Keyword: chemical industry

Strategy & Management

Transformation of Business Models and Processes in the Chemical Industry

10.07.2017 - In a connected world where every chemical company is becoming a technology company, outcome-based business models; end-to-end process automation, integration, and collaboration...

Strategy & Management

A Future-oriented Industrial Policy Strategy

07.07.2017 - René van Sloten, CEFIC executive director industrial policy, explains why a holistic EU industrial policy strategy needs to be put in place – as called for by the Competitiveness...

Markets & Companies

Brexit Means Brexit

12.06.2017 -

Many questions – few answers and a long and uncertain time line for the fog to lift from the new “Channel” between the UK and the EU27.

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Catalysts for More Efficient Processes

23.05.2017 - Catalysis is a key technology for sustainable manufacturing processes in the chemical industry. Catalytic processes play an important role in roughly 90% of all chemical products...

Markets & Companies

China’s Investors Advance

27.04.2017 - Chinese outbound foreign investment continues to beat records year by year. The Asian powerhouse is investing in overseas markets to acquire advanced technology, know-how and...

Markets & Companies

A Difficult Path Ahead

27.04.2017 - It is nearly 10 years since Europe’s chemical legislation REACh was established. The regulation -described as the most complex in the EU’s history – came into effect on Jun 1, 2007...

Strategy & Management

The “Merger Endgame”

26.04.2017 - After robust yet modest chemicals M&A activity in 2016, expectations for the year ahead are high. The value of completed deals in 2016 decreased slightly against 2015 to around...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Chemical Distribution 4.0

04.04.2017 - The digitalization of the chemical distribution industry seems to be a big step for a sector which is both mature and conservative. But, as Neville Prior, president of the European...