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Chemistry & Life Sciences

Acceleration with Limits

04.04.2017 - “The digital transformation of chemical distribution will accelerate; that’s a fact. However, I cannot imagine that we will trade all products digitally in the future. In some...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Digitalization Will Not Affect Everything

04.04.2017 - “Electronic platforms, so-called mouse-clicks from the 1990s, have not been accepted in the chemical distribution, because today’s distributor has developed from the supplier of...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

‘A Blessing and a Curse’

04.04.2017 - “Digitalization is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, digitalized sales channels will increase price and market transparency and therefore adversely affect sales prices...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Following Digital Developments

04.04.2017 - “Digital transformation is currently a widely used term that in many cases is not well understood or is simply applied as a vehicle for attention. It is clear to us that disruptive...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Brussel Airport: Preferred European Pharma Gateway

04.04.2017 - A large number of pharmaceutical manufacturing is based in Belgium and Brussels Airport in particular is located in the middle of one of the European pharma clusters. For Brussels...

Logistics & Supply Chain

The Benefits of Safe Handling

04.04.2017 - The International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) represents the international tank container industry to the public and to governmental bodies. Its mission is to promote and...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Soyuzhimpromproekt: Industrial Production of Methylchlorosilane

03.04.2017 - Soyuzhimpromproekt, a complex for the industrial production of methylchlorosilane in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, will significantly reduce Russia’s dependence on imports...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Closer Look on Freight Rates

03.04.2017 - Creating more transparency for the chemical industry’s European transport market is the purpose of the Fraunhofer freight cost barometer, which has been published in the German...