The anthraquinone process was developed by a German chemical company with a capital located in which city?
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Anthraquinone process The anthraquinone process is a process for the production of hydrogen peroxide, which was developed by BASF. The industrial production of hydrogen peroxide is based on the reduction of oxygen, as in the direct synthesis from the elements. Instead of hydrogen itself, however, a 2-alkyl-anthrahydroquinone, which is generated before from the corresponding 2-alkyl-anthraquinone by catalytic hydrogenation with palladium. Oxygen and the organic phase react under formation of the anthraquinone and hydrogen peroxide. Among other alkyl groups (R) ethyl- and tert. Butyl are used, e.g., 2-ethylanthraquinone.
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BASF BASF SE is a German chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. The BASF Group comprises subsidiaries and joint ventures in more than 80 countries and operates six integrated production sites and 390 other production sites in Europe, Asia, Australia, the Americas and Africa. Its headquarters is located in Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has customers in over 190 countries and supplies products to a wide variety of industries. Despite its size and global presence, BASF has received relatively little public attention since it abandoned manufacturing and selling BASF-branded consumer electronics products in the 1990s.
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Dow Corning Dow Corning is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. Originally established as a joint venture between the Dow Chemical Company and Corning Incorporated, it is now owned by DowDuPont and specializes in silicone and silicon-based technology, and is the largest silicone product producer in the world.
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Bremerhaven Bremerhaven (] , literally "Bremen's harbour", Low German: "Bremerhoben") is a city at the seaport of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Prosol Prosol S.p.A. is an Italian biotechnology company headquartered in Madone, Lombardy region, Italy. Founded in 1974, it primarily develops and markets nutritional ingredients for the food industry and livestock area, especially yeast and yeast extracts, nucleotides, ribonucleic acid, probiotics and natural enhancers. Prosol has an in-house developed technology and its plants cover an area of 28000 sq. m, employing about 38 people and working both in domestic and international markets. The company is the original developer and distributor of Biosprint, an active dry yeast used for animal nutrition, and Ribomix, Ribocare, Levimaxi, Brist, Ribonucleic acid trademarks for human nutrition. The company has received the ISO, GMP+, IFS and OHSAS 18001 certifications.
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Příbram Příbram (] ; German: "Freiberg in Böhmen, Przibram or Pribram, in the time of the German occupation (1939–1945) Pibrans" ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic with a population of 35,147. The city is located on the Litavka river and the foothills of the Brdy Range, 60 km south-west of Prague; the country's capital. The city is well known for its mining history and more recently its new venture into economic restructuring.
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Toepfer International Toepfer International (Alfred C. Toepfer International G.m.b.H.) is a German-based commodity trading firm.
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IAV IAV GmbH (German: Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr , literal "Engineer Society Automobil and Traffic"), abbreviated to IAV, is an engineering company in the automotive industry, designing products for powertrain, electronics and vehicle development. Founded in Berlin in 1983 by Prof. Dr. Hermann Appel as a university-affiliated research institute, the company employs over 5,000 members of staff, and supplies automobile manufacturers and component suppliers. In addition to development centres in Berlin, Chemnitz and Gifhorn, IAV operates at sites in France, United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico and the United States.
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Severin Elektro SEVERIN Elektrogeräte GmbH is a German manufacturer of electric home appliances with its headquarters in Sundern, Germany.
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Gazprom Germania GAZPROM Germania GmbH (Russian: ГАЗПРОМ Германия ГмбХ ), a company registered in Berlin, Germany, is headquarters of a diversified conglomerate, GAZPROM Germania Group, operating in more than 20 countries, and is a 100% subsidiary of the world's largest natural gas company, Gazprom.
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Leverkusen Leverkusen ( ; ] ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf.
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Continental AG Continental AG, commonly known as Continental, is a leading German automotive manufacturing company specialising in tyres, brake systems, interior electronics, automotive safety, powertrain and chassis components, tachographs, and other parts for the automotive and transportation industries. Continental is based in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. Continental is the world's fourth-largest tyre manufacturer. Continental was founded in 1871 as a rubber manufacturer, "Continental-Caoutchouc und Gutta-Percha Compagnie". After acquiring Siemens AG's VDO automotive unit in 2007 Continental was ranked third in global OEM automotive parts sales in 2012 according to a study sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Karl-Ludwig Kley Karl-Ludwig Kley (born 11 June 1951 in Munich) is a German business executive, and the chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the executive board of the German multinational chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences company Merck.
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Eneco Eneco, the trading name of Eneco Holding N.V., is one of the largest producers and suppliers of natural gas, electricity and heat in the Netherlands, serving more than 2 million business and residential customers. Eneco headquarters are located in Rotterdam. It also carries out energy trading and is involved in sustainable energy projects.
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Grifols Grifols, S.A. (] ) is a European multinational pharmaceutical and chemical company from Spain. Principally a producer of blood plasma-based products, a field in which it is the European leader and largest worldwide, the company also supplies devices, instruments, and reagents for clinical testing laboratories.
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Brenntag Brenntag AG is a European chemical distribution company founded in 1874 in Berlin. Brenntag is currently the global market leader in full-line chemical distribution. The company is Headquartered in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany and has operations in more than 70 countries worldwide.
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Boehringer Ingelheim C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Ko. KG is the parent company of Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, which was founded in 1885 by Albert Boehringer in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany. The Boehringer Ingelheim group is one of the world's 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Still headquartered in Ingelheim, it operates globally with 146 affiliates and more than 47,700 employees. The company's key areas of interest are: respiratory diseases, metabolism, immunology, oncology and diseases of the central nervous system. Boehringer Ingelheim is a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations EFPIA. The corporate logo of Boehringer Ingelheim depicts a stylized rendition of the central section of the imperial palace of Charlemagne.
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Pardubice Pardubice (] ; German: "Pardubitz" ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the river Elbe, 96 kilometres east of Prague. There is an old Tower and a Castle. Factories include the Synthesia chemical factory (manufacturer of Semtex, a plastic explosive), an oil refinery Paramo, a heavy machinery factory and an electronic equipment plant. The city is well known for its sport events (Great Pardubice Steeplechase, Golden Helmet of Pardubice, Czech Open), ginger bread, rail and air transport.
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Menarini The Menarini Group is an Italian pharmaceutical company. It was founded in Naples, Italy, in 1886. Its headquarters is in Florence and has three divisions: Menarini Ricerche, Menarini Biotech and Menarini Diagnostics. It is committed to the search for pharmacological solutions for such therapeutic areas as cardiovascular diseases, oncology, pain/inflammation, asthma and anti-infectives. Menarini's research activities are carried out through Menarini Ricerche, which deals with all R&D activities, from the creation of new projects up to the drug registration. Its Menarini Biotech follows the creation of a biotechnological drug from the very early stages of research, through to the pilot scale and up to industrial production. The Group's Menarini Diagnostics division is a health care company with a worldwide network of affiliates partners and distributors focused on diabetes, haematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, and immunology. In 2011, the company had 13,081 employees worldwide.
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Qiagen Qiagen is a provider of sample and assay technologies for molecular diagnostics, applied testing, academic and pharmaceutical research. Consolidated under the Dutch holding Qiagen N.V., the company operates more than 35 offices in over 25 countries. Qiagen’s shares are listed at the technology-focused U.S. stock exchange Nasdaq (using ticker QGEN) and at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the Prime Standard (using ticker QIA). Peer M. Schatz is the company’s Chief Executive Officer. The main operative headquarters are located in Hilden, Germany (near Düsseldorf).
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ArcelorMittal Bremen ArcelorMittal Bremen is a steelworks on the banks of the River Weser in Bremen, Germany.
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Repligen Repligen (RepliGen in the company's logo) is an American company devoted to the development and production of materials used in the manufacture of biological drugs. The company is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, and incorporated in Delaware in 1981. A public company, Repligen is listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol RGEN. s of February 2014 , Repligen employed 116 people, about 50% of these based in Sweden.