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Chemistry & Life Sciences

Dealing with Price Volatility

19.04.2022 -

It sometimes seems that everyone running a business always thinks that times are tougher now than they used to be. For producers — and buyers — of commodity chemicals...

Sites & Services

Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Industry

30.11.2021 -

Chemical MNCs show strong verbal commitment to China, but the real situation is somewhat underwhelming.

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Fine Chemicals in China

23.08.2021 -

Fu Xiangsheng, Vice Chairman of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, characterized China`s chemical industry as having a a surplus of basic chemicals and...

Strategy & Management

Foreign Investment in China`s Chemical Industry

01.12.2020 -

Investment in the areas listed in the catalogue is supported by a variety of incentives.

Strategy & Management

Continuation Rather than a Change

11.09.2020 -

China`s 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) covering the period from 2021 to 2025 will only be published after its acceptance by the National People`s Congress in March 2021.

Strategy & Management

Will BASF Turn to Pig Farming? Not quite, but …

11.08.2020 -

Why BASF Venture Capital is investing in SmartAHC, a supplier of digitalization solutions for pig farming on the Chinese market.

Strategy & Management

Consolidation, Risk Reduction and Demand Shift

21.04.2020 -

Like most industries, the global chemical industry is currently strongly affected by the outbreak of Covid-19.

Markets & Companies

The Corona Virus and the Chemical Industry

07.02.2020 - 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...