Homework Problem 5

Review and analysis of a chemical company

Review of the technical, financial and commercial success of one Israeli (or non-Israeli) chemical company

Describe the successes or failures of the company. Does it have a development policy? Is it innovative or only interested in buying and selling?
Estimate the degree of success of the company in the near future. Explain the reasons for your estimate.

Search in company reports, reports to stockholders, in current or recent newspapers, ask people you know, and use search engines in the Internet for information about one of the chemical companies in Israel or abroad.

The choice of companies will begin about 4 weeks before the end of the Semester, and will be controlled by the instructor

Unfortunately, Many of the chemical companies in Israel are privately owned and the open information is limited and many others are very small. Therefore, the list includes also foreign companies

Below is a list of possible public Israeli companies:
You can suggest additional companies.
A large list of chemical companies
A large list of biological companies

  • Israel Chemicals
  • The Haifa Refineries (Bazan)
  • Adama (Previously – Machteshim-Agan)
  • Paz
  • Frutarom
  • Dor chemicals
  • Teva
  • Kamada (Chemada Bromine Compounds)
  • Taro
  • Perigo
  • Gadot Biochemicals
  • Plasson Ltd (PLassim)
  • Polyram
  • Haifa Chemicals (through Trans resources) (Difficult to get information)

A list of possible non-Israeli companies : (You may suggest other companies)

  • Albemarle
  • Alcan-Aluswisse-Lonza
  • Arab Potash Company
  • BASF
  • BP
  • Chevron-Texaco
  • Exxon-Mobil
  • Genentech
  • Great Lakes
  • ICI
  • Incyte
  • Monsanto
  • Oxidental
  • Pharmacia
  • Rhodia
  • Shell
  • Unilever

General references for Israeli companies:

http://web.bizportal.co.il/web/bizfront.shtml

http://finance.walla.co.il/

http://index.nana.co.il/

http://www.corporateinformation.com/

http://www.chemindustry.com/popular/I/Israel.asp

http://www.science.co.il/Chemistry-Companies.asp?s=chemicals

General references for non Israeli companies:

http://www.thomasnet.com/products/chemicals-13720206-1.html

http://www.chemdex.org/index.php?sid=199569827&t=sub_pages&cat=478

http://chemindustry.com/

http://composite.about.com/cs/resinproducers/

http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Non-CMA-Importance-1992.htm

http://www.chemlin.de/market/companies_a.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chemical_companies