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- ABA Chemicals Corporation (300261.SZ), founded in July 2003 and headquartered in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, China, engages in the research, development, production, and sale of fine chemicals, primarily serving the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and nutritional health industries through its CDMO services and branded products. The company offers a broad portfolio of plant protection products including advanced pesticide intermediates, original drugs, preparations, plant growth regulators, herbicides, insecticides, and bactericides; pharmaceutical products encompassing intermediates, active pharmaceutical ingredients such as Levetiracetam, unnatural amino acids, pyrazoles, triazoles, azaindoles, indoles, aza-indoles, azetidines, and key intermediates like 6,6-Dimethyl-3-Azabicyclo[3.1.0]Hexane for Boceprevir and 2-chloro-1-(6-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-2-yl)-ethanone for Nebivolol; and nutritional health products such as NMN and AKG targeted at elderly, women, and children segments, distributed via e-commerce platforms including Tmall, Pinduoduo, JD, and Little Red Book. ABA operates seven production bases across China in locations including Taicang, Nantong Rudong, Yancheng Binhai, Xiangyang, Lanzhou, and Shangyu, plus a European base in Malta; three R&D centers anchored by Shanghai Zhangjiang Innovation Center (over 6,000 square meters), Puyi Chemical, and Yihui Biology; and maintains strategic partnerships with multinational firms such as Corteva (Kodiva), Bayer, Formis, Roche, Adimab (Aberdeen), Novartis, Teva, Daiichi Sankyo, and Sumitomo Chemical. Restructured as a joint stock limited company in February 2010 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Growth Enterprise Market in September 2011 with registered capital of 963 million yuan, the company holds 132 domestic patents (66 invention patents) and 7 international patents, emphasizing chiral chemistry, heterocyclic chemistry, biocatalysis, continuous flow technology, and sustainable ESG practices validated by SBTi targets and Wind China Listed Companies ESG Top 100 inclusion. Recent developments include the August 2025 strategic partnership with Hengrui Pharma to advance pharmaceutical supply chain innovation and mutual growth; completion of the Yancheng Binhai South Area production facility in December 2024; trial production launch of a 2,000-ton chlorantraniliprole technical project; opening of a new R&D building in October 2024; ESG rating upgrade from BBB to AA by Wind in July 2025 (ranking 17th among 517 chemical peers and 4th in pesticides); establishment of a Lanzhou CPC branch and C93 workshop pilot in September and October 2025; and termination of certain Nantong projects and Gansu Haotian investment in 2024-2025 to realign with its customer-centric "2+X" strategy.