Elf Atochem North America has been renamed ATOFINA Chemicals.

Elf Atochem North America, Philadelphia, has been renamed ATOFINA Chemicals Inc. as a result of the merger of Elf Atochem’s parent company, Elf Aquitaine, and TotalFina. The former Fina Oil & Chemical Co. has been renamed ATOFINA Petrochemicals Inc. The companies’ corporate parent, Paris-based ATOFINA, is the world’s fifth-largest chemical company, with annual sales of $17 billion.