Electrochemicals

World Production

• Aluminum: 16 million metric tons (1986) (180 meter cube)

• Sodium Hydroxide: 10 million metric tons (1986)

• Chlorine: 9 million metric tons (1986)

Companies with Electrolytic Roots

• AlCoA: $23 billion in sales (2002)

• Dow Chemical: $27 billion in chemical sales (2002)

• Degussa: $11 billion in chemical sales (2002)

• Imperial Chemical Industries: $9 billion in chemical sales (2002)

• General Electric: $8 billion in chemical sales ($135 billion total) (2002)