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The two companies partnered together "to provide a technological thrust to the PVC offering for different industries". [3] Westlake Chemical Corporation acquired Axiall Corporation on August 31, 2016. The combined company became the third-largest chlor-alkali producer and the second-largest polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer in North America.
Braskem is Brazil's main producer of polyethylene, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride – PVC, with 5.7 million tons of resins capacity production in Brazilian territory. The company is also the leader in the US polypropylene market, with 1.5 million tons of production capacity.
JM Eagle is an American corporation and a manufacturer of plastic pipe. [1] At its 22 plants in North America, the company manufactures polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and high-density polyethylene pipe for a variety of industries including utility, plumbing, electrical, natural gas, irrigation, potable water, drainage, and sewage.
Chemical & Engineering News publishes an annual list of the world's largest chemical producers by sales, excluding formulated products such as pharmaceutical drugs and coatings. [1] In 2018, sales of the top fifty companies amounted to US$ 951,000,000,000, an increase of 11.8% compared to the top fifty producers of 2017. [ 2 ]
Healthcare is the dominant sector among the largest companies in the US, including health insurance giants Humana in Kentucky at $56.1 billion and UnitedHealth out of Minnesota at $485.49 billion.
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About half of the world's PVC production capacity is in China, despite the closure of many Chinese PVC plants due to issues complying with environmental regulations and poor capacities of scale. The largest single producer of PVC as of 2018 is Shin-Etsu Chemical of Japan, with a global share of around 30%. [16]
A list of major plastic companies located worldwide. This list includes companies with the following products: plastic hose system solutions, plastic raw material manufacturing, plastic raw material trading, plastic film extrusion, plastic injection moulding, plastic blow moulding, plastic film rotogravure printing, plastic film flexographic printing, plastic slitting, plastic lamination and ...