Elemica conducted its first transactions in both Europe and the Americas on January 1, 2001.
PHILADELPHIA –Elemica, a neutral e-marketplace founded in August 2000 by some of the world’s leading chemical companies, conducted its first transactions in both Europe and the Americas on January 1, 2001. More than half of the company’s investors agreed to be part of Elemica’s phase-one launch.
Participants in the beta test of the chemicals e-marketplace included 16 of the industry’s leading companies, including Air Products and Chemicals, ATOFINA, BASF, Bayer, BP, Celanese, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Degussa-Hüls AG, The Dow Chemical Co., DSM, DuPont, Millennium Chemicals, Rhodia, Rohm and Haas, Shell, and Solvay.