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The industry of companies that develop, manufacture and sell industrial and specialty chemicals, converting raw materials such as oil, natural gas, air, water, metals and minerals into commodity chemicals used across manufacturing and consumer products. It is one of the foundational sectors of the modern industrial economy.
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Mined minerals such as salt, phosphates and potash are direct feedstock for major chemical-industry product categories.
Synthetic fiber production (rayon, nylon) ties the textile industry closely to chemical manufacturing.
Companies In Industry
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
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A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
Sources
1. Wikipedia, Chemical Industry
WikipediaLead sectionQuote, Lead section
The chemical industry comprises the companies and other organizations that develop and produce industrial, specialty and other chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, the chemical industry converts raw materials (oil, natural gas, air, water, metals, and minerals) into commodity chemicals for industrial and consumer products.
1. Wikipedia, Chemical Industry
WikipediaAssociated With: Mining Industry, Inorganic chemicals and Fertilizers sectionsQuote, Associated With: Mining Industry, Inorganic chemicals and Fertilizers sections
Products include salt, chlorine, caustic soda, soda ash, acids (such as nitric acid, phosphoric acid, and sulfuric acid), titanium dioxide, and hydrogen peroxide.
Wikipedia, Textile Industry
WikipediaAssociated With: Textile Industry, 20th century sectionQuote, Associated With: Textile Industry, 20th century section
Cotton and wool producers were not the only source for fibres, as chemical companies created new synthetic fibres that had superior qualities for many uses, such as rayon, invented in 1910, and DuPont's nylon, invented in 1935.
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