Albemarle Corporation
| Albemarle Corporation
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US0126531013 |
| founding | 1994 |
| Seat |
Baton Rouge , Louisiana ,
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| management | Luther C. Kissam (President and CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 6,963 (February 2, 2016) |
| sales | 3,651,000,000 US dollars |
| Branch | chemistry |
| Website | www.albemarle.com |
| As of December 31, 2015 | |
Albemarle Corporation is an American chemical company based in Baton Rouge , Louisiana .
history
In 1887 the Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company was founded. In 1962 she takes over the Ethyl Corporation and takes its name. In 1994 today's Albemarle Corporation is spun off.
In 2001, Albemarle took over parts of ChemFirst when they were sold to DuPont . In the same year the Martinswerk from Bergheim was bought. In 2008, the company's headquarters were moved from Richmond, Virginia to Baton Rouge.
2013 was a joint venture Jordan Bromine Company between Albemarle and Arab Potash Company founded. In 2014 the business areas of antioxidants , ibuprofen and propofol were sold to the SI Group . In January 2015, the acquisition of Rockwood Holdings was completed. Rockwood Lithium with locations in Frankfurt-Hausen and Langelsheim is one of the world's largest producers of lithium concentrates and compounds.
In August 2015 it was announced that the headquarters would be relocated back to the east coast in Charlotte (North Carolina) .
On June 17, 2016, Albemarle and BASF announced that the company Chemetall will be sold to BASF for around 3.2 billion dollars (2.8 billion euros).
Business areas
The main products of the range Performance Chemicals are lithium chemicals and flame retardants on bromine . Refining Solutions manufactures catalysts . The former Chemetall division is the global market leader in surface treatment chemicals.
In addition, the intermediates 2,6-diethylaniline , 2,6-diisopropylaniline and 6-ethyl-2-toluidine are produced.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leadership
- ↑ a b c Form 10-K 2015
- ↑ Albemarle Corporation History in Funding Universe
- ↑ Albemarle Bags ChemFirst Fine Chemicals , June 18, 2001
- ↑ Dennis Vlaminck: Bergheimer Martinswerk is to be sold. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . February 13, 2015, accessed November 21, 2015 .
- ↑ SI Group Completes Acquisition of Albemarle's Antioxidants, Ibuprofen and Propofol Businesses. Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
- ^ History
- ↑ Thorsten Winter: Chemetall: The unknown world market leader from Frankfurt. In: FAZ . March 17, 2011, accessed November 21, 2015 .
- ^ Albemarle cites Charlotte, NC's 'big-city feel,' other advantages to moving headquarters from Baton Rouge. In: The Advocate . August 25, 2015, accessed November 21, 2015 .
- ↑ With Chemetall, BASF makes the largest acquisition since 2010. Reuters, June 17, 2016, accessed on August 3, 2016 .
- ^ Lithium and Advanced Materials
- ↑ Bromine Specialties
- ^ Refining Solutions
- ↑ www.chemetall.com
- ↑ Agricultural Actives & Intermediates ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
