Union Carbide

Also known as Union Carbide Corporation

company

Key facts

Company type: Subsidiary
Traded as: NYSE : UCC (until 2001) DJIA component (until 1999) S&P 500 component (until 2001)
Industry: Chemicals
Founded: 1917 ; 109 years ago ( 1917 )
Founder: John Motley Morehead III
Headquarters: Seadrift, Texas , U.S.
Key people: Richard Wells ( CEO & president )
Products: Bulk chemicals Ethylene Ethylene derivatives
Revenue: US$ 4.377 billion (2019)
Operating income: US$691 million (2019)
Net income: US$523 million (2019)
Total assets: US$5.278 billion (2019)

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A 1922 advertisement for Union Carbide gas lighting. Electric lighting was not yet common in many rural areas of the United States.

Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) is an American chemical company headquartered in Seadrift, Texas. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company since 2001. Union Carbide produces chemicals and polymers that undergo one or more further conversions by customers before reaching consumers. Some are high-volume commodities and others are specialty products. Markets served include paints and coatings, packaging, wire and cable, household products, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, textiles, agriculture, and oil and gas. The company is a former component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.