |
1.2 |
13.1 |
-362.0 |
nm |
-8.3 |
| 44 |
48 |
Borealis (Denmark) |
4334.0 |
4,334.0 |
2.7 |
100.0 |
230.1 |
22.0 |
5.3 |
| 45 |
38 |
Honeywell/AlliedSignal (U.S.) |
23,710.1 |
4,007.0 |
-3.9 |
16.9 |
439.0 |
-30.8 |
11.0 |
| 46 |
42 |
Roche (Switzerland) |
18,351.1 |
3,859.7 |
2.3 |
21.0 |
653.0 |
4.8 |
16.9 |
| 47 |
46 |
Formosa Plastics (Taiwan) |
5,674.1 |
3,728.9 |
12.7 |
65.7 |
635.7 |
-7.0 |
17.0 |
| 48 |
-- |
Lyondell (U.S.) |
3,693.0 |
3,693.0 |
122.0 |
100.0 |
404.0 |
188.6 |
10.9 |
| 49 |
49 |
SKW (Germany) |
3,609.3 |
3,609.3 |
24.9 |
100.0 |
378.0 |
33.2 |
10.5 |
| 50 |
47 |
Chevron (U.S.)f |
35,448.0 |
3,544.0 |
16.0 |
10.0 |
205.0 |
35.8 |
5.8 |
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|
Capital spendinga
|
R&D spendinga
|
| 1999 ($ millions) |
% change 1998-99 |
As % of chemical sales |
1999 ($ millions) |
% change 1998-99 |
As % of chemical sales |
| $2,907.5 |
-15.2% |
9.3% |
$1,370.1 |
2.1% |
4.4% |
| 2,055.0 |
-8.3 |
7.4 |
1,617.0 |
23.6 |
5.8 |
| 2,026.4 |
-14.1 |
10.0 |
1,128.3 |
-4.8 |
5.6 |
| 1,412.0 |
-8.7 |
7.6 |
845.0 |
4.7 |
4.5 |
| 2,243.0 |
28.8 |
16.3 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 663.4 |
-26.0 |
4.9 |
254.0 |
-5.4 |
1.9 |
| 1,178.0 |
-21.0 |
9.1 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 637.1 |
-7.4 |
5.2 |
347.3 |
4.1 |
2.8 |
| 893.3 |
-12.2 |
8.9 |
438.6 |
7.5 |
4.3 |
| 1,215.0 |
-24.3 |
12.9 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 1,152.8 |
38.2 |
12.3 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 644.0 |
23.7 |
7.9 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 477.9 |
4.6 |
6.2 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 316.4 |
-21.4 |
4.3 |
192.8 |
13.1 |
2.6 |
| 392.1 |
-13.6 |
5.5 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 857.6 |
57.8 |
12.6 |
345.2 |
18.7 |
5.1 |
| 767.8 |
22.0 |
11.5 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 1,171.9 |
-9.1 |
17.7 |
97.0 |
4.6 |
1.5 |
| 689.3 |
10.6 |
10.4 |
275.9 |
2.0 |
4.2 |
| 267.4 |
3.0 |
4.1 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 282.9 |
-8.4 |
4.6 |
241.0 |
8.4 |
3.9 |
| 811.7 |
4.7 |
13.2 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 194.4 |
-36.4 |
3.3 |
203.0 |
0.3 |
3.4 |
| 349.3 |
-2.4 |
5.9 |
202.4 |
-2.6 |
3.4 |
| 764.0 |
-2.3 |
13.0 |
154.0 |
7.7 |
2.6 |
| 490.0 |
0.6 |
8.9 |
284.0 |
4.8 |
5.2 |
| na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 323.0 |
41.0 |
6.0 |
236.0 |
14.0 |
4.4 |
| na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| na |
-- |
-- |
1,290.0 |
2.1 |
25.3 |
| 746.0 |
-17.2 |
15.1 |
80.3 |
-25.9 |
1.6 |
| 227.5 |
-37.2 |
4.8 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 173.1 |
-11.0 |
3.7 |
448.0 |
0.7 |
9.5 |
| 573.0 |
15.3 |
12.3 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 889.0 |
15.3 |
19.1 |
123.0 |
9.8 |
2.6 |
| 653.0 |
-16.4 |
14.1 |
67.0 |
-6.9 |
1.4 |
| 279.1 |
-24.1 |
6.1 |
84.2 |
-21.7 |
1.8 |
| 292.0 |
-41.6 |
6.4 |
187.0 |
1.1 |
4.1 |
| na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 289.0 |
-12.7 |
6.6 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 582.8 |
183.5 |
13.4 |
39.4 |
2.6 |
0.9 |
| na |
-- |
-- |
909.0 |
130.7 |
22.7 |
| 409.4 |
4.9 |
10.6 |
119.8 |
13.2 |
3.1 |
| 1,009.9 |
-20.8 |
27.1 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| 190.1 |
13.0 |
5.3 |
112.2 |
61.0 |
3.1 |
| 462.0 |
-37.9 |
13.0 |
na |
-- |
-- |
Note: Ranking based on chemical sales only, to facilitate comparison with C&EN's list of Top 75 U.S.-based producers and subsidiaries (C&EN, May 1, page 21). Excluded where possible are formulated products such as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, specialty equipment, and energy and other nonchemical operations. a For chemical operations only for firms with chemical sales less than 90% of total sales; corporatewide spending for all other firms. b Chemical operating profits are after tax. c Pro forma for 1998. d Pro forma for 1998 and 1999. e Chemical operating profits are earnings before interest and tax. f Net chemical profits. na = not available. nm = not meaningful.
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