Introduction
Bavaria is the third largest chemicals location in Germany employing 13.7% of the sector’s workforce. The Chemical sector in Bavaria is comprised of about 250 SMEs and global players such as Wacker
Chemieand Süd-Chemie with headquarters in Bavaria; andDegussa, BASF, Clariant and Ciba Spezialitätenchemie with research facilities and production plants in Bavaria.
The Bavarian Chemical industry has 59,000 employees and sales in excess of 13 billion euro. Bavarian chemical companies produce products that cover virtually the entire chemicals spectrum with a focus on specialty pharmacy, primary plastics, paints, lacquers and adhesive cements, body care products as well as chemical fibers. We invite you to view the areas:
Petrochemical
Petrochemical companies that work with propylene and ethylene basis have an industry concentration in three areas in the state: Münchsmünster, Burghausen and Burgkirchen/Gendorf. For example, OMV, Austria’s largest listed industrial company, is located in Burghausen and BP/Ruhr Oel is located in Münchsmünster. Pipelines link the companies to their clients in these three sites. Plastics manufacturers such as Basell, Borealis and Vinnolit and well as Wacker
Chemie AG and Clariant
GmbH also buy specialty chemicals in these areas.
Chemical Fiber
The Bavarian Chemical fiber industry accounts for about 40% of sales and workforce in the German chemical industry. Companies such as Invista, Johns Manville, Trevira and Teijin
Monofilament are located in Bobingen. The U.S.-based Johns Manville initially invested in the Bavarian City of Bobingen in 1999 and in 2006 decided to invest 30 million euros to create 17 new jobs and secure 170 existing jobs increasing the company’s annual production of spunbond by about 30%.
In Obernburg there is a concentration of chemical fiber companies such as Cordenka, Enka, Diolen
Industrial Fibers and Polyamide
High Performance and Kelheim
Fibres. Leading international companies such as Rudolf
Chemie GmbH and Ciba Spezialitätenchemie Pfersee GmbH also have a R&D Center of Excellence and a production site in Bavaria.
Construction Chemicals
German construction chemical companies account for approximately half of the European market volume and a third of the world market. Global players Degussa
AG and Wacker Chemie AG are located in Bavaria. Also located in the State of Bavaria are mid-size cement, mortar and paint manufacturers that hold leading positions globally in their respective market segments such as Keimfarben
GmbH & Co. KG, Knauf Bauprodukte GmbH, PCI
Augsburg GmbH and Otto-Chemie.
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