Kai Pflug | chemanager-online.com - Chemistry and Life Science

Feb. 07, 2020
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The Corona Virus and the Chemical Industry
Trying to evaluate the effect of the Corona virus on the chemical industry at this time is difficult. It would be very tempting to reply quoting Zhou Enlai, who reportedly (when asked about the influence of the French Revolution) answered ...
Dec. 09, 2019
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Chemical Parks in China
At the end of the year 2018, China had a total of 676 chemical parks. Of these, 57 are classified as national-level parks, 351 as provincial-level parks and 268 as municipal-level parks, the lowest level. While these parks are spread all ...
Nov. 30, 2018
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One Belt, One Road
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also called the One Belt, One Road policy (OBOR), is an initiative launched by the Chinese government in 2013. The core idea is to improve infrastructure, cooperation and trade between China and ...
Mar. 30, 2018
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China’s Anti-pollution Clampdown
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 a large share of plants. A report by the Ministry of ...
Sep. 09, 2017
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Upgrading of the Chinese Chemical Industry
At a study session earlier this year attended by members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the CPC, highlighted the increasing importance of environmental ...
May. 12, 2016
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Chemical Distribution in China
So far, in the Western world limited attention has been paid to the Chinese market for chemical distribution. In fact, only last year´s ICIS list of the biggest global chemical distributors for the first time includes a major Chinese ...
Dec. 04, 2015
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Role Reversal
China’s role within the global chemical industry has so far mostly been seen as an export market for global producers, not only for specialty chemicals but also for many basic organic chemicals and polymers. However, this situation ...
Oct. 29, 2015
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The Chemical Quotient
What should be the key criteria when searching for the best location for a chemical investment? One might do worse than to use the guiding principle of famous bank robber Willie Sutton. He reputedly once replied to a reporter's inquiry ...
Oct. 08, 2015
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Measuring China’s Importance
In the past 10 years, we have gradually become accustomed to China’s economic rise. In some ways, we are no longer as surprised by it as we should be. I realized this recently when looking at old forecasts.
Sep. 03, 2015
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Disintermediation 2.0?
In mid-2015, BASF opened its first e-commerce store in China, using the Alibaba B2B marketplace platform. According to the company press release, with this step, “BASF is making its solutions more accessible to small and medium-sized ...

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