Keyword: Globalization

Logistics & Supply Chain

Global Supply Chains and Corruption

30.10.2013 - Barrier To Business - One of the defining trends of the past three decades has been globalization. In order to take advantage of low-cost labor in emerging economies, companies...

Where Is Germany Headed? Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

15.08.2013 - No question, the chemical industry faces daunting challenges. As sales markets and goods flows globalize and new production centers emerge, both large and small companies are...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Distribution In Emerging Markets

20.06.2013 - Trading Uncertainty for Untested Markets - The chemical distribution market is undeniably being challenged by uncertainty surrounding the current economic conditions, in Europe and...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

ChemOutsourcing: An Annual Cult Classic

29.05.2013 - When Billy Joel once sang about spending his weekend on the Jersey Shore, he most likely wasn't thinking about the pharma, chemical and biotech industries' best and brightest...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Chemical Distribution in the Age of Volatility

28.05.2013 - Ups and Downs of Today's Economy - What sort of road lies ahead for the chemical distribution industry in Europe? In the short run it will be determined by the current...

News

Trends in the Chemicals, Materials and Food Industry

14.06.2012 - A new forecast from Frost & Sullivan presents the key perspectives on growth in the Chemicals, Materials and Food Industry in 2012 and shows where the next growth opportunities are...

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Peter Pollak on the World of Fine Chemicals

26.10.2011 - In his book "Fine Chemicals - The Industry and the Business," Dr. Peter Pollak provides a comprehensive view on one of the most challenging segments of the modern chemical industry...

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Industry Has a Future in Germany

07.12.2009 - Strategy - Industrial production still has a great potential in Germany. A joint study by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, the German Federation of Industry (BDI) and IW Cologne...