Keyword: CMI 02/2017

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Can Flow Chemistry Replace Batch Processes?

27.04.2017 - The notion of transforming process engineering production from the batch principle to continuous flow processes based on micro- and milli-reactors may not always be so easy for...

Strategy & Management

The Greening of the Chemical Value Chain

27.04.2017 -

Global competition in the chemical market has been intensifying the past decade.

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Bioelectronic Medicines: A New Type of Personalization

27.04.2017 - Bioelectronic technologies for modulating the signaling capabilities of the nervous system could pose challenges for producers of medicinal materials and chemicals – but also for...

Markets & Companies

China’s Investors Advance

27.04.2017 - Chinese outbound foreign investment continues to beat records year by year. The Asian powerhouse is investing in overseas markets to acquire advanced technology, know-how and...

Markets & Companies

A Difficult Path Ahead

27.04.2017 - It is nearly 10 years since Europe’s chemical legislation REACh was established. The regulation -described as the most complex in the EU’s history – came into effect on Jun 1, 2007...

Markets & Companies

Iran: Rediscovering a Sleeping Giant

27.04.2017 - Iran has one of the longest histories of medical practice in the world. In the modern era, however, the Middle East country has fallen off the world‘s medical and pharmaceutical...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

The Chemical Footprint in Pharma

26.04.2017 - The chemical industry is the most important supplier of the pharmaceutical industry, but it can´t keep pace with the economic strength and R&D intensity of pharma. This underlines...

Strategy & Management

The “Merger Endgame”

26.04.2017 - After robust yet modest chemicals M&A activity in 2016, expectations for the year ahead are high. The value of completed deals in 2016 decreased slightly against 2015 to around...