Keyword: CMI 01/2018

Strategy & Management

Along the Acquisition Trail

17.04.2018 - For the global specialty chemicals sector, the past two years have been among the most exciting of the young millennium. Many mergers and acquisitions were in the spotlight in 2017...

Strategy & Management

Emerging Strategic Impact of Batch Analytics

03.04.2018 - Recent significant investments by big chemical companies in a strong specialty chemicals portfolio indicate that the importance of these products and therefore of batch production...

Strategy & Management

Hard Times for Bio-based Products

03.04.2018 - Petroleum is a limited resource and if we keep using it global warming will accelerate. Since this realization has filtered in the quest for alternatives has begun. Shale gas and...

Strategy & Management

Material Solutions for the Automotive Industry

02.04.2018 - Following the founding of Asahi Kasei Europe (AKEU), based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the opening of a European R&D center in Dormagen, Germany, the Japanese chemical company has...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Helping Customers Meet Market Requirements

02.04.2018 - In the past decade, specialty chemicals distributor Azelis has transformed from a decentralized European business into an integrated group with a turnover of €1.8 billion and...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Addressing Challenges in Sterile Manufacturing

30.03.2018 - With a market value of $62 billion in 2016, the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) industry has a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6-7 %, according to...

Strategy & Management

China’s Anti-pollution Clampdown

30.03.2018 - Since late 2016, the Chinese government has conducted a series of environmental inspections of production companies. These inspections have typically led to short-term closures of...

Strategy & Management

Biotechnology Is about to Change Our Lives

30.03.2018 - Biotechnology encompasses a broad range of technologies that employ living organisms or parts of them to make diverse products. For example, drugs and therapeutics, nutritional...