Chemicals
| Chemical industry - key data 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Companies | 247 |
| Staff | 44,657 |
| Revenues | EUR 15,288 m |
| Import | EUR 23,968 m |
| Export | EUR 23,587 m |
| Overview of the Chemical Industry Production - Breakdown by Sectors 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Plastic products | 36.5 % |
| Chemicals | 10.5 % |
| Plastics for manufacture | 12.6 % |
| Pharmaceuticals | 14.7 % |
| Man-made fibres | 6.3 % |
| Coating materials, printing ink and putty | 3.6 % |
| Agricultural chemicals | 2.9 % |
| Detergents, cosmetics | 3.0 % |
| Rubber products | 2.0 % |
| Industrial gases | 1.1 % |
| Other | 6.8 % |
| The ten largest companies of the Austrian chemical industry by net turnover in million euro (2017) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Borealis AG | 7,564.34 |
| 2. | Henkel Central Eastern Europe GmbH (Henkel CEE) | 2,897.00 |
| 3. | Lenzing AG | 2,259.40 |
| 4. | Treibacher Industrie AG | 498.00 |
| 5. | Jungbunzlauer Austria AG | 450.93 |
| 6. | Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH (Markenname: Rembrandtin) | 391.69 |
| 7. | Imerys Fused Minerals Villach GmbH (vormals: Treibacher Schleifmittel) | 367.90 |
| 8. | Tiger Coatings GmbH & Co. KG (vormals: Tigerwerk Lack- und Farbenfabrik GmbH & Co KG) | 309.00 |
| 9. | Münzer Bioindustrie GmbH | 256.24 |
| 10. | Chemson Polymer-Additive AG | 212.37 |
| Foreign trade figures of the Austrian chemical industry in million euro (2017) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trading partner | Import | Change from previous year | Export | Change from previous year |
| EU | 16,085 | + 7.2 % | 15,628 | + 18.4% |
| EFTA | 3,320 | + 8.7 % | 2,156 | - 10.7 % |
| Remaining European countries | 274 | + 12.2 % | 1,493 | + 0.3 % |
| Africa | 17 | + 10.5 % | 268 | + 7.8 % |
| Americas | 2,790 | + 10.4 % | 1,792 | + 1.0 % |
| Asia | 1,474 | + 14.8 % | 2,155 | + 6.4 % |
| Australia-Oceania | 9 | + 18.7 % | 95 | + 4.1 % |
| Total | 23,969 | + 8.2 % | 23,587 | + 11.0 % |
Plastics
| Keydata 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Workforce in plastics processing in Austria: | approx. 27,500 |
| Average export quota of plastics processing companies: | approx. 33% |
| Plastics products as a pecentage of the chemical industry 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Finished plastics goods: | 36.5% |
| Plastics for manufacture: | 12.6% |
| The largest companies of the Austrian plastics industry by net turnover in million euro (2017) | |
|---|---|
| Alpla Holding GmbH | 3,400.00 |
| Greiner Holding AG | 1,579.00 |
| Semperit AG Holding | 874.20 |
| Sunpor Kunststoff GmbH | 363.00 |
| agru Kunststofftechnik GmbH | 314.00 |
| Semperit Technische Produkte GmbH | 278.40 |
