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The Top 75 in terms of chemical sales, operating profits, and profitablility
|
Chemical sales |
Chemical operating profits |
Chemical operating profit margin |
Identifiable chemical assets |
Return on chemical assets |
|---|
|
|
Rank |
|
Rank |
|
Rank |
|
Rank |
|
Rank |
| $ Millions |
1998 |
1998 |
1997 |
1998 |
1998 |
1997 |
1998 |
1998 |
1997 |
1998 |
1998 |
1997 |
1998 |
1998 |
1997 |
| Air Products |
$4,446.7 |
12 |
16 |
$826.8 |
5 |
8 |
18.6% |
9 |
18 |
$6,647.8 |
7 |
6 |
12.4% |
19 |
42 |
| Akzo Nobel |
2,901.0 |
21 |
29 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Albemarle |
820.9 |
66 |
72 |
125.7 |
35 |
54 |
15.3 |
14 |
36 |
937.8 |
39 |
51 |
13.4 |
16 |
34 |
| Alcoa |
670.0 |
69 |
78 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| AlliedSignal |
4,169.0 |
14 |
15 |
634.0 |
9 |
13 |
15.2 |
16 |
45 |
4,473.0 |
15 |
15 |
14.2 |
12 |
35 |
| American Home
Products |
2,194.1 |
30 |
35 |
592.0 |
10 |
20 |
27.0 |
1 |
10 |
5,026.4 |
11 |
10 |
11.8 |
20 |
66 |
| Arch Chemicals |
862.8 |
61 |
-- |
57.0 |
47 |
-- |
6.6 |
43 |
-- |
721.6 |
41 |
-- |
7.9 |
32 |
-- |
| Aristech |
830.8 |
63 |
68 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Ashland Oil |
4,087.0 |
15 |
17 |
158.0 |
30 |
46 |
3.9 |
52 |
79 |
1,776.0 |
25 |
29 |
8.9 |
28 |
54 |
| AstraZeneca |
1,437.0 |
46 |
44 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| BASF |
4,800.0 |
9 |
9 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| BP Amoco |
4,470.0 |
11 |
71 |
566.0 |
12 |
-- |
12.7 |
27 |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Cabot |
1,437.0 |
46 |
49 |
226.0 |
24 |
40 |
15.7 |
13 |
40 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Celanese |
3,932.0 |
17 |
8 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| CF Industries |
1,200.3 |
50 |
48 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
1,426.0 |
31 |
33 |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Chevron |
3,054.0 |
19 |
20 |
161.0 |
29 |
25 |
5.3 |
49 |
62 |
3,873.0 |
17 |
17 |
4.2 |
41 |
58 |
| Ciba Specialty
Chemicals |
1,516.0 |
40 |
43 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Clariant |
1,200.0 |
51 |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Creanova |
550.0 |
73 |
84 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Crompton & Knowles |
1,451.6 |
43 |
45 |
261.1 |
20 |
34 |
18.0 |
11 |
27 |
1,243.9 |
34 |
40 |
21.0 |
3 |
14 |
| Cytec Industries |
1,444.3 |
45 |
56 |
195.0 |
26 |
44 |
13.5 |
24 |
47 |
1,415.3 |
32 |
27 |
13.8 |
14 |
59 |
| Degussa |
926.0 |
58 |
70 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Dow Chemical |
17,710.0 |
2 |
2 |
2,552.0 |
2 |
2 |
14.4 |
18 |
26 |
18,835.0 |
2 |
2 |
13.5 |
15 |
17 |
| Dow Corning |
2,568.0 |
24 |
28 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
5,649.0 |
10 |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| DSM |
968.0 |
55 |
63 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| DuPont |
26,202.0 |
1 |
1 |
3,027.0 |
1 |
1 |
11.6 |
31 |
22 |
18,998.0 |
1 |
1 |
15.9 |
8 |
12 |
| Eastman Chemical |
4,481.0 |
10 |
12 |
434.0 |
14 |
12 |
9.7 |
35 |
50 |
5,876.0 |
8 |
7 |
7.4 |
33 |
60 |
| Elf Atochem |
2,200.0 |
29 |
36 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Engelhard |
1,680.2 |
34 |
46 |
239.8 |
23 |
29 |
14.3 |
19 |
20 |
1,839.5 |
24 |
31 |
13.0 |
17 |
19 |
| Ethyl |
974.2 |
54 |
60 |
122.3 |
36 |
51 |
12.6 |
28 |
43 |
1,065.5 |
37 |
45 |
11.5 |
21 |
38 |
| Exxon |
10,504.0 |
3 |
3 |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
na |
-- |
-- |
| Farmland Industries |
1,157.8 |
53 |
57 |
48.1 |
5 |
47 |
4.2 |
51 |
46 |
510.4 |
45 |
63 |
9.4 |
26 |
3 |
| Ferro |
544.0 |
74 |
82 |
58.6 |
46 |
74 |
10.8 |
33 |
71 |
246.3 |
48 |
75 |
23.8 |
2 |
13 |
| FMC |
2,220.4 |
28 |
32 |
271.7 |
18 |
32 |
12.2 |
29 |
56 |
1,460.9 |
30 |
23 |
18.6 |
6 |
58 |
| H. B. Fuller |
1,347.2 |
49 |
53 |
87.9 |
39 |
59 |
6.5 |
44 |
72 |
1,046.2 |
38 |
49 |
8.4 |
30 |
62 |
| GenCorp |
689.0 |
68 |
80 |
89.0 |
38 |
65 |
12.9 |
25 |
54 |
584.0 |
44 |
71 |
15.2 |
10 |
6 |
| General Chemical |
577.3 |
72 |
88 |
81.1 |
40 |
55 |
14.0 |
21 |
9 |
623.9 |
43 |
62 |
13.0 |
17 |
9 |
| General Electric |
6,633.0 |
4 |
4 |
1,584.0 |
3 |
3 |
23.9 |
2 |
77 |
na |
-- |
55 |
na |
-- |
72 |
| Georgia Gulf |
875.0 |
60 |
64 |
130.0 |
34 |
49 |
14.9 |
17 |
29 |
669.8 |
42 |
59 |
19.4 |
5 |
7 |
| BF Goodrich |
1,195.8 |
52 |
66 |
145.8 |
33 |
52 |
12.2 |
29 |
52 |
1,369.5 |
33 |
53 |
10.6 |
23 |
29 |
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