eylChem was established as the brand name to market advanced building blocks and actives for the agrochemical industry, non-cGMP line products and intermediates for the pharmaceutical industry as well as products for various other fine chemicals markets such as polymers, paper and photographic chemicals. These markets are served by production units in Griesheim/Höchst (Germany) and Elgin, SC (USA). A wide range of technologies is handled, allowing us to flexibly develop and install products whose synthesis involves various and complex reaction pathways. Individual sites have established core technologies such as fluorination, oxidation, diazotation, exchange reactions (Griesheim/Höchst), Grignard chemistry and Ullmann coupling (Elgin). In addition, all sites apply a variety of support reactions, creating an oppo