Purchasing.com Top 100 Chemical Distributors

Top 100 Chemicals Distributors
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Despite a slowing U.S. economy and rising costs, the chemical distribution industry reports strong demand and is as competitive as ever. Seventy-seven percent of chemical distributors responding to Purchasing's 23rd annual Top 100 survey saw sales grow in 2007. For the Top 100, sales averaged $238.5 million in 2007, up 13.2% from the $207.3 million reported in 2006. New to the Top 100 list this year is SweetLake Chemical Ltd., ranked at No. 97 with 2007 sales of $18.1 million.

Chemical distributors use "strong" not only to describe demand for their products and services in the current economy-average sales increased 13% in 2007-but also to describe the underlying fundamentals of their business and the long-term outlook for the chemical distribution industry. read more