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...

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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...

Markets & Companies

Environment Rollback Roils America

31.03.2017 - With the shock waves from 2016’s most unanticipated events – Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US president – still reverberating, the earth sometimes seems to be tilting...

Markets & Companies

2017 Political Risk Map

07.02.2017 - Marsh’s 2017 Political Risk Map draws on data from BMI Research, a leading source of independent political, macroeconomic, financial, and industry risk analysis. The map rates over...

Markets & Companies

A Visible Turning Point for Oxea

07.02.2017 - Ten years ago, in March 2007, oxo chemicals producer Oxea was established as a buyout led by private-equity firm Advent International of oxo derivatives and oxo intermediates...

Markets & Companies

Improving Resilience to Supply Chain Disruption

21.11.2016 - Whether it be a heightened risk of terrorism, the prolonged decline in oil prices, an impending natural disaster, the risks of accidents due to inadequate safety practices, or an...

Markets & Companies

Challenges Evolve In China

21.11.2016 - In the last 12 months, developments in China’s chemical industry have been somewhat contradictory, as illustrated by two different company statements made in September. On the one...