Investments in large production facilities, like chemical plants, are risky and time-consuming. Pure construction times often take 2 to 4 years not even taking front-end...
22.05.2018
- “Modular” is currently an often-quoted buzzword in the process industry – in process technology and engineering, automation and supply chain management. But what is often still...
26.04.2018
- Back in 2006, Clive Humby at Tesco said the almost prophetic words “data is the new oil.” Time proved him right. Now, 12 years later, the top 5 companies in the world in terms of...
17.04.2018
- For the global specialty chemicals sector, the past two years have been among the most exciting of the young millennium. Many mergers and acquisitions were in the spotlight in 2017...
03.04.2018
- Recent significant investments by big chemical companies in a strong specialty chemicals portfolio indicate that the importance of these products and therefore of batch production...
03.04.2018
- Petroleum is a limited resource and if we keep using it global warming will accelerate. Since this realization has filtered in the quest for alternatives has begun. Shale gas and...
02.04.2018
- Following the founding of Asahi Kasei Europe (AKEU), based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the opening of a European R&D center in Dormagen, Germany, the Japanese chemical company has...
30.03.2018
- 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...
