Keyword: chemical production

Markets & Companies

Trade and Industry Investment of the US Chemical Sector

25.11.2017 - The American chemical industry is a dynamic, forward-looking industry and a keystone of the domestic economy. One of the oldest industries in the United States, the US chemical...

Markets & Companies

The Middle East – More Opportunities than Risks

25.11.2017 - The Middle East chemical industry makes good money selling basic chemicals and uses local oil and gas in manufacturing. Hopes are high that the many major investments made by the...

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The Spanish Chemical Industry: a Strategic Sector on the Brink?

13.10.2017 - The Spanish economy has, since 2014, experienced the highest rate of growth among the main EU countries, thus presenting the best growth projections in terms of GDP, consumption...

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German Chemical Industry Lifts 2017 Forecast

21.07.2017 - Buoyed by sales growth and good capacity utilization rates in the first half of 2017, Germany’s chemical producers expect the good business climate to continue for the rest of the...

Markets & Companies

South America’s Chemical Industry in Recession

21.11.2016 - The South American countries were beacons of hope for the world economy until the 2008/2009 global economic crisis. Brazil, the region’s largest country, was even mentioned in the...

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EU Chemicals Growth Still Lags, CEFIC Says

07.07.2016 - Chemical production in the 28 EU member states shrank by 0.7% year-on-year on average in the first four months of 2016 and thus remained 5.9% below the pre-crisis 2008 level, the...

Strategy & Management

Chemicals 4.0 — Bringing the Industry to the Next Level

04.04.2016 -

Industry 4.0 sparks intensive discussions within the chemical industry. The question is whether this is really new or just a fancy label for some well-known practices.

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BASF CEO Lists Options for Iran Presence

01.03.2016 - BASF continues to label as “rumor” remarks by executives of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) that Germany’s and the world’s biggest chemical producer is negotiating...