Mexichem

Mexichem is the global market leader in the field of plastic pipe systems and the world's largest producer of the mineral fluorite. The company is based in Mexico Tlalnepantla.

General

Today's Mexichem was created by the merger of the two companies Química Pennwalt and Polímeros de México in 1998. The company has grown in subsequent years through acquisitions and organic growth further and currently employs over 17,500 employees worldwide (as of 2014). Significant takeovers of recent years were in 2010 with the acquisition of INEOS Fluor, the largest and second largest Fluoritproduzenten hydrofluoric acid - producers, and in 2012 the acquisition of the Dutch Wavin the European market leader for plastic pipe systems. Germany Sits Wavin is in Emsland twist.