03.12.2012
- Success Factors - With numerous new products, the Bayer Group aims to help improve people's lives while exploiting billions in potential sales. "Innovation is the only way to...
03.12.2012
- The European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) represents over 650 producers of chemicals and their service providers from 55 different countries that stand for an aggregate...
21.11.2012
- Mega Project - As the world's population rises, there is a growing demand for fertilizers. Huge energy reserves, such as petroleum and natural gas deposits, are an ideal basis for...
21.11.2012
- Feedstocks - The rest of the world will have difficulties replicating the shale gas boom in the U.S. despite having plentiful reserves of the gas. Furthermore, there could be long...
20.11.2012
- In A Clinch - Big Pharma today encounters a variety of pressures from generics manufacturers, governments, patient advocacy groups, investors, physicians and even other...
20.11.2012
- New Markets - An estimated 25 million people in the U.S. suffer from rare diseases, known in the pharmaceutical industry as "orphan diseases". While the prevalence of each...
20.11.2012
- Mergers & Acquisitions - Almost 35% of chemicals M&A transactions currently involve Asia or the Middle East. With this forecast to increase, a wider group of buyers are evaluating...
19.11.2012
- No Risk, No Fun - It is frequently believed that Chinese chemical companies are not actively managing their business risks. While it is true that these companies tend not to have a...
19.11.2012
- Strategy - The European chemical industry is facing major challenges as value chains increasingly move eastward, drawn by economic growth and market opportunities in Asia. A new...
15.11.2012
- With headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, SABIC is one of the world's top six petrochemical companies and the largest non-oil company in the Middle East. In addition to its...
