!!!chemische Industrie

Chemical Industry: With a production value of ATS 103.7 billion (in 
1998) and an 11% share of total industrial production, the chemical 
industry is the second largest of Austrian  industry, coming after the 
 electrical and electronic Industries. In 1998 455 firms with a total 
of 41,900 employees were active in the chemical industry. In recent 
years the chemical industry has seen a sharp rise in production and a 
decisive structural change in the wake of the re-structuring of the 
firm  Chemie Linz AG; it has close connections abroad: exports make up 
around three-quarters of the turnover; main trading partners are other 
EU members (54.8 % of exports); a large part of chemical imports 
(around 78.1 %) also comes from EU countries. Environmental 
protection is especially important in the chemical industry: from the 
mid to late 1990s,  the amount spent on environmental protection rose 
from ATS 2.5 billion to approx. ATS 5.5 billion, accounting for 
roughly 30% of total industrial expenditure on environmental 
protection. .

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Amongst the most companies in the chemical industry and chemical 
products trade in Austria are:  Agrolinz Melamin GmbH,  Biochemie 
GmbH,  Donau Chemie AG,  DSM Fine Chemicals Austria GmbH,  Herba 
Chemosan Apotheker-AG,  Krems Chemie AG, F. Joh.  Kwizda 
Ges. m. b. H., Neuber GmbH and  OMV AG.


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