Hebei Jingye Group
HQ CN12% share
Chinese industrial group; among the prominent global salicylic acid / aspirin-precursor manufacturers.
chemical · input
Salicylic acid (aspirin precursor)
Synthesized via Kolbe-Schmitt reaction from sodium phenolate + CO₂; direct precursor for aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). China dominates both salicylic acid and acetic anhydride production.
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What depends on it
Goods that need this input
1 essential American goods rely on salicylic acid (aspirin precursor) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Who makes it
Supplier companies
5 companies produce salicylic acid (aspirin precursor).
Siddharth Carbochem Products Ltd.
HQ IN4% share
Indian fine-chemicals maker; salicylic acid and salicylate derivatives.
Merck KGaA (MilliporeSigma in US)(MRK)
HQ DE
German multinational producing the Hi-Flow Plus nitrocellulose membrane — one of the two industry-standard LFA membranes globally. Received a €121M US DoD/HHS contract to build the first US lateral flow membrane facility in Sheboygan, WI (2022) to reduce concentration risk in Cork, Ireland.
Seqens (Novacyl Division) — formerly Rhodia Pharma
HQ FR
French specialty pharmaceuticals company (HQ Ecully, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; private equity owned — EURAZEO); Seqens' Novacyl division in Roussillon, Isère, France is Europe's primary aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) API producer and one of the few remaining non-Chinese aspirin API manufacturers globally. Novacyl was founded in 1928 (formerly Rhodia Pharma Solutions/Rhône-Poulenc); the Roussillon facility has been producing aspirin for nearly a century. Seqens also acquired PCAS (pharmaceutical chemistry specialty) and other French fine chemical companies to build a 'European pharmaceutical sovereignty' API platform — with significant French government encouragement post-COVID. Novacyl's aspirin production represents approximately 8-10% of global aspirin capacity — the primary European alternative to Chinese Shandong Xinhua for aspirin API procurement.
Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical
HQ CN
World's largest aspirin API producer since the 1980s; 10,000+ tonnes/year aspirin capacity; exports ~5,000 tonnes/year to Pfizer, Bayer, Sanofi, GSK, Abbott, and Novartis. Also produces APAP and analgesics. Listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange.