Hydrogen and chemicals are of same family and belongs to each other. So, development of chemical industry without hydrogen is not possible.
Hydrogen is used in most of the procedures that are used in chemical industry. The Haber-Bosch process is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia today, and involves the direct combination of hydrogen and nitrogen under pressure and temperature in the presence of a metal catalyst. Hydrogen is also used in manufacturing of hydrochloric acid, hydrogen peroxide, solvents, polymers, fertilizer, methanol etc.
Hydrogen is also used in Petrochemical methods like hydrodesulphurization, hydro cracking, and hydrodealkylation.
With so many uses, hydrogen is one of the most widely material in the chemical industry.