ABA Chemicals

{{Short description|Chinese chemical manufacturing company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = ABA Chemical Corporation

| logo = ABA Chemicals company logo.png

| native_name = 雅本化学

| native_name_lang = zh

| former_name = Suzhou ABA Chemicals Co. Ltd

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{nowrap|{{szse|300261}} {{small|ABACHEM}}}}

| industry = Chemicals

| fate =

| predecessor =

| successor =

| founded = {{Start date and age|2006}}

| founder =

| defunct =

| hq_location_city = Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu

| hq_location_country = China

| num_locations = 6 facilities (2017)

| key_people = {{unbulleted list|Cai Tong {{small|(Chairman/President)}} |Mao Haifeng {{small|(Vice President)}} |Ma Lifan {{small|(Vice President)}}}}

| owner =

| num_employees = 1,073

| num_employees_year =

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| website = {{URL|https://abachem.com/cn/index.html}}

| footnotes = Key people, Traded as

}}

ABA Chemicals, also known as Abachem, is a Chinese chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Taicang. The company was founded in 2006 as Suzhou ABA Chemicals,{{Cite news |last=Zephus, Ltd. |date= |title=ABA Chemicals to acquire Amino Chemicals from Dipharma Francis and other |publisher=ACQ5 |url=https://www.acq5.com/post/aba-chemicals-to-acquire-amino-chemicals-from-dipharma-francis-and-other/ |url-status=dead |access-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131093407/https://www.acq5.com/post/aba-chemicals-to-acquire-amino-chemicals-from-dipharma-francis-and-other/ |archive-date=January 31, 2019}} and is traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as 300261.{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=300261:Shenzhen Stock Quote - ABA Chemicals Corp |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/300261:CH |url-access=registration |access-date=January 30, 2019 |website=Bloomberg Markets |publisher=Bloomberg}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=139755199|title=ABA Chemicals Corporation: Private Company Information|last=|date=|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=January 30, 2019}} The company also provides unnatural amino acids, 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. 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.manufacturingchemist.com/news/article_page/Dipharma_Francis_Srl_sell_Amino_Chemicals_to_ABA_Chemicals/131188|title=Dipharma Francis Srl sell Amino Chemicals to ABA Chemicals|last=|date=July 4, 2017|work=Manufacturing Chemist Pharma|access-date=January 30, 2019|publisher=HPCi Media|location=London}} ABA and Dipharma began a working partnership in the 1980s, which provided Dipharma access to the Chinese pharmaceutical market.

As of 2017, ABA had six facilities, three manufacturing facilities in Jiangsu Province and three research and development facilities in Shanghai. The manufacturing facility in Taicang was ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified as of 2016.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mykluang.com/en/about/detail/182|title=Mayor of Suzhou Qv Futian Visited ABA Chem|last=|date=June 12, 2016|access-date=January 30, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190131014038/https://www.mykluang.com/en/about/detail/182|archive-date=31 January 2019|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}