青岛红星集团是国有大型生产企业，主营钡盐、锶盐、锰盐、煤矿、物流、进出口贸易等，是世界最大的碳酸钡、亚洲最大的碳酸锶、世界第三大电解二氧化锰生产企业。红星集团的前身是1956年成立的台东化工厂，1966年更名为青岛红星化工厂，1992年组建了青岛红星化工集团公司，随后，红星集团走上了西部创业之路。20多年来，红星集团秉承“艰苦创业，无私奉献，开拓创新，争创一流”的企业精神，先后在贵州、重庆、湖南、湖北、陕西、黑龙江、青岛等七个省市建立全资子公司、股份公司及中外合资企业20余家，成为了名副其实的“世界钡王”、“亚洲锶王”。其中，青岛红星化工厂是世界品质最好的硝酸钡生产企业；东风化工公司生产的药用硫酸钡占全国95%的市场份额；自力实业公司生产的电子级高纯氢氧化钡占世界市场份额的80%；贵州红星发展股份有限公司是世界最大的碳酸钡生产企业，于2001年3月20日在上海证交所上市；重庆大足红蝶锶业公司是亚洲最大的碳酸锶生产企业；贵州红星发展大龙锰业公司是世界第三大电解二氧化锰生产企业。温家宝总理曾先后两次视察红星，并赞誉红星为西部大开发的典范。近年来，红星在青企业为适应青岛市“环湾保护，拥湾发展”战略的需要，确定2014年将老城区企业化工产品全部搬迁至平度市新河化工基地，定位为打造极具红星特色的世界高端钡盐研发和生产基地；外建企业持续有效做好产业结构调整和升级，主导产品钡、锶、锰上台阶、上档次，坚定不移地走高、精、尖发展道路；同时，将大力整合红星各种优势资源，打造新的利润增长点。Qingdao Red Star Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (for short: Group Company) is an enterprise directly under Qingdao. By the end of 2011, total assets is 2.177 billion yuan, sales income is 1.671 billion yuan, added value of industry: 399 million yuan, realized profit: 101.53 million yuan.Currently, group company directly holds 8 subsidiaries, of which including 1 listed company, 2 sino-foreign joint venture enterprises and 1 chemical research institute, the existing staff is 4500.At present, group company mainly operates barium, strontium and manganese three inorganic salt series products, and has become the world’s largest barium salt manufacturer, the Asia’s largest strontium salt manufacturer and China’s second largest electrolytic manganese dioxide manufacturer. At the same time produces and operates the products of plastic stabilizer, paint coating, fine inorganic chemical, natural pigment, flavors and spices, etc.; involves the industries of mining, science and technology training, technical consultation and so on.After more than 50 years’ development, the group company has become a large-scale enterprise group with outstanding main business, multi-industry, trans-regional and with international competitiveness and sustainable development ability.During ‘Twelfth Five-Year’ period, the group company will comprehensively implement scientific development concept, insist sustainable and circulation development road. Make effort to adjust ‘East and West’ industrial layout closely around the new development strategy of ‘Full Adjustment, Improvement and Implementation’, by market-oriented, depending on the current products and through the integration of internal resources; With R&D new material and energy as main direction and through product structure adjustment to improve optimization and upgrading of industry, promote and position barium, strontium and manganese industries as the industries of new energy and material. Constantly improve enterprise economic operation quality and efficiency through actively exploring new markets; The group company will make effort and gradually develop to be an electronic new material and energy secondary battery material supplier with intensive technology and world first-class from a basic chemical material supplier.