Chemical Characteristics of Major Countries in the World
China:
Large scale and high output: The scale of a variety of basic chemicals such as oil refining, ethylene and propylene ranks among the top in the world, and it is also in the global leading position in many subsectors such as MDI, adipic acid and fluorine chemical industry.
Complete industrial system: covers the complete industrial chain from basic chemical raw materials to high-end chemical products, and has a strong strength in chemical engineering construction, and can build chemical equipment in many countries around the world.
Rapid innovation and development: Breakthroughs have been made in emerging fields such as new energy materials and semiconductor materials, such as positive electrode materials and silicon materials, ranking first in the world, and the localization process of electronic chemicals has accelerated.
America:
Leading technology: It has obvious technical advantages in high-end materials, specialty chemicals, electronic materials and other fields, such as high-performance engineering plastics, special rubber, carbon fiber, etc., and has an early layout in green and sustainable technologies such as bio-based materials and hydrogen energy technology.
Strong enterprise strength: Dow, ExxonMobil and other chemical companies occupy some seats in the global chemical 50, and in several product areas in the world's leading position, such as Dow Chemical in the field of photoresist accounted for about 80%.
Industrial concentration: The Gulf Coast region is home to many large petroleum and petrochemical companies and is an important base for the petrochemical industry in the United States, with refining capacity and ethylene production capacity accounting for 44% and 95% of the total capacity in the United States.
Germany:
Technological innovation and high value-added products: Specialty chemicals cover pharmaceutical intermediates, electronic chemicals and other high value-added products, accounting for 12% of the global market share, is the largest pharmaceutical industry in Europe.
Complete industrial chain: polyurethane, PVC production capacity in the world's top three, the world's leading in polymers, biodegradable plastics research and development, BASF, Bayer and other chemical giants occupy a dominant position in many fields.
Large research and development investment: in 2023, chemical research and development investment exceeded 5 billion euros, accounting for 19% of the total spending on manufacturing research and development, and the number of patents ranks among the top in the world.
Korea:
Export leading: It is the fourth largest country in the chemical industry, and the export value of chemical products accounts for 5.2% of the world, with semiconductor materials, battery materials, and special chemicals as the core export categories.
High-end material advantages: It has certain advantages in the fields of photoresist, silicon wafers, battery materials, POE elastomers, carbon fibers, etc., and is indispensable in the semiconductor and new energy supply chain.
Industrial synergy development: Through industrial synergy, driven by electronics, automotive and other related industries, the chemical industry continues to develop, such as LG Chem is the world's largest supplier of electric vehicle battery materials.
Japan:
Deep technology accumulation: in the semiconductor materials, specialty chemicals, carbon fiber and other segments of the global market share, especially in the semiconductor material supply has an important position.
Leading high-end segments: With years of technological innovation, it occupies a global leadership position in some high-end segments, such as the production technology of electronic grade polysilicon, photoresist and other products is at the world advanced level.
Pay attention to environmental protection and sustainable development: pay attention to environmental protection and resource recycling in the chemical production process, and develop a series of environmental protection technologies and processes.
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