BASF Corporation · Florham Park, NJ United States

If you're a North American chemical company, BASF might strike you as a four-letter word. BASF Corporation -- the North American subsidiary of the world's largest chemicals company, BASF SE -- makes nearly every chemical under the sun. The company operates five core segments: chemicals (inorganics, petrochemicals, and intermediate products), plastics (engineering plastics, foams, and polyurethanes), performance products (acrylics, paper chemicals, personal care products, and pharmaceutical ingredients), functional solutions (catalysts, industrial coatings, and construction chemicals), and agricultural chemicals (herbicides, insecticides). The company is responsible for about a fifth of its BASF's total sales. To read the full description, subscribe now.