• more than 50,000 products;
• more than 200 manufacturing sites and offices in over 55 countries;
• around 45,000 employees worldwide.

ICI has leading international positions in

• industrial adhesives
• specialty starch
• fragrances
• flavours
• food ingredients
• specialty process intermediates
• paints
• refrigerants

ICI has strong positions in

• synthetic resins and polymers
• chemicals based on silica and alumina
• surfactants
• catalysts

The number of employees in the ICI Group worldwide at the end of 1999 was 46,700, down from 58,700 at the end of 1998.