ABA Chemicals, also known as Abachem,[1] is a Chinese chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Taicang. The company was founded in 2006 as Suzhou ABA Chemicals,[1] and is traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as 300261.[4]

ABA Chemical Corporation
Native name
雅本化学
FormerlySuzhou ABA Chemicals Co. Ltd
Company typePublic
SZSE: 300261 ABACHEM
IndustryChemicals
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)[1]
Headquarters,
Number of locations
6 faciliites (2017)[3]
Key people
Number of employees
1,073[2]
Websiteabachem.com/cn/index.html
Footnotes / references
Key people, Traded as[4]

The company provides contract development and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, and agrochemical industries. It offers various services for the production of fine chemicals; intermediates; and active pharmaceutical ingredients.[2] The company also provides unnatural amino acids,[2] pyrazoles, triazoles, and azaindoles, as well as producing an intermediate of API Levetiracetam for the treatment of epilepsy.

The company is also involved in pesticide manufacturing intermediates, and acquired the Chinese firm Shanghai Puyi Chemical to consolidate its position in this market.[1] It also acquired Amino Chemicals, a pharmaceutical API intermediate manufacturer and member of the Dipharma Group, in 2017; Amino is based on Malta and was established in 1992.[1][3] ABA and Dipharma began a working partnership in the 1980s, which provided Dipharma access to the Chinese pharmaceutical market.[3]

As of 2017, ABA had six facilities, three manufacturing facilities in Jiangsu Province and three research and development facilities in Shanghai.[3] The manufacturing facility in Taicang was ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001 certified as of 2016.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Zephus, Ltd. "ABA Chemicals to acquire Amino Chemicals from Dipharma Francis and other". ACQ5. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "ABA Chemicals Corporation: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Dipharma Francis Srl sell Amino Chemicals to ABA Chemicals". Manufacturing Chemist Pharma. London: HPCi Media. July 4, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "300261:Shenzhen Stock Quote - ABA Chemicals Corp". Bloomberg Markets. Bloomberg. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "Mayor of Suzhou Qv Futian Visited ABA Chem". 12 June 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.

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