Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) is a U.S.-based multinational technology company best known for its global e-commerce marketplace and extensive logistics network. Founded in 1994, it also operates Amazon Web Services (AWS), a large cloud computing platform, alongside digital media, advertising, and consumer devices businesses. The company is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker AMZN.
For the chemical value chain, Amazon’s role is primarily enabling. AWS provides scalable computing, data storage, analytics, AI/ML, IoT, and high-performance computing used in R&D simulations, process optimization, supply chain planning, and plant digitalization. Amazon Business supports enterprise procurement of MRO, laboratory, and safety supplies, complementing manufacturers’ indirect spend programs. The company invests in renewable energy and delivery fleet electrification to reduce operational emissions, and co-founded The Climate Pledge, which targets net-zero carbon by 2040.
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