The company continues a proud tradition of innovation in fluorine chemistry, dating back over 50 years. Innovation has made them one of the leading fluorine technology companies. Mexichem has built the world’s first commercial- scale facility for the manufacture of tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-134a) – the ozone-benign replacement for CFC12. It has a turnover of approximately USD 800 million, and employs 1,100 people at its operations in the UK, USA, Japan, Taiwan and Mexico.