Union Carbide Corporation

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Union Carbide Corporation is a major American chemical company best known for its role in the 1984 Bhopal disaster and for producing a wide range of industrial chemicals and polymers.

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instanceOf American company
chemical company
corporation
acquiredBy Dow Chemical Company
acquisitionYear 2001
activity manufacture of industrial chemicals
manufacture of plastics
manufacture of polymers
research and development in chemistry
brand UCAR
changedNameTo Union Carbide Corporation
country United States
formerHeadquartersLocation Danbury, Connecticut
foundedAs Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
foundedIn 1917
foundedInCentury 20th century
headquartersLocation Houston, Texas
linked to: Houston
industry chemicals
petrochemicals
polymers
involvedIn environmental litigation
industrial safety controversies
legalForm corporation
locationCountryOfOperations Brazil
Canada
Germany
India
United States
notableEvent 1984 gas leak at Bhopal
linked to: Bhopal disaster
notableFor Bhopal disaster
operatedPlantIn Bhopal, India
linked to: Bhopal
parentCompany Dow Chemical Company
Dow Inc.
product adhesives
ethylene glycol
ethylene oxide
industrial gases
polyethylene
polypropylene
sealants
solvents
specialty polymers
vinyl chloride monomer
roleInEvent owner of Union Carbide India Limited at time of Bhopal disaster
status subsidiary
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange
subsidiaryInIndia Union Carbide India Limited
tickerSymbol UK

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Dow Chemical Company hasSubsidiary Union Carbide Corporation
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant operatedBy Union Carbide
linked to: Union Carbide Corporation
Union Carbide Corporation subsidiaryInIndia Union Carbide India Limited
linked to: Union Carbide Corporation
Union Carbide Corporation foundedAs Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
linked to: Union Carbide Corporation
Union Carbide Corporation changedNameTo Union Carbide Corporation
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant managedBy Union Carbide (historical operator under contract)
linked to: Union Carbide Corporation
Union Carbide Building originalClient Union Carbide Corporation
Bhopal disaster parentCompany Union Carbide Corporation
UCAR associatedWith Union Carbide Corporation
UCAR historicallyOwnedBy Union Carbide Corporation
John Motley Morehead III employer Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
linked to: Union Carbide Corporation