07.03.2012
- Hidden Value - If one thinks about coal-fired power plants, what is it that comes first into one's mind? The picture of high-value starting materials or rather the picture of low...
06.03.2012
- Change Is the Only Constant - Most would agree that legislative reform of the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is long overdue. Few agree on what to change and how best to...
09.01.2012
- President Barack Obama will press U.S. business leaders this week to expand their industries at home rather than outsourcing jobs abroad, extending an election-year push to fight...
09.12.2011
- Chinese Overview - Throughout the year 2011, we covered several aspects of the chemical industry in China, ranging from R&D cooperation to strategy development and the tendency of...
08.12.2011
- Finding The Cause - Accidents can happen anytime and anywhere. Dr. Prof. Franz Schmalz at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich has indentified four categories as the...
09.11.2011
- Uncontained Complexity - Plant maintenance within process industries is often complicated and managing several plants is even more difficult. The same tasks are often performed...
26.10.2011
- Faster Than Industry Average - Generally, the chemical industry in any given country starts with basic chemicals and moves on to higher-value chemicals later. Accordingly, in China...
19.10.2011
- Steady Increase - All who follow industry trends will have noticed an increase in regulatory actions related to non-compliance issues. We can see this in the increased issuance of...
28.07.2011
- Evolving Technology - Most chemicals companies still are at an early stage in their adoption and usage of cloud computing, but the industry's structure and prevailing trends mean...
30.05.2011
- Viewpoint - Grand challenges lie ahead in Europe's future: The continent is working to become more energy efficient and greener. Dr. Geoff Williams, leader of the UK's Technology...
