United Mine Workers of America. Braidwood is the home of the Mine Workersâ Union Local #1 which was the first Minersâ Union in Illinois. It led to the unionization of all states that mined for coal. William D. Ryan, born in Braidwood in 1861, was a founder of the UMWA.
1. BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) BASF is the biggest chemical producing company in the world with annual sales reaching $78.7 billion in 2014. The German company, headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany is focused on industry grade chemicals used in the automotive, construction, and pharmaceutical industries.
This statistic shows the 2015 ranking of the global top 10 chemical companies based on revenue. The values are based on the 2015 Financial Times Global 500 list. The chemical company Saudi Basic Industries was ranked fourth, generating a revenue of approximately 50.1 billion U.S. dollars. Follow this link to get access to the top 100 chemical companies list.